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

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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, especially ...

. In 2004 he won the Young British Dancer of the Year Award. A Gold Medal at The Seoul International Dance Competition in South Korea. A Finalists Cash prize

Prix de Lausanne The Prix de Lausanne () is an international dance competition held annually in Lausanne, Switzerland. The competition is for young dancers seeking to pursue a professional career in classical ballet, and many former prize winners of the competition ...

. 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

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's ''

Salome Salome (; , related to , "peace"; ), also known as Salome III, was a Jews, Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias. She was granddaughter of Herod the Great and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. She is known from the New T ...

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

Houston Ballet Houston Ballet, operated by Houston Ballet Foundation, is a professional ballet company based in Houston, Texas. The company consists of 59 dancers and produces over 85 performances per year. It is the 5th largest ballet company in the United ...

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, 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 was the director and principal choreographer of Hamburg Ballet from 1973 to 2024 and the artistic director of the ballet at the Hamburg State ...

'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 ''L'histoire de Manon'', generally referred to as ''Manon'', is a ballet choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan to music by Jules Massenet and based on the 1731 novel '' Manon Lescaut'' by Abbé Prévost. The ballet was first performed by The Roya ...

.'' Romeo in Nureyev's ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'', 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, No ...

'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 to Herbert and Grace Cranko in Rustenburg in ...

'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 drunke ...

'' Albrecht in

Stanton Welch Stanton De Burgh Welch (born 1969) is an Australian dancer and choreographer. He is the artistic director of the Houston Ballet. Early life Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch, two prominent Australian dancers. Care ...

's ''

Giselle ''Giselle'' ( , ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (; ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet () in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it was first perfor ...

'', 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 li ...

'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 c ...

, 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 m ...

'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 ''The Four Temperaments'' or Theme and Four Variations (''The Four Temperaments'') is an orchestral work and ballet by Paul Hindemith. Although it was originally conceived as a ballet for Léonide Massine, the score was ultimately completed a ...

'', Waltz man in

George Balanchine George Balanchine (; Various sources: * * * * born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze;, Romanization of Georgian, : April 30, 1983) was a Georgian-American ballet choreographer, recognized as one of the most influential choreographers ...

's ''

Serenade In music, a serenade (; also sometimes called a serenata, from the Italian) is a musical composition or performance delivered in honour of someone or something. Serenades are typically calm, light pieces of music. The term comes from the Ital ...

, Stravinsky violin concerto aria 1.

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'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 1965 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance, which merged with American Ballet Theatre in 1988. She regrouped the compa ...

'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'' suit ...

'',

James Kudelka James Kudelka, Order of Canada, OC (born September 10, 1955 at Newmarket, Ontario), is a Canadian choreographer, dancer, and director. He was the artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada from 1996 to 2005, now serving as the National Ball ...

'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 renown ...

's ''The Center and Its Opposite'',

Michael Corder Michael Corder (born 17 March 1955) is a British choreographer and director. Corder trained 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 ...

'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 (born 22 March 1973) is an English international choreographer of contemporary ballet. Early life Born in Yeovil, Somerset, to an engineer and a physical therapist, Wheeldon began training to be a ballet dancer at th ...

'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) was an American ballet dancer and choreographer. He was a member of the American Ballet Theatre company in New York City. Among other roles, he was the male Spanish dancer ...

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

Ángel Corella Angel Corella López 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 City Ballet, La Scala and ...

's ''Swan Lake'', Alli in ''

Le Corsaire ''Le Corsaire'' is a ballet typically presented in three acts, with a libretto originally created by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges loosely based on the poem '' The Corsair'' by Lord Byron. Originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to ...

'', 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 ''

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''. 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 to ...

's ''

Große Fuge The ''Grosse Fuge'' (, also known in English as the ''Great Fugue'' or ''Grand Fugue''), Op. 133, is a single-movement composition for string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven. An immense double fugue, it was universally condemned by contempora ...

'' 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 oppositio ...

'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 ( – 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer. Career Early years Fokine was born in Saint Petersburg to a prosperous merchant and at the age of 9 was accepted into the Saint Petersburg Imperial Ballet Sch ...

's ''

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'', ''

The Firebird ''The Firebird'' (; ) 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 Ballets Russes company; the original choreography was by Michel Fokine, who c ...

'', ninette de Valois Checkmate (black knight) George Balanchine's ''

Western Symphony ''Western Symphony'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to American folk tunes arranged by Hershy Kay. It premiered on September 7, 1954 at the City Center of Music and Drama in N ...

'', appearing in its 1st movement,

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...

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 period, when the solo concerto form was first developed, up thro ...

in ''

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''. R Created roles include

's ''The Center and Its Opposite'',

's '' Le baiser de la fée'', David Bintley's ''E=mc2'' and ''Take Five''.

Awards

* Young British Dancer of the Year - 2004, 1st Prize *Seoul International Ballet Competition - 2004, 1st Prize *

- 2004, Encouragement Award

Created Roles

* William Forsthye Playlist track 1,2
/ref> *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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Houston Ballet Announcements {{DEFAULTSORT:Robison, Aaron 1986 births Living people British male ballet dancers San Francisco Ballet principal dancers People educated at the Royal Ballet School 21st-century British ballet dancers