Tristan Toy

Tristan was born in New York City and was raised in the Bay Area. He began dancing at the age of 9 and attended the Joffrey summer intensives in New York on scholarship. He later attended the Ruth Asawa School of Performing Arts High School in San Francisco under Elvia Marta and Andrea Hinman while training at the Academy of Ballet San Francisco under Zory Karah and Richard Gibson.

After high school, he joined the Boston Ballet School’s inaugural Graduate Program under Kathleen Mitchell, while also studying with Peter Stark, Margaret Tracey, Igor Burlak, and Andrea Long. There, he performed in Boston Ballet’s Duke Ellington’s “The Gift” and learned repertoire by Jorma Elo. While in Boston, Tristan worked on a solo with choreographer Cathy Marston for Ballet Unleashed’s first creative project, Switchback, a collaborative dance film project with other schools around the world. After he joined BalletMet 2 under Edwaard Liang, where he performed pieces such as Donald McKayle’s Rainbow Round My Shoulder and David Nixon’s Dracula as well as Liang’s Mumurations, Tributary, Cinderella, Dorothy and the Prince of Oz, Giselle, and Swan Lake. 

In 2023, Tristan was selected to be a part of the USA International Ballet Competition (USAIBC) held in Jackson, Mississippi where he performed a Pas de Deux from Satanella as well as Edwaard Liang’s Symphonic Dances. He was a part of Amy Seiwert’s final season of SKETCH 13: LUCKY, being a part of unique and original pieces from choreographers Hélène Simoneau and Trey McIntyre.