[5] At the time, she preferred lyrical dance and later recalled her mother "dragged" her to the school, though gradually found herself enjoying ballet and decided to pursue it professionally.
[6] In 2010, whilst she was a student with the JKO School, she created the role of Young Clara in Alexei Ratmansky's The Nutcracker, which was performed by the American Ballet Theatre.
[2] She also performed solo roles in The Sleeping Beauty,[8] La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, Giselle, Swan Lake, Ratmansky's The Firebird and MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet.
[10] Since her promotion, she created several roles, including Hail in Ratmansky's The Seasons,[1] Greased Lighting in Tharp's A Gathering of Ghosts[11] and in Whiteside's New American Romance.
[17] In 2022, at the company's first season at the Metropolitan Opera House since the pandemic, Hurlin danced as Kitri in Don Quixote, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, and Callirhoe in the New York premiere of Of Love and Rage.