Isabella Boylston is an American ballet dancer who currently performs as a principal with the American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
Boylston was born in Sun Valley, Idaho, and has been dancing since she was three years old. Her family moved to Boulder, Colorado, when she was seven years old and she started training at the Boulder Ballet. By the age of twelve she started studies at the academy of the Colorado Ballet. During that time, she won a gold medal at the 2001 Youth America Grand Prix Finals in New York City.
In 2002, she received a full scholarship to train at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida. During her time there she worked with choreographer Mark Godden and danced leading roles such as Medora in Le Corsaire, the Paquita pas de trois, Lise in La fille mal gardée and the Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker. In 2004, she received the Reuger Scholarship for excellence in dance. She participated in summer programs at the School of American Ballet, the Boston Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre.