Zurich Ballet

Karen Azatyan is from Armenia. Trained at Yerevan Dancing Art State College and at the Zurich Dance Academy, he was a winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich (Soloist since 2012). In 2014, he joined Hamburg Ballet as a Principal Dancer, where he worked closely with John Neumeier until his retirement in 2024. He danced leading roles and solos in many of Neumeier's ballets, including "Illusions – like Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Death in Venice", "Peer Gynt", "Romeo and Juliet", "Nijinsky", "Liliom", "The Seagull", "Winterreise", "St. Matthew Passion", "The Song of the Earth" and Mahler's "Symphony No. 3". His repertoire also includes choreographies by Frederick Ashton, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon. Since the 2024/25 season, Karen Azatyan has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Robert Schumann in Cathy Marston's "Clara", Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Shadow in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters" and as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Esteban Berlanga is Spanish. After training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was appointed Principal in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Deane's "Swan Lake", the Prince in Kenneth MacMillan's "The Sleeping Beauty", Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's "Giselle", the Nutcracker in the choreography by Wayne Eagling and Frédéric in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne". For David Dawson's "Faun(e)", he was nominated for the "Benois de la Danse". From 2013 to 2018, he was a Principal Dancer with the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. From 2018 to 2026, he was a member of the Zurich Ballet, and Principal from 2022. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski" and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Anna Karenina") and Cathy Marston ("The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Romeo and Juliet"). In 2024, he received the "Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich". In the 2026/27 season, he is appearing as a guest with the Zurich Ballet.

Brandon Lawrence is from the United Kingdom. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, becoming a Principal Dancer in 2019. Important roles included the Prince ("The Nutcracker"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Prince Florimund ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Prince Siegfried ("Swan Lake") in choreographies by Peter Wright, Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Colas in Frederick Ashton's "La Fille mal gardée", the Prince ("Cinderella"), Beast ("The Beauty and the Beast"), Albrecht ("Giselle") and Otello ("Shakespeare Suite") in choreographies by David Bintley. He has also appeared in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Atonement", "The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Clara", "Romeo and Juliet"), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kim Brandstrup and Andonis Foniadakis. In 2025, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She received her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined English National Ballet, where she received the "Emerging Dance Award" in 2013. In 2014, she joined Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she became a Principal Dancer. She regularly appeared as a guest with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich. She later danced with Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse. Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in "Spartacus"), John Neumeier (Marie in "The Nutcracker"), Akram Khan ("Giselle"), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in "Don Quixote") and Pina Bausch ("Café Müller"). She has also appeared in choreographies by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Andonis Foniadakis. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Julia in "Romeo and Juliet", "Clara", Cecilia in "Atonement", "Mrs. Robinson"), Patrice Bart ("Giselle"), Mats Ek ("Carmen"), William Forsythe ("In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated"), Kenneth MacMillan ("Concerto") and Bryan Arias ("Colorful Darkness"). In 2026, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Max Richter is from the USA and received his ballet training with Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during his engagement with Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston's "Summer and Smoke", Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty" and Balanchine's "Diamonds". Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. In addition to leading roles in Cathy Marston's ballets "Atonement", "Clara" and "Romeo and Juliet", Max Richter has appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the bride in Bronislava Nijinska's "Les Noces", as well as in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen and Mats Ek. The choreography "The Decision" was created for the "Next Generation" series.

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan, at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet and at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, as a Demi-Soloist from 2021 and as a Soloist from 2023. Among other roles, she appeared as Julia in David Dawson's "Romeo and Juliet", as Odette in Johan Inger's "Swan Lake", in Alexander Ekman's "Cow" and in David Dawson's "The Four Seasons". Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in Hans van Manen's "Live", as "M" in Mats Ek's "Carmen", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Christian Spuck's "Messa da Requiem" and as Julia in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds both Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College in London and at the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet, where he was appointed Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in "Mayerling" and De Grieux in "Manon" by Kenneth MacMillan, as well as Oberon in John Neumeier's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He also danced in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne" and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio ("Don Quixote"), Prince Florimund ("Sleeping Beauty"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Mercutio ("Romeo and Juliet") and the Prince ("The Nutcracker"). In choreographies by Stanton Welch, he danced Siegfried ("Swan Lake"), Solor ("La Bayadère") and Albrecht ("Giselle"). In John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was a Principal Dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. He has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Cello in "The Cellist", Robert Schumann in "Clara", Robbie Turner in "Atonement", Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet"), Albrecht/Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", among others.

Karen Azatyan is from Armenia. Trained at Yerevan Dancing Art State College and at the Zurich Dance Academy, he was a winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich (Soloist since 2012). In 2014, he joined Hamburg Ballet as a Principal Dancer, where he worked closely with John Neumeier until his retirement in 2024. He danced leading roles and solos in many of Neumeier's ballets, including "Illusions – like Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Death in Venice", "Peer Gynt", "Romeo and Juliet", "Nijinsky", "Liliom", "The Seagull", "Winterreise", "St. Matthew Passion", "The Song of the Earth" and Mahler's "Symphony No. 3". His repertoire also includes choreographies by Frederick Ashton, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon. Since the 2024/25 season, Karen Azatyan has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Robert Schumann in Cathy Marston's "Clara", Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Shadow in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters" and as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Esteban Berlanga is Spanish. After training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was appointed Principal in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Deane's "Swan Lake", the Prince in Kenneth MacMillan's "The Sleeping Beauty", Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's "Giselle", the Nutcracker in the choreography by Wayne Eagling and Frédéric in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne". For David Dawson's "Faun(e)", he was nominated for the "Benois de la Danse". From 2013 to 2018, he was a Principal Dancer with the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. From 2018 to 2026, he was a member of the Zurich Ballet, and Principal from 2022. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski" and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Anna Karenina") and Cathy Marston ("The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Romeo and Juliet"). In 2024, he received the "Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich". In the 2026/27 season, he is appearing as a guest with the Zurich Ballet.

Brandon Lawrence is from the United Kingdom. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, becoming a Principal Dancer in 2019. Important roles included the Prince ("The Nutcracker"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Prince Florimund ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Prince Siegfried ("Swan Lake") in choreographies by Peter Wright, Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Colas in Frederick Ashton's "La Fille mal gardée", the Prince ("Cinderella"), Beast ("The Beauty and the Beast"), Albrecht ("Giselle") and Otello ("Shakespeare Suite") in choreographies by David Bintley. He has also appeared in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Atonement", "The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Clara", "Romeo and Juliet"), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kim Brandstrup and Andonis Foniadakis. In 2025, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She received her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined English National Ballet, where she received the "Emerging Dance Award" in 2013. In 2014, she joined Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she became a Principal Dancer. She regularly appeared as a guest with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich. She later danced with Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse. Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in "Spartacus"), John Neumeier (Marie in "The Nutcracker"), Akram Khan ("Giselle"), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in "Don Quixote") and Pina Bausch ("Café Müller"). She has also appeared in choreographies by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Andonis Foniadakis. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Julia in "Romeo and Juliet", "Clara", Cecilia in "Atonement", "Mrs. Robinson"), Patrice Bart ("Giselle"), Mats Ek ("Carmen"), William Forsythe ("In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated"), Kenneth MacMillan ("Concerto") and Bryan Arias ("Colorful Darkness"). In 2026, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Max Richter is from the USA and received his ballet training with Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during his engagement with Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston's "Summer and Smoke", Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty" and Balanchine's "Diamonds". Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. In addition to leading roles in Cathy Marston's ballets "Atonement", "Clara" and "Romeo and Juliet", Max Richter has appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the bride in Bronislava Nijinska's "Les Noces", as well as in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen and Mats Ek. The choreography "The Decision" was created for the "Next Generation" series.

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan, at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet and at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, as a Demi-Soloist from 2021 and as a Soloist from 2023. Among other roles, she appeared as Julia in David Dawson's "Romeo and Juliet", as Odette in Johan Inger's "Swan Lake", in Alexander Ekman's "Cow" and in David Dawson's "The Four Seasons". Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in Hans van Manen's "Live", as "M" in Mats Ek's "Carmen", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Christian Spuck's "Messa da Requiem" and as Julia in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds both Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College in London and at the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet, where he was appointed Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in "Mayerling" and De Grieux in "Manon" by Kenneth MacMillan, as well as Oberon in John Neumeier's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He also danced in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne" and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio ("Don Quixote"), Prince Florimund ("Sleeping Beauty"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Mercutio ("Romeo and Juliet") and the Prince ("The Nutcracker"). In choreographies by Stanton Welch, he danced Siegfried ("Swan Lake"), Solor ("La Bayadère") and Albrecht ("Giselle"). In John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was a Principal Dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. He has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Cello in "The Cellist", Robert Schumann in "Clara", Robbie Turner in "Atonement", Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet"), Albrecht/Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", among others.

Inna Bilash is from Ukraine. She received her ballet training at the Kharkov Choreographic School, the Perm State Choreographic College and the Perm State Academy of Arts and Culture. She was a Soloist with Perm Ballet, where she danced, among other roles, Julia in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Odette/Odile in Natalia Makarova's "Swan Lake", Giselle in the choreography by Perrot/Coralli/Petipa, the Bride in Kylián's "Svadebka" and Masha in MacMillan's "Winter Dreams". She also appeared as a soloist in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Douglas Lee, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite. She was the winner of the Arabesque competition in Perm and the Bolshoi Ballet television competition. In 2017, she received the award of the ballet magazine "The Soul of Dance". Since the 2018/19 season, Inna Bilash has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other roles, as Briony in Cathy Marston's "Atonement" and in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2024, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Wei Chen is from the USA and received his training at Boston Ballet School, Margo Marshall’s School of Ballet, Walnut Hill School and Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. At Royal Ballet of Flanders, he danced in Marcia Haydée's "Swan Lake" (Siegfried) and "The Sleeping Beauty" (Prince Désiré), as well as in Cranko's "Onegin" (Lensky). He also appeared in choreographies by Balanchine, Bournonville, Dawson, Forsythe, Godani, McGregor, Nureyev, Pite, Stevenson and Wheeldon. Since the 2013/14 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other works, in choreographies by Douglas Lee, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Edward Clug, William Forsythe and Crystal Pite. He has also danced Romeo and Mercutio in Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", Benno in Ratmansky's "Swan Lake", Coppelius in Spuck's "The Sandman", Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" and Cello in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist". In 2023, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Chandler Dalton is American. He was trained at the School of Richmond Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy. At Houston Ballet, he was appointed Principal Dancer. Highlights there included James in Bournonville's "La Sylphide", Bluebird and Pas de Quatre in Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty", Pas de trois in George Balanchine's "Emeralds", the Prince in Stanton Welch's "The Nutcracker", as well as leading roles in ballets by John Neumeier, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Bruce and Justin Peck. Since the 2023/24 season, Chandler Dalton has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara". He has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated" and in ballets by Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor, Mats Ek, Christian Spuck and Kenneth MacMillan.

Shelby Williams holds both American and Italian citizenship. She studied at Houston Ballet Academy, Washington School of Ballet and Dancer’s Workshop Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA). After engagements with Semperoper Ballett, Corella Ballet and Ballet d’Europe, she was a Soloist with Ballett Mainz, Hessisches Staatsballett in Wiesbaden and, from 2016 to 2023, Royal Ballet of Flanders. In 2017 and 2018, she was nominated in the categories "Best Performance by a Female Dancer" and "Best News" for the "Critic's Choice Awards" of "Dance Europe Magazine". She danced Pina/Malou in Pina Bausch's "Café Müller", Rusalka in Alan Lucien Øyen's choreography of the same name, Myrtha in Akram Khan's "Giselle" and further leading roles in choreographies by Martha Graham, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Édouard Lock and Jermaine Spivey. Since the 2023/24 season, Shelby Williams has been a member of Zurich Ballet, where she has taken on leading roles in creations by Meryl Tankard, Bryan Arias and Cathy Marston and danced important roles in the repertoire of Marcos Morau, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Joel Woellner is Australian. He received his training at the Ben Stevenson Academy of Houston Ballet and with Houston Ballet II. In 2013, he was a two-time prizewinner at the Prix de Lausanne. After an engagement with Houston Ballet, he was a Principal Artist with Queensland Ballet from 2015 to 2024. Joel Woellner danced Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's "Manon", Valmont in Liam Scarlett's "Dangerous Liaisons", Oberon in Scarlett's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Prince Ivan in Scarlett's "The Firebird", Prince Siegfried in Ben Stevenson's "Swan Lake", as well as in choreographies by Greg Horsman, Christopher Bruce and Jiří Kylián. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as Escamillo in Mats Ek's "Carmen", as well as in choreographies by Hans van Manen, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Marcos Morau, Bryan Arias, Kenneth MacMillan and Crystal Pite.

Karen Azatyan is from Armenia. Trained at Yerevan Dancing Art State College and at the Zurich Dance Academy, he was a winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich (Soloist since 2012). In 2014, he joined Hamburg Ballet as a Principal Dancer, where he worked closely with John Neumeier until his retirement in 2024. He danced leading roles and solos in many of Neumeier's ballets, including "Illusions – like Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Death in Venice", "Peer Gynt", "Romeo and Juliet", "Nijinsky", "Liliom", "The Seagull", "Winterreise", "St. Matthew Passion", "The Song of the Earth" and Mahler's "Symphony No. 3". His repertoire also includes choreographies by Frederick Ashton, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon. Since the 2024/25 season, Karen Azatyan has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Robert Schumann in Cathy Marston's "Clara", Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Shadow in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters" and as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Esteban Berlanga is Spanish. After training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was appointed Principal in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Deane's "Swan Lake", the Prince in Kenneth MacMillan's "The Sleeping Beauty", Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's "Giselle", the Nutcracker in the choreography by Wayne Eagling and Frédéric in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne". For David Dawson's "Faun(e)", he was nominated for the "Benois de la Danse". From 2013 to 2018, he was a Principal Dancer with the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. From 2018 to 2026, he was a member of the Zurich Ballet, and Principal from 2022. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski" and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Anna Karenina") and Cathy Marston ("The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Romeo and Juliet"). In 2024, he received the "Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich". In the 2026/27 season, he is appearing as a guest with the Zurich Ballet.

Brandon Lawrence is from the United Kingdom. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, becoming a Principal Dancer in 2019. Important roles included the Prince ("The Nutcracker"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Prince Florimund ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Prince Siegfried ("Swan Lake") in choreographies by Peter Wright, Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Colas in Frederick Ashton's "La Fille mal gardée", the Prince ("Cinderella"), Beast ("The Beauty and the Beast"), Albrecht ("Giselle") and Otello ("Shakespeare Suite") in choreographies by David Bintley. He has also appeared in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Atonement", "The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Clara", "Romeo and Juliet"), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kim Brandstrup and Andonis Foniadakis. In 2025, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She received her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined English National Ballet, where she received the "Emerging Dance Award" in 2013. In 2014, she joined Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she became a Principal Dancer. She regularly appeared as a guest with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich. She later danced with Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse. Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in "Spartacus"), John Neumeier (Marie in "The Nutcracker"), Akram Khan ("Giselle"), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in "Don Quixote") and Pina Bausch ("Café Müller"). She has also appeared in choreographies by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Andonis Foniadakis. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Julia in "Romeo and Juliet", "Clara", Cecilia in "Atonement", "Mrs. Robinson"), Patrice Bart ("Giselle"), Mats Ek ("Carmen"), William Forsythe ("In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated"), Kenneth MacMillan ("Concerto") and Bryan Arias ("Colorful Darkness"). In 2026, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Max Richter is from the USA and received his ballet training with Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during his engagement with Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston's "Summer and Smoke", Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty" and Balanchine's "Diamonds". Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. In addition to leading roles in Cathy Marston's ballets "Atonement", "Clara" and "Romeo and Juliet", Max Richter has appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the bride in Bronislava Nijinska's "Les Noces", as well as in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen and Mats Ek. The choreography "The Decision" was created for the "Next Generation" series.

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan, at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet and at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, as a Demi-Soloist from 2021 and as a Soloist from 2023. Among other roles, she appeared as Julia in David Dawson's "Romeo and Juliet", as Odette in Johan Inger's "Swan Lake", in Alexander Ekman's "Cow" and in David Dawson's "The Four Seasons". Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in Hans van Manen's "Live", as "M" in Mats Ek's "Carmen", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Christian Spuck's "Messa da Requiem" and as Julia in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds both Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College in London and at the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet, where he was appointed Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in "Mayerling" and De Grieux in "Manon" by Kenneth MacMillan, as well as Oberon in John Neumeier's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He also danced in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne" and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio ("Don Quixote"), Prince Florimund ("Sleeping Beauty"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Mercutio ("Romeo and Juliet") and the Prince ("The Nutcracker"). In choreographies by Stanton Welch, he danced Siegfried ("Swan Lake"), Solor ("La Bayadère") and Albrecht ("Giselle"). In John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was a Principal Dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. He has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Cello in "The Cellist", Robert Schumann in "Clara", Robbie Turner in "Atonement", Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet"), Albrecht/Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", among others.

Inna Bilash is from Ukraine. She received her ballet training at the Kharkov Choreographic School, the Perm State Choreographic College and the Perm State Academy of Arts and Culture. She was a Soloist with Perm Ballet, where she danced, among other roles, Julia in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Odette/Odile in Natalia Makarova's "Swan Lake", Giselle in the choreography by Perrot/Coralli/Petipa, the Bride in Kylián's "Svadebka" and Masha in MacMillan's "Winter Dreams". She also appeared as a soloist in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Douglas Lee, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite. She was the winner of the Arabesque competition in Perm and the Bolshoi Ballet television competition. In 2017, she received the award of the ballet magazine "The Soul of Dance". Since the 2018/19 season, Inna Bilash has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other roles, as Briony in Cathy Marston's "Atonement" and in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2024, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Wei Chen is from the USA and received his training at Boston Ballet School, Margo Marshall’s School of Ballet, Walnut Hill School and Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. At Royal Ballet of Flanders, he danced in Marcia Haydée's "Swan Lake" (Siegfried) and "The Sleeping Beauty" (Prince Désiré), as well as in Cranko's "Onegin" (Lensky). He also appeared in choreographies by Balanchine, Bournonville, Dawson, Forsythe, Godani, McGregor, Nureyev, Pite, Stevenson and Wheeldon. Since the 2013/14 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other works, in choreographies by Douglas Lee, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Edward Clug, William Forsythe and Crystal Pite. He has also danced Romeo and Mercutio in Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", Benno in Ratmansky's "Swan Lake", Coppelius in Spuck's "The Sandman", Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" and Cello in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist". In 2023, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Chandler Dalton is American. He was trained at the School of Richmond Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy. At Houston Ballet, he was appointed Principal Dancer. Highlights there included James in Bournonville's "La Sylphide", Bluebird and Pas de Quatre in Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty", Pas de trois in George Balanchine's "Emeralds", the Prince in Stanton Welch's "The Nutcracker", as well as leading roles in ballets by John Neumeier, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Bruce and Justin Peck. Since the 2023/24 season, Chandler Dalton has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara". He has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated" and in ballets by Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor, Mats Ek, Christian Spuck and Kenneth MacMillan.

Shelby Williams holds both American and Italian citizenship. She studied at Houston Ballet Academy, Washington School of Ballet and Dancer’s Workshop Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA). After engagements with Semperoper Ballett, Corella Ballet and Ballet d’Europe, she was a Soloist with Ballett Mainz, Hessisches Staatsballett in Wiesbaden and, from 2016 to 2023, Royal Ballet of Flanders. In 2017 and 2018, she was nominated in the categories "Best Performance by a Female Dancer" and "Best News" for the "Critic's Choice Awards" of "Dance Europe Magazine". She danced Pina/Malou in Pina Bausch's "Café Müller", Rusalka in Alan Lucien Øyen's choreography of the same name, Myrtha in Akram Khan's "Giselle" and further leading roles in choreographies by Martha Graham, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Édouard Lock and Jermaine Spivey. Since the 2023/24 season, Shelby Williams has been a member of Zurich Ballet, where she has taken on leading roles in creations by Meryl Tankard, Bryan Arias and Cathy Marston and danced important roles in the repertoire of Marcos Morau, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Joel Woellner is Australian. He received his training at the Ben Stevenson Academy of Houston Ballet and with Houston Ballet II. In 2013, he was a two-time prizewinner at the Prix de Lausanne. After an engagement with Houston Ballet, he was a Principal Artist with Queensland Ballet from 2015 to 2024. Joel Woellner danced Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's "Manon", Valmont in Liam Scarlett's "Dangerous Liaisons", Oberon in Scarlett's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Prince Ivan in Scarlett's "The Firebird", Prince Siegfried in Ben Stevenson's "Swan Lake", as well as in choreographies by Greg Horsman, Christopher Bruce and Jiří Kylián. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as Escamillo in Mats Ek's "Carmen", as well as in choreographies by Hans van Manen, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Marcos Morau, Bryan Arias, Kenneth MacMillan and Crystal Pite.

Sean Bates is from the United Kingdom and studied at the Royal Ballet School. He danced with Northern Ballet under the direction of David Nixon and appeared in numerous leading roles, including Jay Gatsby ("The Great Gatsby"), Romeo ("Romeo and Juliet") and Puck ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"). Following his collaborations with Cathy Marston on "Jane Eyre" and "Victoria", he joined Zurich Ballet for the 2023/24 season. Here, he has appeared as a soloist, among other roles, in Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as Denis in Cathy Marston's "Snowblind", as Bargiel in "Clara" and as Paris and Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet". He has taught at Cape Town City Ballet and at various summer schools in the United Kingdom and Zurich.

Francesca Dell’Aria is from Italy. She received her training at Elmhurst School and with Birmingham Royal Ballet. After engagements with Slovak National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2014/15 season. She has appeared, among other works, in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, Hans van Manen, Jacopo Godani, Douglas Lee, Edward Clug ("Peer Gynt"), Marco Goecke ("Nijinski"), Crystal Pite and Marcos Morau. She has also danced title roles in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist" and Christian Spuck's "Anna Karenina", as well as Myrtha in Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2019, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Jesse Fraser was born in Saskatoon, Canada. Trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, he joined Stuttgart Ballet in the 2010/11 season. There, he danced in choreographies by Cranko, MacMillan, Spuck, Haydée, Neumeier, Béjart, Forsythe, Cherkaoui, Goecke, Clug, Volpi and Stiens. His own choreographies were created as part of the "Young Choreographers" series of the Noverre Society. Since the 2015/16 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, he has appeared as Paris in Christian Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", as Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Deer in Edward Clug's "Peer Gynt", as well as in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite, Bryan Arias, Johan Inger, Andonis Foniadakis and Mats Ek.

Jorge García Pérez is Spanish. He received his dance training at Estudio de Danza María de Ávila and joined Malandain Ballet Biarritz II at the age of 16. In 2005, he won the gold medal at the Premio Roma competition. Heinz Spoerli then engaged him for Junior Ballet and shortly afterwards for Zurich Ballet. In 2008, he became a Soloist with Ballett Basel under Richard Wherlock, where he danced numerous leading roles. In 2011, he made his debut as a choreographer. He won numerous prizes at renowned competitions, including in Hanover, Copenhagen and Burgos-New York. In 2016, he co-founded "Carta Blance Dance" and in 2024 the charity gala "Strength and Grace". Since the 2023/24 season, Jorge García Pérez has once again been a member of Zurich Ballet. In addition to his dancing commitments, he also works as a Rehearsal Assistant.

Daniela Gómez Pérez is from Cuba. She studied at the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School and at the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba. From 2015 to 2023, she was a Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Cuba. Under the direction of Alicia Alonso, she danced leading roles in "Coppélia", "Giselle", "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". She also appeared in choreographies by Peter Quanz, Brian McDonald, George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Marston, Ricardo Amarante, Alexei Ratmansky, Uwe Scholz, Ben Stevenson, Mikhail Fokine and Gemma Bond. For her interpretation of Daniel Proietto's "Cigne", she was entered in the Golden Book of the Gran Teatro de La Habana. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. She has danced leading roles in "Snow Blind", "The Cellist" and "Clara" by Cathy Marston. She has also appeared in choreographies by Patrice Bart, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Jerome Robbins, Mats Ek, Kim Brandstrup, Mthuthuzeli November, Dani Rowe and Bryan Arias.

Mia Heathcote is Australian. She received her training at the Australian Ballet School. In 2014, she joined Queensland Ballet, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2022. From 2024 to 2026, she was a Soloist with the Australian Ballet. She danced title roles in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Manon", as well as leading roles in works by Liam Scarlett ("A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Firebird", "Dangerous Liaisons"), John Neumeier ("Nijinsky"), Christopher Wheeldon ("Oscar"), Ben Stevenson ("Three Preludes", "Cinderella", "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake"), David McAllister, Greg Horsman ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Ai-Gul Gaisina ("Giselle"), John Cranko ("Romeo and Juliet"), Peter Wright ("The Nutcracker") and George Balanchine ("Serenade"). In 2023, she worked with Cathy Marston on "My Brilliant Career". Her further repertoire includes works by Stephanie Lake, Johan Inger, Justin Peck, Krzystof Pastor and Christopher Bruce. Since the 2026/27 season, Mia Heathcote has been a member of the Zurich Ballet.

