Aaron Robison is a British ballet dancer and currently a Principal Dancer with

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. He was previously a Lead principal dancer with

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Biography

Aaron Robison was born in

Coventry Coventry ( or ) is a city in the West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its city status until the Middle Ages. The city is governed ...

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. He trained at La Compañia Juvenil de Barcelona and at the

Royal Ballet School The Royal Ballet School is a British school of classical ballet training founded in 1926 by the Anglo-Irish ballerina and choreographer Ninette de Valois. The school's aim is to train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers, especial ...

. In 2004 he won the

Young British Dancer of the Year The Young British Dancer of the Year Competition began in 2000. It is held annually at the Royal Ballet School, London and the Linbury Studio Theatre, Covent Garden. The competition is open to young British and British-trained classical dancers. Th ...

Award. A Gold Medal at The Seoul International Dance Competition in South Korea. A Finalists Cash prize Prix de Lausanne. In 2012 amongst The Top 100 dancers of the year in Dance Europe. In 2018 nominated for most outstanding classical performance at the UK Critics circle National Dance Awards. Dance Europe Critics Choice for Most Outstanding Male performance for William Forsythe's new creation playlist 1,2, Aproximata Sonata 2018 and

Arthur Pita Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more wi ...

's ''

Salome Salome (; he, שְלוֹמִית, Shlomit, related to , "peace"; el, Σαλώμη), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II, son of Herod the Great, and princess Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great, a ...

'' in 2017. Robison also performed with companies such as English National Ballet, Houston Ballet,

Birmingham Royal Ballet Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is one of the five major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside The Royal Ballet, the English National Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish Ballet. Founded as the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet, the co ...

, Corella Ballet. Robison has performed leading roles such as Theseus/Oberon in the American premier of

John Neumeier John Neumeier (born February 24, 1939) is an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and director. He has been the director and chief choreographer of Hamburg Ballet since 1973. Five years later he founded the Hamburg Ballet School, which also in ...

's Midsummers night dream. Des Greuix in

Kenneth MacMillan Sir Kenneth MacMillan (11 December 192929 October 1992) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer who was artistic director of the Royal Ballet in London between 1970 and 1977, and its principal choreographer from 1977 until his death. Ea ...

's '' L'histoire de Manon.'' Romeo in Nureyev's ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...

'', Victor in

Liam Scarlett Liam Scarlett (8 April 198616 April 2021) was a British choreographer who was an artist in residence with The Royal Ballet and artistic associate with Queensland Ballet. He also choreographed new works for Ballet Black, Miami City Ballet, N ...

's Frankenstein. Basilio in Tommason’s Don Quixote. Prince in Neumeiers The Little mermaid James in Frank Andersen's La sylphide Petruccio in

John Cranko John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a South African ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet. Life and career Early life Cranko was born in Rustenburg in the former province of Tr ...

's ''

The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...

'' Albrecht in

Stanton Welch Stanton De Burgh Welch (born 1969) is an Australian dancer and choreographer. He currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Houston Ballet. Early life Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch, two prominent Australi ...

's ''

Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance cano ...

'', Prince Siegfried in Stanton Welch's ''Swan Lake'', Prince Florimund in Ben Stevenson's and Kenneth MacMillan's ''The Sleeping Beauty.'' The Prince in Peter Wright's, Ben Stevenson's, Helgi Tommason's and

Wayne Eagling Wayne Eagling (born 27 November 1950) is a Canadian ballet dancer, now retired. After more than twenty years as a popular member of The Royal Ballet in London, he became well known as an international choreographer and company director. Early l ...

's ''The Nutcracker''. Other principal roles in

Paquita ''Paquita'' is a ballet in two acts and three scenes originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to music by Édouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus. Paul Foucher received royalties as librettist. History ''Paquita'' is the creation of French com ...

, principal turning man in

Harold Lander Harald Alfred Bernhardt Stevnsborg Lander (25 February 1905 – 14 September 1971) was a Danish dancer, choreographer and artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. Lander was born in Copenhagen. He started as a dancer, studying under ballet ...

's '' Etudes'', Messenger of Death in MacMillan's ''Song of the Earth'', Bernardo in Jerome Robbins West side Story wayne mcgregors Dyad 1929, Jorma Elos One/end/one, Laurent in William Forsthye's '' In the Middle Somewhat Elevated'', approximate sonata. Phlegmatic in George Balanchine's '' The Four Temperaments'', Waltz man in

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's ''

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, Stravinsky violin concerto aria 1. Jiri Kylian's ''Wings of Wax'', Petit Mort and Svedka. Stanton Welch's ''Maninyas'', ''Velocity'', ''Blessed of Memory'', ''Clear'',

Twyla Tharp Twyla Tharp (; born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music. Fr ...

's ''The Brahms Hayden'', Helgi Tommason's ''The Fifth Season'', Trio. Le Catedral Engloutie.'' Robison has created roles in ballets including

Danielle Rowe Danielle Rowe (born 1982 in Shepparton) is an Australian-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Dancing career Rowe trained in Newcastle and Adelaide. She joined The Australian Ballet in 2001. She won the Telstra People's Choice Award in both ...

