Aaron Robison
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Aaron Robison is a British ballet dancer and a soloist with the Corella Ballet Castilla y Leon
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, UK but was brought up in Barcelona
, Spain. He trained with La Compania juvenil de ballet de Catalunya, at the Conservatorio de Barcelona and at the Royal Ballet School
. He joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet
in 2004 and was promoted to First Artist in 2008. In 2010 he joined the Corella Ballet Castilla y leon as soloist
.
Angel Corella
Ángel Corella is a Spanish dancer, currently the Artistic Director and principal dancer of Corella Ballet Castilla Y León as well as principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre...
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Biography
He was born in CoventryCoventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
, UK but was brought up in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain. He trained with La Compania juvenil de ballet de Catalunya, at the Conservatorio de Barcelona and at the Royal Ballet School
Royal Ballet School
The Royal Ballet School is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the Royal Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in London...
. He joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the three major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet....
in 2004 and was promoted to First Artist in 2008. In 2010 he joined the Corella Ballet Castilla y leon as soloist
Soloist (ballet)
In ballet, a soloist is a dancer in a ballet company above the corps de ballet but below principal dancer....
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Awards
- Young British Dancer of the Year - 2004, 1st Prize
- Seoul International Ballet Competition - 2004, 1st Prize
- Prix de LausannePrix de LausanneThe 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 are now leading stars with major ballet companies...
- 2004, Encouragement Award
Created Roles
- Michael Corder: Le Baiser de la fée (Two Sprites)
- Garry StewartGarry StewartGarry Stewart has been the artistic director of the Australian Dance Theatre since 1999, following Meryl Tankard.Stewart studied at the Sydney City Ballet Academy and the Australian Ballet School...
: The Centre and its Opposite - David Bintley: E=mc2 (Mass)