Mlindi Kulashe is from South Africa. He received his dance training at the English National Ballet School. From 2013 to 2022, he danced with Northern Ballet in Leeds, where he appeared in numerous leading roles. Since the beginning of 2023, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, including as Cello ("The Cellist"), Officer ("Atonement") and Wieck ("Clara"). As part of the "Next Generation" series, he choreographed his piece "Molo".

Sujung Lim is from South Korea. She received her training at Yewon Arts High School and the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. She won gold medals at the Tanzolymp Berlin in 2008 and 2011. From 2011 to 2018, she danced as a Soloist with Ballet Karlsruhe, including in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", Peter Wright's "Giselle" and Christopher Wheeldon's "Swan Lake". Since the 2018/19 season, Sujung Lim has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Patrice Bart, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Marcos Morau and Crystal Pite. In 2025, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Pablo Octávio is Brazilian. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. He was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne in 2011. From 2012 to 2023, he danced with Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe. Important roles in Karlsruhe included Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", the Prince in Youri Vamos's "The Nutcracker", Lucentio in John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew" and Albrecht in David Dawson's "Giselle". Since the 2023/24 season, Pablo Octávio has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Joseph Joachim in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), as Dancaïre in Mats Ek's "Carmen" and in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor and Crystal Pite.

Yun-Su Park is Korean. She received her ballet training at Shunwa Arts School and at the School of the Hamburg Ballet. From 2007 to 2024, she danced with the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2018. She appeared in numerous ballets by John Neumeier, including as Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet", Diana in "Sylvia" and Elisabeth in "Preludes CV", as well as in "Nocturnes", "Messiah" and "Beethoven Project". She also appeared in ballets by Rudolf Nureyev and George Balanchine. Since the 2024/25 season, Yun-Su Park has been a guest dancer with the Zurich Ballet, and since the 2026/27 season, she has been a member of the ensemble. Among other roles, she danced the title role in Cathy Marston's ballet "Mrs. Robinson" and Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet".

McKhayla Pettingill is Filipino American. She received her ballet training at Houston Ballet Academy and in Houston Ballet II. At Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Stanton Welch, James Kudelka, Disha Zang, John Neumeier and George Balanchine. At National Ballet of Canada, she appeared in choreographies by Crystal Pite, David Dawson and Kenneth MacMillan. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, she has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as well as a soloist in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Christian Spuck, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Karen Azatyan is from Armenia. Trained at Yerevan Dancing Art State College and at the Zurich Dance Academy, he was a winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich (Soloist since 2012). In 2014, he joined Hamburg Ballet as a Principal Dancer, where he worked closely with John Neumeier until his retirement in 2024. He danced leading roles and solos in many of Neumeier's ballets, including "Illusions – like Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Death in Venice", "Peer Gynt", "Romeo and Juliet", "Nijinsky", "Liliom", "The Seagull", "Winterreise", "St. Matthew Passion", "The Song of the Earth" and Mahler's "Symphony No. 3". His repertoire also includes choreographies by Frederick Ashton, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon. Since the 2024/25 season, Karen Azatyan has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Robert Schumann in Cathy Marston's "Clara", Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Shadow in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters" and as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Esteban Berlanga is Spanish. After training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was appointed Principal in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Deane's "Swan Lake", the Prince in Kenneth MacMillan's "The Sleeping Beauty", Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's "Giselle", the Nutcracker in the choreography by Wayne Eagling and Frédéric in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne". For David Dawson's "Faun(e)", he was nominated for the "Benois de la Danse". From 2013 to 2018, he was a Principal Dancer with the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. From 2018 to 2026, he was a member of the Zurich Ballet, and Principal from 2022. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski" and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Anna Karenina") and Cathy Marston ("The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Romeo and Juliet"). In 2024, he received the "Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich". In the 2026/27 season, he is appearing as a guest with the Zurich Ballet.

Brandon Lawrence is from the United Kingdom. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, becoming a Principal Dancer in 2019. Important roles included the Prince ("The Nutcracker"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Prince Florimund ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Prince Siegfried ("Swan Lake") in choreographies by Peter Wright, Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Colas in Frederick Ashton's "La Fille mal gardée", the Prince ("Cinderella"), Beast ("The Beauty and the Beast"), Albrecht ("Giselle") and Otello ("Shakespeare Suite") in choreographies by David Bintley. He has also appeared in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Atonement", "The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Clara", "Romeo and Juliet"), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kim Brandstrup and Andonis Foniadakis. In 2025, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She received her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined English National Ballet, where she received the "Emerging Dance Award" in 2013. In 2014, she joined Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she became a Principal Dancer. She regularly appeared as a guest with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich. She later danced with Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse. Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in "Spartacus"), John Neumeier (Marie in "The Nutcracker"), Akram Khan ("Giselle"), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in "Don Quixote") and Pina Bausch ("Café Müller"). She has also appeared in choreographies by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Andonis Foniadakis. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Julia in "Romeo and Juliet", "Clara", Cecilia in "Atonement", "Mrs. Robinson"), Patrice Bart ("Giselle"), Mats Ek ("Carmen"), William Forsythe ("In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated"), Kenneth MacMillan ("Concerto") and Bryan Arias ("Colorful Darkness"). In 2026, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Max Richter is from the USA and received his ballet training with Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during his engagement with Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston's "Summer and Smoke", Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty" and Balanchine's "Diamonds". Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. In addition to leading roles in Cathy Marston's ballets "Atonement", "Clara" and "Romeo and Juliet", Max Richter has appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the bride in Bronislava Nijinska's "Les Noces", as well as in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen and Mats Ek. The choreography "The Decision" was created for the "Next Generation" series.

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan, at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet and at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, as a Demi-Soloist from 2021 and as a Soloist from 2023. Among other roles, she appeared as Julia in David Dawson's "Romeo and Juliet", as Odette in Johan Inger's "Swan Lake", in Alexander Ekman's "Cow" and in David Dawson's "The Four Seasons". Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in Hans van Manen's "Live", as "M" in Mats Ek's "Carmen", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Christian Spuck's "Messa da Requiem" and as Julia in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds both Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College in London and at the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet, where he was appointed Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in "Mayerling" and De Grieux in "Manon" by Kenneth MacMillan, as well as Oberon in John Neumeier's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He also danced in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne" and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio ("Don Quixote"), Prince Florimund ("Sleeping Beauty"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Mercutio ("Romeo and Juliet") and the Prince ("The Nutcracker"). In choreographies by Stanton Welch, he danced Siegfried ("Swan Lake"), Solor ("La Bayadère") and Albrecht ("Giselle"). In John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was a Principal Dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. He has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Cello in "The Cellist", Robert Schumann in "Clara", Robbie Turner in "Atonement", Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet"), Albrecht/Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", among others.

Inna Bilash is from Ukraine. She received her ballet training at the Kharkov Choreographic School, the Perm State Choreographic College and the Perm State Academy of Arts and Culture. She was a Soloist with Perm Ballet, where she danced, among other roles, Julia in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Odette/Odile in Natalia Makarova's "Swan Lake", Giselle in the choreography by Perrot/Coralli/Petipa, the Bride in Kylián's "Svadebka" and Masha in MacMillan's "Winter Dreams". She also appeared as a soloist in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Douglas Lee, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite. She was the winner of the Arabesque competition in Perm and the Bolshoi Ballet television competition. In 2017, she received the award of the ballet magazine "The Soul of Dance". Since the 2018/19 season, Inna Bilash has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other roles, as Briony in Cathy Marston's "Atonement" and in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2024, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Wei Chen is from the USA and received his training at Boston Ballet School, Margo Marshall’s School of Ballet, Walnut Hill School and Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. At Royal Ballet of Flanders, he danced in Marcia Haydée's "Swan Lake" (Siegfried) and "The Sleeping Beauty" (Prince Désiré), as well as in Cranko's "Onegin" (Lensky). He also appeared in choreographies by Balanchine, Bournonville, Dawson, Forsythe, Godani, McGregor, Nureyev, Pite, Stevenson and Wheeldon. Since the 2013/14 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other works, in choreographies by Douglas Lee, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Edward Clug, William Forsythe and Crystal Pite. He has also danced Romeo and Mercutio in Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", Benno in Ratmansky's "Swan Lake", Coppelius in Spuck's "The Sandman", Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" and Cello in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist". In 2023, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Chandler Dalton is American. He was trained at the School of Richmond Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy. At Houston Ballet, he was appointed Principal Dancer. Highlights there included James in Bournonville's "La Sylphide", Bluebird and Pas de Quatre in Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty", Pas de trois in George Balanchine's "Emeralds", the Prince in Stanton Welch's "The Nutcracker", as well as leading roles in ballets by John Neumeier, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Bruce and Justin Peck. Since the 2023/24 season, Chandler Dalton has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara". He has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated" and in ballets by Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor, Mats Ek, Christian Spuck and Kenneth MacMillan.

Shelby Williams holds both American and Italian citizenship. She studied at Houston Ballet Academy, Washington School of Ballet and Dancer’s Workshop Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA). After engagements with Semperoper Ballett, Corella Ballet and Ballet d’Europe, she was a Soloist with Ballett Mainz, Hessisches Staatsballett in Wiesbaden and, from 2016 to 2023, Royal Ballet of Flanders. In 2017 and 2018, she was nominated in the categories "Best Performance by a Female Dancer" and "Best News" for the "Critic's Choice Awards" of "Dance Europe Magazine". She danced Pina/Malou in Pina Bausch's "Café Müller", Rusalka in Alan Lucien Øyen's choreography of the same name, Myrtha in Akram Khan's "Giselle" and further leading roles in choreographies by Martha Graham, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Édouard Lock and Jermaine Spivey. Since the 2023/24 season, Shelby Williams has been a member of Zurich Ballet, where she has taken on leading roles in creations by Meryl Tankard, Bryan Arias and Cathy Marston and danced important roles in the repertoire of Marcos Morau, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Joel Woellner is Australian. He received his training at the Ben Stevenson Academy of Houston Ballet and with Houston Ballet II. In 2013, he was a two-time prizewinner at the Prix de Lausanne. After an engagement with Houston Ballet, he was a Principal Artist with Queensland Ballet from 2015 to 2024. Joel Woellner danced Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's "Manon", Valmont in Liam Scarlett's "Dangerous Liaisons", Oberon in Scarlett's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Prince Ivan in Scarlett's "The Firebird", Prince Siegfried in Ben Stevenson's "Swan Lake", as well as in choreographies by Greg Horsman, Christopher Bruce and Jiří Kylián. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as Escamillo in Mats Ek's "Carmen", as well as in choreographies by Hans van Manen, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Marcos Morau, Bryan Arias, Kenneth MacMillan and Crystal Pite.

Sean Bates is from the United Kingdom and studied at the Royal Ballet School. He danced with Northern Ballet under the direction of David Nixon and appeared in numerous leading roles, including Jay Gatsby ("The Great Gatsby"), Romeo ("Romeo and Juliet") and Puck ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"). Following his collaborations with Cathy Marston on "Jane Eyre" and "Victoria", he joined Zurich Ballet for the 2023/24 season. Here, he has appeared as a soloist, among other roles, in Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as Denis in Cathy Marston's "Snowblind", as Bargiel in "Clara" and as Paris and Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet". He has taught at Cape Town City Ballet and at various summer schools in the United Kingdom and Zurich.

Francesca Dell’Aria is from Italy. She received her training at Elmhurst School and with Birmingham Royal Ballet. After engagements with Slovak National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2014/15 season. She has appeared, among other works, in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, Hans van Manen, Jacopo Godani, Douglas Lee, Edward Clug ("Peer Gynt"), Marco Goecke ("Nijinski"), Crystal Pite and Marcos Morau. She has also danced title roles in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist" and Christian Spuck's "Anna Karenina", as well as Myrtha in Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2019, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Jesse Fraser was born in Saskatoon, Canada. Trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, he joined Stuttgart Ballet in the 2010/11 season. There, he danced in choreographies by Cranko, MacMillan, Spuck, Haydée, Neumeier, Béjart, Forsythe, Cherkaoui, Goecke, Clug, Volpi and Stiens. His own choreographies were created as part of the "Young Choreographers" series of the Noverre Society. Since the 2015/16 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, he has appeared as Paris in Christian Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", as Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Deer in Edward Clug's "Peer Gynt", as well as in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite, Bryan Arias, Johan Inger, Andonis Foniadakis and Mats Ek.