's ''Unsaid'', William Forsthye playlist (track 1,2) Arthur Pita Salome, Yuri Possokhov two United in a single soul, optimistic tragedy, Stanton Welch's ''Paquita'', as well as Aries in ''Zodiac'' and Tuba in ''

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra ''The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra'', Op. 34, is a 1945 musical composition by Benjamin Britten with a subtitle ''Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell''. It was based on the second movement, "Rondeau", of the '' Abdelazer'' sui ...

'', James Kudelka's Passion, Mark Morris The letter V,

David Bintley Sir David Julian Bintley (born 17 September 1957) is an English former ballet dancer, the artistic director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, and co-artistic director of the New National Theatre Tokyo ballet company. Early life Bintley was born ...

's ''Take Five'' and ''E=MC2'',

Garry Stewart Garry Stewart (born 1962) is an Australian dancer and choreographer. He was the longest-serving artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre, taking over from Meryl Tankard in 1999 and finishing his term at the end of 2021. He is renowned ...

's ''The Center and Its Opposite'', Michael Corder's '' Le baiser de la fée''. Robison has toured all over the world and has performed in Galas and guested in Argentina, Spain and Italy. He has performed Del Sole in Napa Valley. Robison is also a model for So Danca. His repertoire with Corella Ballet includes: 1st and 3rd movement in

Christopher Wheeldon Christopher Peter Wheeldon OBE (born 22 March 1973) is an English international choreographer of contemporary ballet. Life and career Born in Yeovil, Somerset, to an engineer and a physical therapist, Wheeldon began training to be a ballet dan ...

's ''DGV''. Green, Brown and Blue in Four Four. Stomper in Twlyla Tharp's ''In the Upper Room'', Red couple in

Clark Tippet Clark Tippet (October 5, 1954 in Parsons, Kansas – January 28, 1992 in Parsons, Kansas) was a danseur and choreographer. He was a member of the American Ballet Theatre company in New York City. Among other roles, he was the male Spanish Danc ...

's Bruch Violin Concerto, 3rd movement in ''Clear'' by Stanton Welch and George Balanchine's '' Who Cares?''. Prince Siegfried in

Ángel Corella Ángel Corella López (born 8 November 1975) is a Spanish former principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre (the only Spaniard to have achieved such a position in history) and guest artist with The Royal Ballet, Kirov Ballet, New York Cit ...

's ''Swan Lake'', Alli in '' Le Corsaire'', Grand Pas Classique. He was part of a new creation of ''Palpito'' by Rojas and Rodriguez which was created especially for the

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. Repertoire with

includes: The Joker in John Cranko's ''

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'', Friday night in Kenneth MacMillan's '' Elite Syncopations'', Benvolio in ''

''. Other appearances of his include in

Hans van Manen Hans Arthur Gerard van Manen (; born 11 July 1932) is a Dutch ballet dancer, choreographer and photographer. He studied under Sonia Gaskell and Françoise Adret. Van Manen wrote many ballets. He worked for the Dutch National Ballet from 1973 ...

's '' Große Fuge'' and ''Twilight''. He also played a role of Gypsy lover in

Frederick Ashton Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (17 September 190418 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue. Determined to be a dancer despite the opposit ...

's ''The Two Pigeons'', Prince in Peter Wright's ''The Nutcracker'', Benno in ''Swan Lake'' Bluebird in ''The Sleeping Beauty'', peasant in ''

'', energy in David Bintley's ''E = mc2'', and in ''Still Life'' as Brazilian Woolly monkey at the Penguin Café. He also appeared as Petruccio in ''The Shakespeare Suite'', Hobsons Choice (Salvation Army) Take Five (four square), the Orpheus suite, ''

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'', Allegro Diverssi,

Michel Fokine Michael Fokine, ''Mikhail Mikhaylovich Fokin'', group=lower-alpha ( – 22 August 1942) was a groundbreaking Imperial Russian Choreography (dance), choreographer and dancer. Career Early years Fokine was born in Saint Petersburg to a pro ...

's '' Petrushka'', ''

The Firebird ''The Firebird'' (french: L'Oiseau de feu, link=no; russian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's ...

'', ninette de Valois Checkmate (black knight) George Balanchine's '' Western Symphony'', appearing in its 1st movement,

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...

Violin Concerto A violin concerto is a concerto for solo violin (occasionally, two or more violins) and instrumental ensemble (customarily orchestra). Such works have been written since the Baroque music, Baroque period, when the solo concerto form was first dev ...

in ''

Theme and Variations In music, variation is a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve melody, rhythm, harmony, counterpoint, timbre, orchestration or any combination of these. Variation techniques Mozart's Twelve Va ...

''. R Created roles include

's ''The Center and Its Opposite'', Michael Corder's '' Le baiser de la fée'', David Bintley's ''E=mc2'' and ''Take Five''.

Awards

- 2004, 1st Prize *Seoul International Ballet Competition - 2004, 1st Prize * Prix de Lausanne - 2004, Encouragement Award

Created Roles

* William Forsthye Playlist track 1,

*Arthur Pita : Salome *Yuri Possokhov: Two United In A Single Soul *Stanton Welch: Paquita (Principal Man) Zodiac (Aries) The Young Person’s Guide To The Orchestra (tuba) *Dani Rowe: Unsaid *David Bintley: Take Five *Garry Stewart: The Center And It’s Opposite

References

External links

Corella BalletArticle Birmingham Post 2009
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