Amar Ramasar

Amar Ramasar (born c. 1981, The Bronx) is a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet. In 2010, "Dance Magazine" reported that Ramasar was one of the few Asian American professional ballet dancers. He took his first dance lessons at the Henry Street Settlement House on the Lower East Side. He went there every day by subway, from his home in the South Bronx.