Jorge García Pérez is Spanish. He received his dance training at Estudio de Danza María de Ávila and joined Malandain Ballet Biarritz II at the age of 16. In 2005, he won the gold medal at the Premio Roma competition. Heinz Spoerli then engaged him for Junior Ballet and shortly afterwards for Zurich Ballet. In 2008, he became a Soloist with Ballett Basel under Richard Wherlock, where he danced numerous leading roles. In 2011, he made his debut as a choreographer. He won numerous prizes at renowned competitions, including in Hanover, Copenhagen and Burgos-New York. In 2016, he co-founded "Carta Blance Dance" and in 2024 the charity gala "Strength and Grace". Since the 2023/24 season, Jorge García Pérez has once again been a member of Zurich Ballet. In addition to his dancing commitments, he also works as a Rehearsal Assistant.

Daniela Gómez Pérez is from Cuba. She studied at the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School and at the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba. From 2015 to 2023, she was a Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Cuba. Under the direction of Alicia Alonso, she danced leading roles in "Coppélia", "Giselle", "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". She also appeared in choreographies by Peter Quanz, Brian McDonald, George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Marston, Ricardo Amarante, Alexei Ratmansky, Uwe Scholz, Ben Stevenson, Mikhail Fokine and Gemma Bond. For her interpretation of Daniel Proietto's "Cigne", she was entered in the Golden Book of the Gran Teatro de La Habana. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. She has danced leading roles in "Snow Blind", "The Cellist" and "Clara" by Cathy Marston. She has also appeared in choreographies by Patrice Bart, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Jerome Robbins, Mats Ek, Kim Brandstrup, Mthuthuzeli November, Dani Rowe and Bryan Arias.

Mia Heathcote is Australian. She received her training at the Australian Ballet School. In 2014, she joined Queensland Ballet, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2022. From 2024 to 2026, she was a Soloist with the Australian Ballet. She danced title roles in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Manon", as well as leading roles in works by Liam Scarlett ("A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Firebird", "Dangerous Liaisons"), John Neumeier ("Nijinsky"), Christopher Wheeldon ("Oscar"), Ben Stevenson ("Three Preludes", "Cinderella", "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake"), David McAllister, Greg Horsman ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Ai-Gul Gaisina ("Giselle"), John Cranko ("Romeo and Juliet"), Peter Wright ("The Nutcracker") and George Balanchine ("Serenade"). In 2023, she worked with Cathy Marston on "My Brilliant Career". Her further repertoire includes works by Stephanie Lake, Johan Inger, Justin Peck, Krzystof Pastor and Christopher Bruce. Since the 2026/27 season, Mia Heathcote has been a member of the Zurich Ballet.

Mlindi Kulashe is from South Africa. He received his dance training at the English National Ballet School. From 2013 to 2022, he danced with Northern Ballet in Leeds, where he appeared in numerous leading roles. Since the beginning of 2023, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, including as Cello ("The Cellist"), Officer ("Atonement") and Wieck ("Clara"). As part of the "Next Generation" series, he choreographed his piece "Molo".

Sujung Lim is from South Korea. She received her training at Yewon Arts High School and the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. She won gold medals at the Tanzolymp Berlin in 2008 and 2011. From 2011 to 2018, she danced as a Soloist with Ballet Karlsruhe, including in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", Peter Wright's "Giselle" and Christopher Wheeldon's "Swan Lake". Since the 2018/19 season, Sujung Lim has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Patrice Bart, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Marcos Morau and Crystal Pite. In 2025, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Pablo Octávio is Brazilian. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. He was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne in 2011. From 2012 to 2023, he danced with Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe. Important roles in Karlsruhe included Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", the Prince in Youri Vamos's "The Nutcracker", Lucentio in John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew" and Albrecht in David Dawson's "Giselle". Since the 2023/24 season, Pablo Octávio has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Joseph Joachim in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), as Dancaïre in Mats Ek's "Carmen" and in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor and Crystal Pite.

Yun-Su Park is Korean. She received her ballet training at Shunwa Arts School and at the School of the Hamburg Ballet. From 2007 to 2024, she danced with the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2018. She appeared in numerous ballets by John Neumeier, including as Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet", Diana in "Sylvia" and Elisabeth in "Preludes CV", as well as in "Nocturnes", "Messiah" and "Beethoven Project". She also appeared in ballets by Rudolf Nureyev and George Balanchine. Since the 2024/25 season, Yun-Su Park has been a guest dancer with the Zurich Ballet, and since the 2026/27 season, she has been a member of the ensemble. Among other roles, she danced the title role in Cathy Marston's ballet "Mrs. Robinson" and Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet".

McKhayla Pettingill is Filipino American. She received her ballet training at Houston Ballet Academy and in Houston Ballet II. At Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Stanton Welch, James Kudelka, Disha Zang, John Neumeier and George Balanchine. At National Ballet of Canada, she appeared in choreographies by Crystal Pite, David Dawson and Kenneth MacMillan. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, she has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as well as a soloist in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Christian Spuck, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Raphaël Besse is French. He received his dance training at the Conservatoire de Paris and the San Francisco Ballet School. He danced with the San Francisco Ballet and Tanz Theater Pforzheim in choreographies by Helgi Tomasson, Aszure Barton, Christopher Wheeldon, Guido Markowitz and Garrett Smith. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet.

Breanna Foad is Australian. From 2018 to 2025, she danced with English National Ballet. There, she danced leading roles in choreographies by Mats Ek, Johan Inger and Andrea Miller. She also appeared in choreographies by Akram Khan, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Derek Deane and Arielle Smith. In 2024, she was the winner of the "English National Opera's Emerging Dancer Competition". Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. She has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name and as Benvolia in "Romeo and Juliet". She has also appeared in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Andonis Foniadakis and Dani Rowe. For the "Next Generation" series, she choreographed "The Order".

Giorgia Giani is Italian. She received her ballet training at the school of Hamburg Ballet. After an initial engagement with the Bundesjugendballett, she was engaged with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier from 2016 to 2023, where she gained extensive stage experience. Since the 2023/24 season, Giorgia Giani has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in numerous ballets by Cathy Marston (including as Clara in "Clara" and as Briony Tallis in "Atonement"). She has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), as well as in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Wayne McGregor's "Infra" and William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated".

Marià Huguet is from Spain. He received his dance training at the Classical Ballet School in Girona, at the Royal Ballet School and at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet. From 2016 to 2023, he danced with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, including in Neumeier's productions "Anna Karenina", "Ghost Light", "Dona Nobis Pacem", "Nijinsky", "Lady of the Camellias" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Since the 2023/24 season, Marià Huguet has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Kai in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters", as Wilfried in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as well as in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite and Bryan Arias.

Erik Kim is from the USA. He received his dance training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After an initial engagement with Ballet Nacional Sodre in Uruguay, he danced with Atlanta Ballet from 2021 to 2024. Among other roles, he appeared in the title role of Yuri Possokhov's "The Nutcracker", as well as in choreographies by August Bournonville, Ben Stevenson, Cathy Marston, Kenneth MacMillan and Juliano Nunes. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Benjamin Braddock in Cathy Marston's "Mrs. Robinson", as Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux) and in Hans van Manen's "Live". In 2026, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Ruka Nakagawa is from Japan. She received her ballet training at Shimoda Harumi Ballet in Japan, at the Benedict Manniegel Ballett Akademie in Munich and at the Royal Ballet School in Antwerp. From 2017 to 2023, she danced with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Belgium. Among other roles, she appeared as Giselle in Akram Khan's "Giselle", as the Chosen One in Pina Bausch's "The Rite of Spring", as well as in choreographies by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shechter and Johan Inger. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Clara", Mattie in "Snow Blind", Lola in "Atonement", Flower Girl in "Romeo and Juliet") and has also appeared in choreographies by Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite and Christian Spuck.

Nehanda Péguillan holds both French and South African citizenship. She received her dance training in Johannesburg and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. At Cannes Jeune Ballet, she appeared in choreographies by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Carolyn Carlson and Thierry Malandain. With the Dutch De Theater BV, she danced in the production "Nureyev" in 2023. After one season with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2024/25 season. Here, she has appeared, among other roles, in the title role of Mats Ek's "Carmen" and as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name.

Caroline Perry is from the USA. She received her training at Houston Ballet Academy and in Houston Ballet II. During an initial engagement with Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth MacMillan, Ben Stevenson, Stanton Welch and Christopher Wheeldon. From 2022 to 2024, she was a member of Cincinnati Ballet. There, she appeared in choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Alejandro Cerrudo, William Forsythe, Peter Chu, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Cathy Marston. Since the 2024/25 season, Caroline Perry has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced in choreographies by Bryan Arias, Mats Ek, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Kenneth MacMillan, Wayne McGregor, Marcos Morau and Christian Spuck. In Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet", she appeared as Angelica.

Dustin True is from the USA. After his training at the School of American Ballet, engagements took him to Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam, Dortmund Ballet and Los Angeles Ballet. He danced solo roles in "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty", "Giselle" and "Romeo and Juliet" and appeared as a soloist in choreographies by David Dawson, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Justin Peck, Benjamin Millepied, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Mauro Bigonzetti and Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston, as well as in William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated", Wayne McGregor's "Infra" and Jerome Robbins' "Glass Pieces".

Lucas van Rensburg holds both German and Italian citizenship. He studied at the Palucca School in Dresden. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2025/26 season. His most important roles in Zurich include Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and Benjamin Braddock in Marston's "Mrs. Robinson". He has also appeared in solo roles in Marcos Morau's "Night Dreams", Lucas Valente's "Timeframed", Mthuthuzeli November's "Rhapsody in Blue" and Dani Rowe's "Vestige". His Zurich repertoire also includes works by William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kenneth MacMillan, Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Mats Ek and Christian Spuck.

Karen Azatyan is from Armenia. Trained at Yerevan Dancing Art State College and at the Zurich Dance Academy, he was a winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich (Soloist since 2012). In 2014, he joined Hamburg Ballet as a Principal Dancer, where he worked closely with John Neumeier until his retirement in 2024. He danced leading roles and solos in many of Neumeier's ballets, including "Illusions – like Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Death in Venice", "Peer Gynt", "Romeo and Juliet", "Nijinsky", "Liliom", "The Seagull", "Winterreise", "St. Matthew Passion", "The Song of the Earth" and Mahler's "Symphony No. 3". His repertoire also includes choreographies by Frederick Ashton, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon. Since the 2024/25 season, Karen Azatyan has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Robert Schumann in Cathy Marston's "Clara", Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Shadow in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters" and as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Esteban Berlanga is Spanish. After training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was appointed Principal in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Deane's "Swan Lake", the Prince in Kenneth MacMillan's "The Sleeping Beauty", Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's "Giselle", the Nutcracker in the choreography by Wayne Eagling and Frédéric in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne". For David Dawson's "Faun(e)", he was nominated for the "Benois de la Danse". From 2013 to 2018, he was a Principal Dancer with the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. From 2018 to 2026, he was a member of the Zurich Ballet, and Principal from 2022. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski" and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Anna Karenina") and Cathy Marston ("The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Romeo and Juliet"). In 2024, he received the "Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich". In the 2026/27 season, he is appearing as a guest with the Zurich Ballet.

Brandon Lawrence is from the United Kingdom. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, becoming a Principal Dancer in 2019. Important roles included the Prince ("The Nutcracker"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Prince Florimund ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Prince Siegfried ("Swan Lake") in choreographies by Peter Wright, Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Colas in Frederick Ashton's "La Fille mal gardée", the Prince ("Cinderella"), Beast ("The Beauty and the Beast"), Albrecht ("Giselle") and Otello ("Shakespeare Suite") in choreographies by David Bintley. He has also appeared in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Atonement", "The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Clara", "Romeo and Juliet"), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kim Brandstrup and Andonis Foniadakis. In 2025, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She received her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined English National Ballet, where she received the "Emerging Dance Award" in 2013. In 2014, she joined Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she became a Principal Dancer. She regularly appeared as a guest with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich. She later danced with Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse. Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in "Spartacus"), John Neumeier (Marie in "The Nutcracker"), Akram Khan ("Giselle"), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in "Don Quixote") and Pina Bausch ("Café Müller"). She has also appeared in choreographies by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Andonis Foniadakis. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Julia in "Romeo and Juliet", "Clara", Cecilia in "Atonement", "Mrs. Robinson"), Patrice Bart ("Giselle"), Mats Ek ("Carmen"), William Forsythe ("In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated"), Kenneth MacMillan ("Concerto") and Bryan Arias ("Colorful Darkness"). In 2026, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Max Richter is from the USA and received his ballet training with Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during his engagement with Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston's "Summer and Smoke", Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty" and Balanchine's "Diamonds". Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. In addition to leading roles in Cathy Marston's ballets "Atonement", "Clara" and "Romeo and Juliet", Max Richter has appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the bride in Bronislava Nijinska's "Les Noces", as well as in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen and Mats Ek. The choreography "The Decision" was created for the "Next Generation" series.

