[2] During his time in the company, he had danced works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky and Justin Peck.

[5][6] In October 2017, Fairchild left the company after a performance of Balanchine's Duo Concertant, he danced with his longtime stage partner, Sterling Hyltin.

He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical in 2015[8][9] In 2017, the show premiered in Dominion Theatre on West End.

He played George Valentin, a silent film era star who finds his career in jeopardy when the "talkies" become popular.

[13][14][15] In 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fairchild started his floral arrangement business, boo.kay, which was intended to be a "side hustle".