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan, at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet and at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, as a Demi-Soloist from 2021 and as a Soloist from 2023. Among other roles, she appeared as Julia in David Dawson's "Romeo and Juliet", as Odette in Johan Inger's "Swan Lake", in Alexander Ekman's "Cow" and in David Dawson's "The Four Seasons". Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in Hans van Manen's "Live", as "M" in Mats Ek's "Carmen", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Christian Spuck's "Messa da Requiem" and as Julia in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds both Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College in London and at the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet, where he was appointed Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in "Mayerling" and De Grieux in "Manon" by Kenneth MacMillan, as well as Oberon in John Neumeier's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He also danced in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne" and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio ("Don Quixote"), Prince Florimund ("Sleeping Beauty"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Mercutio ("Romeo and Juliet") and the Prince ("The Nutcracker"). In choreographies by Stanton Welch, he danced Siegfried ("Swan Lake"), Solor ("La Bayadère") and Albrecht ("Giselle"). In John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was a Principal Dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. He has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Cello in "The Cellist", Robert Schumann in "Clara", Robbie Turner in "Atonement", Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet"), Albrecht/Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", among others.

Inna Bilash is from Ukraine. She received her ballet training at the Kharkov Choreographic School, the Perm State Choreographic College and the Perm State Academy of Arts and Culture. She was a Soloist with Perm Ballet, where she danced, among other roles, Julia in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Odette/Odile in Natalia Makarova's "Swan Lake", Giselle in the choreography by Perrot/Coralli/Petipa, the Bride in Kylián's "Svadebka" and Masha in MacMillan's "Winter Dreams". She also appeared as a soloist in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Douglas Lee, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite. She was the winner of the Arabesque competition in Perm and the Bolshoi Ballet television competition. In 2017, she received the award of the ballet magazine "The Soul of Dance". Since the 2018/19 season, Inna Bilash has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other roles, as Briony in Cathy Marston's "Atonement" and in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2024, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Wei Chen is from the USA and received his training at Boston Ballet School, Margo Marshall’s School of Ballet, Walnut Hill School and Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. At Royal Ballet of Flanders, he danced in Marcia Haydée's "Swan Lake" (Siegfried) and "The Sleeping Beauty" (Prince Désiré), as well as in Cranko's "Onegin" (Lensky). He also appeared in choreographies by Balanchine, Bournonville, Dawson, Forsythe, Godani, McGregor, Nureyev, Pite, Stevenson and Wheeldon. Since the 2013/14 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other works, in choreographies by Douglas Lee, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Edward Clug, William Forsythe and Crystal Pite. He has also danced Romeo and Mercutio in Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", Benno in Ratmansky's "Swan Lake", Coppelius in Spuck's "The Sandman", Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" and Cello in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist". In 2023, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Chandler Dalton is American. He was trained at the School of Richmond Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy. At Houston Ballet, he was appointed Principal Dancer. Highlights there included James in Bournonville's "La Sylphide", Bluebird and Pas de Quatre in Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty", Pas de trois in George Balanchine's "Emeralds", the Prince in Stanton Welch's "The Nutcracker", as well as leading roles in ballets by John Neumeier, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Bruce and Justin Peck. Since the 2023/24 season, Chandler Dalton has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara". He has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated" and in ballets by Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor, Mats Ek, Christian Spuck and Kenneth MacMillan.

Shelby Williams holds both American and Italian citizenship. She studied at Houston Ballet Academy, Washington School of Ballet and Dancer’s Workshop Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA). After engagements with Semperoper Ballett, Corella Ballet and Ballet d’Europe, she was a Soloist with Ballett Mainz, Hessisches Staatsballett in Wiesbaden and, from 2016 to 2023, Royal Ballet of Flanders. In 2017 and 2018, she was nominated in the categories "Best Performance by a Female Dancer" and "Best News" for the "Critic's Choice Awards" of "Dance Europe Magazine". She danced Pina/Malou in Pina Bausch's "Café Müller", Rusalka in Alan Lucien Øyen's choreography of the same name, Myrtha in Akram Khan's "Giselle" and further leading roles in choreographies by Martha Graham, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Édouard Lock and Jermaine Spivey. Since the 2023/24 season, Shelby Williams has been a member of Zurich Ballet, where she has taken on leading roles in creations by Meryl Tankard, Bryan Arias and Cathy Marston and danced important roles in the repertoire of Marcos Morau, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Joel Woellner is Australian. He received his training at the Ben Stevenson Academy of Houston Ballet and with Houston Ballet II. In 2013, he was a two-time prizewinner at the Prix de Lausanne. After an engagement with Houston Ballet, he was a Principal Artist with Queensland Ballet from 2015 to 2024. Joel Woellner danced Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's "Manon", Valmont in Liam Scarlett's "Dangerous Liaisons", Oberon in Scarlett's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Prince Ivan in Scarlett's "The Firebird", Prince Siegfried in Ben Stevenson's "Swan Lake", as well as in choreographies by Greg Horsman, Christopher Bruce and Jiří Kylián. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as Escamillo in Mats Ek's "Carmen", as well as in choreographies by Hans van Manen, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Marcos Morau, Bryan Arias, Kenneth MacMillan and Crystal Pite.

Sean Bates is from the United Kingdom and studied at the Royal Ballet School. He danced with Northern Ballet under the direction of David Nixon and appeared in numerous leading roles, including Jay Gatsby ("The Great Gatsby"), Romeo ("Romeo and Juliet") and Puck ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"). Following his collaborations with Cathy Marston on "Jane Eyre" and "Victoria", he joined Zurich Ballet for the 2023/24 season. Here, he has appeared as a soloist, among other roles, in Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as Denis in Cathy Marston's "Snowblind", as Bargiel in "Clara" and as Paris and Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet". He has taught at Cape Town City Ballet and at various summer schools in the United Kingdom and Zurich.

Francesca Dell’Aria is from Italy. She received her training at Elmhurst School and with Birmingham Royal Ballet. After engagements with Slovak National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2014/15 season. She has appeared, among other works, in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, Hans van Manen, Jacopo Godani, Douglas Lee, Edward Clug ("Peer Gynt"), Marco Goecke ("Nijinski"), Crystal Pite and Marcos Morau. She has also danced title roles in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist" and Christian Spuck's "Anna Karenina", as well as Myrtha in Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2019, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Jesse Fraser was born in Saskatoon, Canada. Trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, he joined Stuttgart Ballet in the 2010/11 season. There, he danced in choreographies by Cranko, MacMillan, Spuck, Haydée, Neumeier, Béjart, Forsythe, Cherkaoui, Goecke, Clug, Volpi and Stiens. His own choreographies were created as part of the "Young Choreographers" series of the Noverre Society. Since the 2015/16 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, he has appeared as Paris in Christian Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", as Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Deer in Edward Clug's "Peer Gynt", as well as in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite, Bryan Arias, Johan Inger, Andonis Foniadakis and Mats Ek.

Jorge García Pérez is Spanish. He received his dance training at Estudio de Danza María de Ávila and joined Malandain Ballet Biarritz II at the age of 16. In 2005, he won the gold medal at the Premio Roma competition. Heinz Spoerli then engaged him for Junior Ballet and shortly afterwards for Zurich Ballet. In 2008, he became a Soloist with Ballett Basel under Richard Wherlock, where he danced numerous leading roles. In 2011, he made his debut as a choreographer. He won numerous prizes at renowned competitions, including in Hanover, Copenhagen and Burgos-New York. In 2016, he co-founded "Carta Blance Dance" and in 2024 the charity gala "Strength and Grace". Since the 2023/24 season, Jorge García Pérez has once again been a member of Zurich Ballet. In addition to his dancing commitments, he also works as a Rehearsal Assistant.

Daniela Gómez Pérez is from Cuba. She studied at the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School and at the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba. From 2015 to 2023, she was a Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Cuba. Under the direction of Alicia Alonso, she danced leading roles in "Coppélia", "Giselle", "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". She also appeared in choreographies by Peter Quanz, Brian McDonald, George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Marston, Ricardo Amarante, Alexei Ratmansky, Uwe Scholz, Ben Stevenson, Mikhail Fokine and Gemma Bond. For her interpretation of Daniel Proietto's "Cigne", she was entered in the Golden Book of the Gran Teatro de La Habana. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. She has danced leading roles in "Snow Blind", "The Cellist" and "Clara" by Cathy Marston. She has also appeared in choreographies by Patrice Bart, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Jerome Robbins, Mats Ek, Kim Brandstrup, Mthuthuzeli November, Dani Rowe and Bryan Arias.

Mia Heathcote is Australian. She received her training at the Australian Ballet School. In 2014, she joined Queensland Ballet, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2022. From 2024 to 2026, she was a Soloist with the Australian Ballet. She danced title roles in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Manon", as well as leading roles in works by Liam Scarlett ("A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Firebird", "Dangerous Liaisons"), John Neumeier ("Nijinsky"), Christopher Wheeldon ("Oscar"), Ben Stevenson ("Three Preludes", "Cinderella", "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake"), David McAllister, Greg Horsman ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Ai-Gul Gaisina ("Giselle"), John Cranko ("Romeo and Juliet"), Peter Wright ("The Nutcracker") and George Balanchine ("Serenade"). In 2023, she worked with Cathy Marston on "My Brilliant Career". Her further repertoire includes works by Stephanie Lake, Johan Inger, Justin Peck, Krzystof Pastor and Christopher Bruce. Since the 2026/27 season, Mia Heathcote has been a member of the Zurich Ballet.

Mlindi Kulashe is from South Africa. He received his dance training at the English National Ballet School. From 2013 to 2022, he danced with Northern Ballet in Leeds, where he appeared in numerous leading roles. Since the beginning of 2023, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, including as Cello ("The Cellist"), Officer ("Atonement") and Wieck ("Clara"). As part of the "Next Generation" series, he choreographed his piece "Molo".

Sujung Lim is from South Korea. She received her training at Yewon Arts High School and the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. She won gold medals at the Tanzolymp Berlin in 2008 and 2011. From 2011 to 2018, she danced as a Soloist with Ballet Karlsruhe, including in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", Peter Wright's "Giselle" and Christopher Wheeldon's "Swan Lake". Since the 2018/19 season, Sujung Lim has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Patrice Bart, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Marcos Morau and Crystal Pite. In 2025, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Pablo Octávio is Brazilian. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. He was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne in 2011. From 2012 to 2023, he danced with Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe. Important roles in Karlsruhe included Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", the Prince in Youri Vamos's "The Nutcracker", Lucentio in John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew" and Albrecht in David Dawson's "Giselle". Since the 2023/24 season, Pablo Octávio has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Joseph Joachim in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), as Dancaïre in Mats Ek's "Carmen" and in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor and Crystal Pite.

Yun-Su Park is Korean. She received her ballet training at Shunwa Arts School and at the School of the Hamburg Ballet. From 2007 to 2024, she danced with the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2018. She appeared in numerous ballets by John Neumeier, including as Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet", Diana in "Sylvia" and Elisabeth in "Preludes CV", as well as in "Nocturnes", "Messiah" and "Beethoven Project". She also appeared in ballets by Rudolf Nureyev and George Balanchine. Since the 2024/25 season, Yun-Su Park has been a guest dancer with the Zurich Ballet, and since the 2026/27 season, she has been a member of the ensemble. Among other roles, she danced the title role in Cathy Marston's ballet "Mrs. Robinson" and Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet".

McKhayla Pettingill is Filipino American. She received her ballet training at Houston Ballet Academy and in Houston Ballet II. At Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Stanton Welch, James Kudelka, Disha Zang, John Neumeier and George Balanchine. At National Ballet of Canada, she appeared in choreographies by Crystal Pite, David Dawson and Kenneth MacMillan. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, she has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as well as a soloist in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Christian Spuck, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Raphaël Besse is French. He received his dance training at the Conservatoire de Paris and the San Francisco Ballet School. He danced with the San Francisco Ballet and Tanz Theater Pforzheim in choreographies by Helgi Tomasson, Aszure Barton, Christopher Wheeldon, Guido Markowitz and Garrett Smith. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet.

Breanna Foad is Australian. From 2018 to 2025, she danced with English National Ballet. There, she danced leading roles in choreographies by Mats Ek, Johan Inger and Andrea Miller. She also appeared in choreographies by Akram Khan, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Derek Deane and Arielle Smith. In 2024, she was the winner of the "English National Opera's Emerging Dancer Competition". Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. She has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name and as Benvolia in "Romeo and Juliet". She has also appeared in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Andonis Foniadakis and Dani Rowe. For the "Next Generation" series, she choreographed "The Order".

Giorgia Giani is Italian. She received her ballet training at the school of Hamburg Ballet. After an initial engagement with the Bundesjugendballett, she was engaged with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier from 2016 to 2023, where she gained extensive stage experience. Since the 2023/24 season, Giorgia Giani has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in numerous ballets by Cathy Marston (including as Clara in "Clara" and as Briony Tallis in "Atonement"). She has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), as well as in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Wayne McGregor's "Infra" and William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated".

Marià Huguet is from Spain. He received his dance training at the Classical Ballet School in Girona, at the Royal Ballet School and at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet. From 2016 to 2023, he danced with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, including in Neumeier's productions "Anna Karenina", "Ghost Light", "Dona Nobis Pacem", "Nijinsky", "Lady of the Camellias" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Since the 2023/24 season, Marià Huguet has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Kai in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters", as Wilfried in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as well as in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite and Bryan Arias.

Erik Kim is from the USA. He received his dance training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After an initial engagement with Ballet Nacional Sodre in Uruguay, he danced with Atlanta Ballet from 2021 to 2024. Among other roles, he appeared in the title role of Yuri Possokhov's "The Nutcracker", as well as in choreographies by August Bournonville, Ben Stevenson, Cathy Marston, Kenneth MacMillan and Juliano Nunes. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Benjamin Braddock in Cathy Marston's "Mrs. Robinson", as Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux) and in Hans van Manen's "Live". In 2026, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Ruka Nakagawa is from Japan. She received her ballet training at Shimoda Harumi Ballet in Japan, at the Benedict Manniegel Ballett Akademie in Munich and at the Royal Ballet School in Antwerp. From 2017 to 2023, she danced with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Belgium. Among other roles, she appeared as Giselle in Akram Khan's "Giselle", as the Chosen One in Pina Bausch's "The Rite of Spring", as well as in choreographies by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shechter and Johan Inger. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Clara", Mattie in "Snow Blind", Lola in "Atonement", Flower Girl in "Romeo and Juliet") and has also appeared in choreographies by Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite and Christian Spuck.

Nehanda Péguillan holds both French and South African citizenship. She received her dance training in Johannesburg and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. At Cannes Jeune Ballet, she appeared in choreographies by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Carolyn Carlson and Thierry Malandain. With the Dutch De Theater BV, she danced in the production "Nureyev" in 2023. After one season with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2024/25 season. Here, she has appeared, among other roles, in the title role of Mats Ek's "Carmen" and as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name.

Caroline Perry is from the USA. She received her training at Houston Ballet Academy and in Houston Ballet II. During an initial engagement with Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth MacMillan, Ben Stevenson, Stanton Welch and Christopher Wheeldon. From 2022 to 2024, she was a member of Cincinnati Ballet. There, she appeared in choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Alejandro Cerrudo, William Forsythe, Peter Chu, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Cathy Marston. Since the 2024/25 season, Caroline Perry has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced in choreographies by Bryan Arias, Mats Ek, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Kenneth MacMillan, Wayne McGregor, Marcos Morau and Christian Spuck. In Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet", she appeared as Angelica.

Dustin True is from the USA. After his training at the School of American Ballet, engagements took him to Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam, Dortmund Ballet and Los Angeles Ballet. He danced solo roles in "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty", "Giselle" and "Romeo and Juliet" and appeared as a soloist in choreographies by David Dawson, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Justin Peck, Benjamin Millepied, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Mauro Bigonzetti and Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston, as well as in William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated", Wayne McGregor's "Infra" and Jerome Robbins' "Glass Pieces".

Lucas van Rensburg holds both German and Italian citizenship. He studied at the Palucca School in Dresden. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2025/26 season. His most important roles in Zurich include Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and Benjamin Braddock in Marston's "Mrs. Robinson". He has also appeared in solo roles in Marcos Morau's "Night Dreams", Lucas Valente's "Timeframed", Mthuthuzeli November's "Rhapsody in Blue" and Dani Rowe's "Vestige". His Zurich repertoire also includes works by William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kenneth MacMillan, Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Mats Ek and Christian Spuck.

Greta Calzuola is Italian. She received her training at the ballet school of Umbria Ballet in Italy and at the Académie Princesse Grace in Monte-Carlo. In 2014, she won the International Ballet Competition in Longiano. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2023/24 season. Among other roles, she has appeared as Princess Pirlipat in Christian Spuck's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", as Lola in Cathy Marston's "Atonement", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as well as in choreographies by Crystal Pite, Edward Clug and Marco Goecke. In 2023, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Ayaka Kano is from Japan. She received her dance training in Japan and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2025/26 season. Among other roles, she has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name, in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux) and in William Forsythe's "New Suite".

Makani Yerg is from the USA. He received his ballet training at City Dance School in Maryland and at Juilliard School in New York. In 2018, he was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, he danced with Staatsballett Hannover in the 2025/26 season. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet.

Karen Azatyan is from Armenia. Trained at Yerevan Dancing Art State College and at the Zurich Dance Academy, he was a winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich (Soloist since 2012). In 2014, he joined Hamburg Ballet as a Principal Dancer, where he worked closely with John Neumeier until his retirement in 2024. He danced leading roles and solos in many of Neumeier's ballets, including "Illusions – like Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Death in Venice", "Peer Gynt", "Romeo and Juliet", "Nijinsky", "Liliom", "The Seagull", "Winterreise", "St. Matthew Passion", "The Song of the Earth" and Mahler's "Symphony No. 3". His repertoire also includes choreographies by Frederick Ashton, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon. Since the 2024/25 season, Karen Azatyan has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Robert Schumann in Cathy Marston's "Clara", Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Shadow in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters" and as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Esteban Berlanga is Spanish. After training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was appointed Principal in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Deane's "Swan Lake", the Prince in Kenneth MacMillan's "The Sleeping Beauty", Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's "Giselle", the Nutcracker in the choreography by Wayne Eagling and Frédéric in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne". For David Dawson's "Faun(e)", he was nominated for the "Benois de la Danse". From 2013 to 2018, he was a Principal Dancer with the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. From 2018 to 2026, he was a member of the Zurich Ballet, and Principal from 2022. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski" and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Anna Karenina") and Cathy Marston ("The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Romeo and Juliet"). In 2024, he received the "Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich". In the 2026/27 season, he is appearing as a guest with the Zurich Ballet.

Brandon Lawrence is from the United Kingdom. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, becoming a Principal Dancer in 2019. Important roles included the Prince ("The Nutcracker"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Prince Florimund ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Prince Siegfried ("Swan Lake") in choreographies by Peter Wright, Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Colas in Frederick Ashton's "La Fille mal gardée", the Prince ("Cinderella"), Beast ("The Beauty and the Beast"), Albrecht ("Giselle") and Otello ("Shakespeare Suite") in choreographies by David Bintley. He has also appeared in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Atonement", "The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Clara", "Romeo and Juliet"), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kim Brandstrup and Andonis Foniadakis. In 2025, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She received her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined English National Ballet, where she received the "Emerging Dance Award" in 2013. In 2014, she joined Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she became a Principal Dancer. She regularly appeared as a guest with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich. She later danced with Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse. Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in "Spartacus"), John Neumeier (Marie in "The Nutcracker"), Akram Khan ("Giselle"), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in "Don Quixote") and Pina Bausch ("Café Müller"). She has also appeared in choreographies by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Andonis Foniadakis. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Julia in "Romeo and Juliet", "Clara", Cecilia in "Atonement", "Mrs. Robinson"), Patrice Bart ("Giselle"), Mats Ek ("Carmen"), William Forsythe ("In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated"), Kenneth MacMillan ("Concerto") and Bryan Arias ("Colorful Darkness"). In 2026, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Max Richter is from the USA and received his ballet training with Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during his engagement with Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston's "Summer and Smoke", Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty" and Balanchine's "Diamonds". Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. In addition to leading roles in Cathy Marston's ballets "Atonement", "Clara" and "Romeo and Juliet", Max Richter has appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the bride in Bronislava Nijinska's "Les Noces", as well as in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen and Mats Ek. The choreography "The Decision" was created for the "Next Generation" series.

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan, at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet and at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, as a Demi-Soloist from 2021 and as a Soloist from 2023. Among other roles, she appeared as Julia in David Dawson's "Romeo and Juliet", as Odette in Johan Inger's "Swan Lake", in Alexander Ekman's "Cow" and in David Dawson's "The Four Seasons". Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in Hans van Manen's "Live", as "M" in Mats Ek's "Carmen", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Christian Spuck's "Messa da Requiem" and as Julia in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds both Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College in London and at the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet, where he was appointed Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in "Mayerling" and De Grieux in "Manon" by Kenneth MacMillan, as well as Oberon in John Neumeier's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He also danced in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne" and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio ("Don Quixote"), Prince Florimund ("Sleeping Beauty"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Mercutio ("Romeo and Juliet") and the Prince ("The Nutcracker"). In choreographies by Stanton Welch, he danced Siegfried ("Swan Lake"), Solor ("La Bayadère") and Albrecht ("Giselle"). In John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was a Principal Dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. He has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Cello in "The Cellist", Robert Schumann in "Clara", Robbie Turner in "Atonement", Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet"), Albrecht/Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", among others.

Inna Bilash is from Ukraine. She received her ballet training at the Kharkov Choreographic School, the Perm State Choreographic College and the Perm State Academy of Arts and Culture. She was a Soloist with Perm Ballet, where she danced, among other roles, Julia in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Odette/Odile in Natalia Makarova's "Swan Lake", Giselle in the choreography by Perrot/Coralli/Petipa, the Bride in Kylián's "Svadebka" and Masha in MacMillan's "Winter Dreams". She also appeared as a soloist in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Douglas Lee, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite. She was the winner of the Arabesque competition in Perm and the Bolshoi Ballet television competition. In 2017, she received the award of the ballet magazine "The Soul of Dance". Since the 2018/19 season, Inna Bilash has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other roles, as Briony in Cathy Marston's "Atonement" and in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2024, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Wei Chen is from the USA and received his training at Boston Ballet School, Margo Marshall’s School of Ballet, Walnut Hill School and Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. At Royal Ballet of Flanders, he danced in Marcia Haydée's "Swan Lake" (Siegfried) and "The Sleeping Beauty" (Prince Désiré), as well as in Cranko's "Onegin" (Lensky). He also appeared in choreographies by Balanchine, Bournonville, Dawson, Forsythe, Godani, McGregor, Nureyev, Pite, Stevenson and Wheeldon. Since the 2013/14 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other works, in choreographies by Douglas Lee, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Edward Clug, William Forsythe and Crystal Pite. He has also danced Romeo and Mercutio in Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", Benno in Ratmansky's "Swan Lake", Coppelius in Spuck's "The Sandman", Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" and Cello in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist". In 2023, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Chandler Dalton is American. He was trained at the School of Richmond Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy. At Houston Ballet, he was appointed Principal Dancer. Highlights there included James in Bournonville's "La Sylphide", Bluebird and Pas de Quatre in Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty", Pas de trois in George Balanchine's "Emeralds", the Prince in Stanton Welch's "The Nutcracker", as well as leading roles in ballets by John Neumeier, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Bruce and Justin Peck. Since the 2023/24 season, Chandler Dalton has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara". He has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated" and in ballets by Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor, Mats Ek, Christian Spuck and Kenneth MacMillan.

Shelby Williams holds both American and Italian citizenship. She studied at Houston Ballet Academy, Washington School of Ballet and Dancer’s Workshop Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA). After engagements with Semperoper Ballett, Corella Ballet and Ballet d’Europe, she was a Soloist with Ballett Mainz, Hessisches Staatsballett in Wiesbaden and, from 2016 to 2023, Royal Ballet of Flanders. In 2017 and 2018, she was nominated in the categories "Best Performance by a Female Dancer" and "Best News" for the "Critic's Choice Awards" of "Dance Europe Magazine". She danced Pina/Malou in Pina Bausch's "Café Müller", Rusalka in Alan Lucien Øyen's choreography of the same name, Myrtha in Akram Khan's "Giselle" and further leading roles in choreographies by Martha Graham, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Édouard Lock and Jermaine Spivey. Since the 2023/24 season, Shelby Williams has been a member of Zurich Ballet, where she has taken on leading roles in creations by Meryl Tankard, Bryan Arias and Cathy Marston and danced important roles in the repertoire of Marcos Morau, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Joel Woellner is Australian. He received his training at the Ben Stevenson Academy of Houston Ballet and with Houston Ballet II. In 2013, he was a two-time prizewinner at the Prix de Lausanne. After an engagement with Houston Ballet, he was a Principal Artist with Queensland Ballet from 2015 to 2024. Joel Woellner danced Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's "Manon", Valmont in Liam Scarlett's "Dangerous Liaisons", Oberon in Scarlett's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Prince Ivan in Scarlett's "The Firebird", Prince Siegfried in Ben Stevenson's "Swan Lake", as well as in choreographies by Greg Horsman, Christopher Bruce and Jiří Kylián. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as Escamillo in Mats Ek's "Carmen", as well as in choreographies by Hans van Manen, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Marcos Morau, Bryan Arias, Kenneth MacMillan and Crystal Pite.

Sean Bates is from the United Kingdom and studied at the Royal Ballet School. He danced with Northern Ballet under the direction of David Nixon and appeared in numerous leading roles, including Jay Gatsby ("The Great Gatsby"), Romeo ("Romeo and Juliet") and Puck ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"). Following his collaborations with Cathy Marston on "Jane Eyre" and "Victoria", he joined Zurich Ballet for the 2023/24 season. Here, he has appeared as a soloist, among other roles, in Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as Denis in Cathy Marston's "Snowblind", as Bargiel in "Clara" and as Paris and Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet". He has taught at Cape Town City Ballet and at various summer schools in the United Kingdom and Zurich.

Francesca Dell’Aria is from Italy. She received her training at Elmhurst School and with Birmingham Royal Ballet. After engagements with Slovak National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2014/15 season. She has appeared, among other works, in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, Hans van Manen, Jacopo Godani, Douglas Lee, Edward Clug ("Peer Gynt"), Marco Goecke ("Nijinski"), Crystal Pite and Marcos Morau. She has also danced title roles in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist" and Christian Spuck's "Anna Karenina", as well as Myrtha in Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2019, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Jesse Fraser was born in Saskatoon, Canada. Trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, he joined Stuttgart Ballet in the 2010/11 season. There, he danced in choreographies by Cranko, MacMillan, Spuck, Haydée, Neumeier, Béjart, Forsythe, Cherkaoui, Goecke, Clug, Volpi and Stiens. His own choreographies were created as part of the "Young Choreographers" series of the Noverre Society. Since the 2015/16 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, he has appeared as Paris in Christian Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", as Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Deer in Edward Clug's "Peer Gynt", as well as in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite, Bryan Arias, Johan Inger, Andonis Foniadakis and Mats Ek.

Jorge García Pérez is Spanish. He received his dance training at Estudio de Danza María de Ávila and joined Malandain Ballet Biarritz II at the age of 16. In 2005, he won the gold medal at the Premio Roma competition. Heinz Spoerli then engaged him for Junior Ballet and shortly afterwards for Zurich Ballet. In 2008, he became a Soloist with Ballett Basel under Richard Wherlock, where he danced numerous leading roles. In 2011, he made his debut as a choreographer. He won numerous prizes at renowned competitions, including in Hanover, Copenhagen and Burgos-New York. In 2016, he co-founded "Carta Blance Dance" and in 2024 the charity gala "Strength and Grace". Since the 2023/24 season, Jorge García Pérez has once again been a member of Zurich Ballet. In addition to his dancing commitments, he also works as a Rehearsal Assistant.

Daniela Gómez Pérez is from Cuba. She studied at the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School and at the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba. From 2015 to 2023, she was a Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Cuba. Under the direction of Alicia Alonso, she danced leading roles in "Coppélia", "Giselle", "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". She also appeared in choreographies by Peter Quanz, Brian McDonald, George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Marston, Ricardo Amarante, Alexei Ratmansky, Uwe Scholz, Ben Stevenson, Mikhail Fokine and Gemma Bond. For her interpretation of Daniel Proietto's "Cigne", she was entered in the Golden Book of the Gran Teatro de La Habana. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. She has danced leading roles in "Snow Blind", "The Cellist" and "Clara" by Cathy Marston. She has also appeared in choreographies by Patrice Bart, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Jerome Robbins, Mats Ek, Kim Brandstrup, Mthuthuzeli November, Dani Rowe and Bryan Arias.

Mia Heathcote is Australian. She received her training at the Australian Ballet School. In 2014, she joined Queensland Ballet, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2022. From 2024 to 2026, she was a Soloist with the Australian Ballet. She danced title roles in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Manon", as well as leading roles in works by Liam Scarlett ("A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Firebird", "Dangerous Liaisons"), John Neumeier ("Nijinsky"), Christopher Wheeldon ("Oscar"), Ben Stevenson ("Three Preludes", "Cinderella", "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake"), David McAllister, Greg Horsman ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Ai-Gul Gaisina ("Giselle"), John Cranko ("Romeo and Juliet"), Peter Wright ("The Nutcracker") and George Balanchine ("Serenade"). In 2023, she worked with Cathy Marston on "My Brilliant Career". Her further repertoire includes works by Stephanie Lake, Johan Inger, Justin Peck, Krzystof Pastor and Christopher Bruce. Since the 2026/27 season, Mia Heathcote has been a member of the Zurich Ballet.

Mlindi Kulashe is from South Africa. He received his dance training at the English National Ballet School. From 2013 to 2022, he danced with Northern Ballet in Leeds, where he appeared in numerous leading roles. Since the beginning of 2023, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, including as Cello ("The Cellist"), Officer ("Atonement") and Wieck ("Clara"). As part of the "Next Generation" series, he choreographed his piece "Molo".

Sujung Lim is from South Korea. She received her training at Yewon Arts High School and the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. She won gold medals at the Tanzolymp Berlin in 2008 and 2011. From 2011 to 2018, she danced as a Soloist with Ballet Karlsruhe, including in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", Peter Wright's "Giselle" and Christopher Wheeldon's "Swan Lake". Since the 2018/19 season, Sujung Lim has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Patrice Bart, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Marcos Morau and Crystal Pite. In 2025, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Pablo Octávio is Brazilian. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. He was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne in 2011. From 2012 to 2023, he danced with Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe. Important roles in Karlsruhe included Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", the Prince in Youri Vamos's "The Nutcracker", Lucentio in John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew" and Albrecht in David Dawson's "Giselle". Since the 2023/24 season, Pablo Octávio has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Joseph Joachim in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), as Dancaïre in Mats Ek's "Carmen" and in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor and Crystal Pite.

Yun-Su Park is Korean. She received her ballet training at Shunwa Arts School and at the School of the Hamburg Ballet. From 2007 to 2024, she danced with the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2018. She appeared in numerous ballets by John Neumeier, including as Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet", Diana in "Sylvia" and Elisabeth in "Preludes CV", as well as in "Nocturnes", "Messiah" and "Beethoven Project". She also appeared in ballets by Rudolf Nureyev and George Balanchine. Since the 2024/25 season, Yun-Su Park has been a guest dancer with the Zurich Ballet, and since the 2026/27 season, she has been a member of the ensemble. Among other roles, she danced the title role in Cathy Marston's ballet "Mrs. Robinson" and Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet".

McKhayla Pettingill is Filipino American. She received her ballet training at Houston Ballet Academy and in Houston Ballet II. At Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Stanton Welch, James Kudelka, Disha Zang, John Neumeier and George Balanchine. At National Ballet of Canada, she appeared in choreographies by Crystal Pite, David Dawson and Kenneth MacMillan. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, she has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as well as a soloist in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Christian Spuck, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Raphaël Besse is French. He received his dance training at the Conservatoire de Paris and the San Francisco Ballet School. He danced with the San Francisco Ballet and Tanz Theater Pforzheim in choreographies by Helgi Tomasson, Aszure Barton, Christopher Wheeldon, Guido Markowitz and Garrett Smith. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet.

Breanna Foad is Australian. From 2018 to 2025, she danced with English National Ballet. There, she danced leading roles in choreographies by Mats Ek, Johan Inger and Andrea Miller. She also appeared in choreographies by Akram Khan, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Derek Deane and Arielle Smith. In 2024, she was the winner of the "English National Opera's Emerging Dancer Competition". Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. She has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name and as Benvolia in "Romeo and Juliet". She has also appeared in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Andonis Foniadakis and Dani Rowe. For the "Next Generation" series, she choreographed "The Order".

Giorgia Giani is Italian. She received her ballet training at the school of Hamburg Ballet. After an initial engagement with the Bundesjugendballett, she was engaged with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier from 2016 to 2023, where she gained extensive stage experience. Since the 2023/24 season, Giorgia Giani has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in numerous ballets by Cathy Marston (including as Clara in "Clara" and as Briony Tallis in "Atonement"). She has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), as well as in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Wayne McGregor's "Infra" and William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated".

Marià Huguet is from Spain. He received his dance training at the Classical Ballet School in Girona, at the Royal Ballet School and at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet. From 2016 to 2023, he danced with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, including in Neumeier's productions "Anna Karenina", "Ghost Light", "Dona Nobis Pacem", "Nijinsky", "Lady of the Camellias" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Since the 2023/24 season, Marià Huguet has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Kai in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters", as Wilfried in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as well as in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite and Bryan Arias.

Erik Kim is from the USA. He received his dance training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After an initial engagement with Ballet Nacional Sodre in Uruguay, he danced with Atlanta Ballet from 2021 to 2024. Among other roles, he appeared in the title role of Yuri Possokhov's "The Nutcracker", as well as in choreographies by August Bournonville, Ben Stevenson, Cathy Marston, Kenneth MacMillan and Juliano Nunes. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Benjamin Braddock in Cathy Marston's "Mrs. Robinson", as Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux) and in Hans van Manen's "Live". In 2026, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Ruka Nakagawa is from Japan. She received her ballet training at Shimoda Harumi Ballet in Japan, at the Benedict Manniegel Ballett Akademie in Munich and at the Royal Ballet School in Antwerp. From 2017 to 2023, she danced with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Belgium. Among other roles, she appeared as Giselle in Akram Khan's "Giselle", as the Chosen One in Pina Bausch's "The Rite of Spring", as well as in choreographies by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shechter and Johan Inger. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Clara", Mattie in "Snow Blind", Lola in "Atonement", Flower Girl in "Romeo and Juliet") and has also appeared in choreographies by Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite and Christian Spuck.

Nehanda Péguillan holds both French and South African citizenship. She received her dance training in Johannesburg and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. At Cannes Jeune Ballet, she appeared in choreographies by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Carolyn Carlson and Thierry Malandain. With the Dutch De Theater BV, she danced in the production "Nureyev" in 2023. After one season with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2024/25 season. Here, she has appeared, among other roles, in the title role of Mats Ek's "Carmen" and as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name.

Caroline Perry is from the USA. She received her training at Houston Ballet Academy and in Houston Ballet II. During an initial engagement with Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth MacMillan, Ben Stevenson, Stanton Welch and Christopher Wheeldon. From 2022 to 2024, she was a member of Cincinnati Ballet. There, she appeared in choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Alejandro Cerrudo, William Forsythe, Peter Chu, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Cathy Marston. Since the 2024/25 season, Caroline Perry has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced in choreographies by Bryan Arias, Mats Ek, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Kenneth MacMillan, Wayne McGregor, Marcos Morau and Christian Spuck. In Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet", she appeared as Angelica.

Dustin True is from the USA. After his training at the School of American Ballet, engagements took him to Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam, Dortmund Ballet and Los Angeles Ballet. He danced solo roles in "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty", "Giselle" and "Romeo and Juliet" and appeared as a soloist in choreographies by David Dawson, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Justin Peck, Benjamin Millepied, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Mauro Bigonzetti and Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston, as well as in William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated", Wayne McGregor's "Infra" and Jerome Robbins' "Glass Pieces".

Lucas van Rensburg holds both German and Italian citizenship. He studied at the Palucca School in Dresden. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2025/26 season. His most important roles in Zurich include Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and Benjamin Braddock in Marston's "Mrs. Robinson". He has also appeared in solo roles in Marcos Morau's "Night Dreams", Lucas Valente's "Timeframed", Mthuthuzeli November's "Rhapsody in Blue" and Dani Rowe's "Vestige". His Zurich repertoire also includes works by William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kenneth MacMillan, Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Mats Ek and Christian Spuck.

Greta Calzuola is Italian. She received her training at the ballet school of Umbria Ballet in Italy and at the Académie Princesse Grace in Monte-Carlo. In 2014, she won the International Ballet Competition in Longiano. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2023/24 season. Among other roles, she has appeared as Princess Pirlipat in Christian Spuck's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", as Lola in Cathy Marston's "Atonement", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as well as in choreographies by Crystal Pite, Edward Clug and Marco Goecke. In 2023, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Ayaka Kano is from Japan. She received her dance training in Japan and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2025/26 season. Among other roles, she has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name, in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux) and in William Forsythe's "New Suite".

Makani Yerg is from the USA. He received his ballet training at City Dance School in Maryland and at Juilliard School in New York. In 2018, he was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, he danced with Staatsballett Hannover in the 2025/26 season. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet.

Scholarship holder of the "Prix de Lausanne"

Dragos Gramada is Romanian. He received his dance training at the Liceul de Coregrafie "Floria Capsali" in Bucharest, at the Ballet School Theater Basel and at the Zurich Dance Academy. In the 2026/27 season, he is dancing with the Zurich Ballet as a scholarship holder of the "Prix de Lausanne".

Karen Azatyan is from Armenia. Trained at Yerevan Dancing Art State College and at the Zurich Dance Academy, he was a winner of the Prix de Lausanne in 2005. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich (Soloist since 2012). In 2014, he joined Hamburg Ballet as a Principal Dancer, where he worked closely with John Neumeier until his retirement in 2024. He danced leading roles and solos in many of Neumeier's ballets, including "Illusions – like Swan Lake", "The Nutcracker", "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Death in Venice", "Peer Gynt", "Romeo and Juliet", "Nijinsky", "Liliom", "The Seagull", "Winterreise", "St. Matthew Passion", "The Song of the Earth" and Mahler's "Symphony No. 3". His repertoire also includes choreographies by Frederick Ashton, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Marius Petipa, Jerome Robbins and Christopher Wheeldon. Since the 2024/25 season, Karen Azatyan has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Robert Schumann in Cathy Marston's "Clara", Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Shadow in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters" and as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Esteban Berlanga is Spanish. After training at the Royal Conservatory of Albacete and the Professional Dance Conservatory of Madrid, he danced with the English National Ballet from 2006 to 2013. There, he was appointed Principal in 2012. Among other roles, he danced Prince Siegfried in Derek Deane's "Swan Lake", the Prince in Kenneth MacMillan's "The Sleeping Beauty", Albrecht in Mary Skeaping's "Giselle", the Nutcracker in the choreography by Wayne Eagling and Frédéric in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne". For David Dawson's "Faun(e)", he was nominated for the "Benois de la Danse". From 2013 to 2018, he was a Principal Dancer with the Compañia Nacional de Danza de España. From 2018 to 2026, he was a member of the Zurich Ballet, and Principal from 2022. He appeared in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski" and danced leading roles in choreographies by Christian Spuck (including "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Anna Karenina") and Cathy Marston ("The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Romeo and Juliet"). In 2024, he received the "Tanzpreis der Freunde des Balletts Zürich". In the 2026/27 season, he is appearing as a guest with the Zurich Ballet.

Brandon Lawrence is from the United Kingdom. He received his ballet training at the Royal Ballet School. From 2011 to 2023, he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet, becoming a Principal Dancer in 2019. Important roles included the Prince ("The Nutcracker"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Prince Florimund ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Prince Siegfried ("Swan Lake") in choreographies by Peter Wright, Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Colas in Frederick Ashton's "La Fille mal gardée", the Prince ("Cinderella"), Beast ("The Beauty and the Beast"), Albrecht ("Giselle") and Otello ("Shakespeare Suite") in choreographies by David Bintley. He has also appeared in works by Carlos Acosta, Edward Clug, Jiří Kylián, Juliano Nunes, Twyla Tharp and Uwe Scholz. Since the 2023/24 season, Brandon Lawrence has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet and has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Atonement", "The Cellist", "Snowblind", "Clara", "Romeo and Juliet"), Marco Goecke, Wayne McGregor, Bronislava Nijinska, Mthuthuzeli November, Jerome Robbins, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Bryan Arias, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kim Brandstrup and Andonis Foniadakis. In 2025, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Nancy Osbaldeston holds both Belgian and British citizenship. She received her dance training at the English National Ballet School in London. In 2008, she joined English National Ballet, where she received the "Emerging Dance Award" in 2013. In 2014, she joined Royal Ballet of Flanders, where she became a Principal Dancer. She regularly appeared as a guest with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich. She later danced with Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse. Her repertoire includes leading roles in choreographies by Yuri Grigorovich (Aegina in "Spartacus"), John Neumeier (Marie in "The Nutcracker"), Akram Khan ("Giselle"), Kader Belarbi (Kitri in "Don Quixote") and Pina Bausch ("Café Müller"). She has also appeared in choreographies by George Balanchine, Ohad Naharin, Jiří Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Andonis Foniadakis. Since the 2024/25 season, she has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Julia in "Romeo and Juliet", "Clara", Cecilia in "Atonement", "Mrs. Robinson"), Patrice Bart ("Giselle"), Mats Ek ("Carmen"), William Forsythe ("In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated"), Kenneth MacMillan ("Concerto") and Bryan Arias ("Colorful Darkness"). In 2026, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Max Richter is from the USA and received his ballet training with Houston Ballet II. Important choreographies during his engagement with Houston Ballet included Cathy Marston's "Summer and Smoke", Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty" and Balanchine's "Diamonds". Since the 2023/24 season, Max Richter has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. In addition to leading roles in Cathy Marston's ballets "Atonement", "Clara" and "Romeo and Juliet", Max Richter has appeared in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the bride in Bronislava Nijinska's "Les Noces", as well as in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Meryl Tankard, Christian Spuck, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe, Kim Brandstrup, Kenneth MacMillan, Hans van Manen and Mats Ek. The choreography "The Decision" was created for the "Next Generation" series.

Ayaha Tsunaki is from Japan. She studied at the Kyouko Kanda Ballet Academy in Japan, at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet and at the Palucca University of Dance Dresden. From 2014 to 2025, she danced with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden, as a Demi-Soloist from 2021 and as a Soloist from 2023. Among other roles, she appeared as Julia in David Dawson's "Romeo and Juliet", as Odette in Johan Inger's "Swan Lake", in Alexander Ekman's "Cow" and in David Dawson's "The Four Seasons". Since the 2025/26 season, Ayaha Tsunaki has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in Hans van Manen's "Live", as "M" in Mats Ek's "Carmen", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Christian Spuck's "Messa da Requiem" and as Julia in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet".

Charles-Louis Yoshiyama holds both Japanese and French citizenship. He received his dance training at Trinity College in London and at the English Ballet School. In 2007, he joined Houston Ballet, where he was appointed Principal Dancer in 2016. Important roles included Crown Prince Rudolf in "Mayerling" and De Grieux in "Manon" by Kenneth MacMillan, as well as Oberon in John Neumeier's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". He also danced in Roland Petit's "L'Arlésienne" and numerous works by George Balanchine. In choreographies by Ben Stevenson, he portrayed Basilio ("Don Quixote"), Prince Florimund ("Sleeping Beauty"), Franz ("Coppélia"), Mercutio ("Romeo and Juliet") and the Prince ("The Nutcracker"). In choreographies by Stanton Welch, he danced Siegfried ("Swan Lake"), Solor ("La Bayadère") and Albrecht ("Giselle"). In John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", he danced Lucentio and Hortensio. In 2023, Charles-Louis Yoshiyama was a Principal Dancer with Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a Principal Dancer with Zurich Ballet. He has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston (Cello in "The Cellist", Robert Schumann in "Clara", Robbie Turner in "Atonement", Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet"), Albrecht/Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", among others.

Inna Bilash is from Ukraine. She received her ballet training at the Kharkov Choreographic School, the Perm State Choreographic College and the Perm State Academy of Arts and Culture. She was a Soloist with Perm Ballet, where she danced, among other roles, Julia in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", Odette/Odile in Natalia Makarova's "Swan Lake", Giselle in the choreography by Perrot/Coralli/Petipa, the Bride in Kylián's "Svadebka" and Masha in MacMillan's "Winter Dreams". She also appeared as a soloist in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Douglas Lee, William Forsythe, Mats Ek, Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite. She was the winner of the Arabesque competition in Perm and the Bolshoi Ballet television competition. In 2017, she received the award of the ballet magazine "The Soul of Dance". Since the 2018/19 season, Inna Bilash has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other roles, as Briony in Cathy Marston's "Atonement" and in the title role of Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2024, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Wei Chen is from the USA and received his training at Boston Ballet School, Margo Marshall’s School of Ballet, Walnut Hill School and Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy. At Royal Ballet of Flanders, he danced in Marcia Haydée's "Swan Lake" (Siegfried) and "The Sleeping Beauty" (Prince Désiré), as well as in Cranko's "Onegin" (Lensky). He also appeared in choreographies by Balanchine, Bournonville, Dawson, Forsythe, Godani, McGregor, Nureyev, Pite, Stevenson and Wheeldon. Since the 2013/14 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here, among other works, in choreographies by Douglas Lee, Jiří Kylián, Marco Goecke, Edward Clug, William Forsythe and Crystal Pite. He has also danced Romeo and Mercutio in Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", Benno in Ratmansky's "Swan Lake", Coppelius in Spuck's "The Sandman", Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" and Cello in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist". In 2023, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Chandler Dalton is American. He was trained at the School of Richmond Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy. At Houston Ballet, he was appointed Principal Dancer. Highlights there included James in Bournonville's "La Sylphide", Bluebird and Pas de Quatre in Ben Stevenson's "Sleeping Beauty", Pas de trois in George Balanchine's "Emeralds", the Prince in Stanton Welch's "The Nutcracker", as well as leading roles in ballets by John Neumeier, Jerome Robbins, Christopher Bruce and Justin Peck. Since the 2023/24 season, Chandler Dalton has been a member of Zurich Ballet and has appeared here in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara". He has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated" and in ballets by Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor, Mats Ek, Christian Spuck and Kenneth MacMillan.

Shelby Williams holds both American and Italian citizenship. She studied at Houston Ballet Academy, Washington School of Ballet and Dancer’s Workshop Baton Rouge (Louisiana, USA). After engagements with Semperoper Ballett, Corella Ballet and Ballet d’Europe, she was a Soloist with Ballett Mainz, Hessisches Staatsballett in Wiesbaden and, from 2016 to 2023, Royal Ballet of Flanders. In 2017 and 2018, she was nominated in the categories "Best Performance by a Female Dancer" and "Best News" for the "Critic's Choice Awards" of "Dance Europe Magazine". She danced Pina/Malou in Pina Bausch's "Café Müller", Rusalka in Alan Lucien Øyen's choreography of the same name, Myrtha in Akram Khan's "Giselle" and further leading roles in choreographies by Martha Graham, Johan Inger, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Édouard Lock and Jermaine Spivey. Since the 2023/24 season, Shelby Williams has been a member of Zurich Ballet, where she has taken on leading roles in creations by Meryl Tankard, Bryan Arias and Cathy Marston and danced important roles in the repertoire of Marcos Morau, Marco Goecke, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Joel Woellner is Australian. He received his training at the Ben Stevenson Academy of Houston Ballet and with Houston Ballet II. In 2013, he was a two-time prizewinner at the Prix de Lausanne. After an engagement with Houston Ballet, he was a Principal Artist with Queensland Ballet from 2015 to 2024. Joel Woellner danced Des Grieux in Kenneth MacMillan's "Manon", Valmont in Liam Scarlett's "Dangerous Liaisons", Oberon in Scarlett's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Prince Ivan in Scarlett's "The Firebird", Prince Siegfried in Ben Stevenson's "Swan Lake", as well as in choreographies by Greg Horsman, Christopher Bruce and Jiří Kylián. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Albrecht in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as Escamillo in Mats Ek's "Carmen", as well as in choreographies by Hans van Manen, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Marcos Morau, Bryan Arias, Kenneth MacMillan and Crystal Pite.

Sean Bates is from the United Kingdom and studied at the Royal Ballet School. He danced with Northern Ballet under the direction of David Nixon and appeared in numerous leading roles, including Jay Gatsby ("The Great Gatsby"), Romeo ("Romeo and Juliet") and Puck ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"). Following his collaborations with Cathy Marston on "Jane Eyre" and "Victoria", he joined Zurich Ballet for the 2023/24 season. Here, he has appeared as a soloist, among other roles, in Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as Denis in Cathy Marston's "Snowblind", as Bargiel in "Clara" and as Paris and Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet". He has taught at Cape Town City Ballet and at various summer schools in the United Kingdom and Zurich.

Francesca Dell’Aria is from Italy. She received her training at Elmhurst School and with Birmingham Royal Ballet. After engagements with Slovak National Ballet and Bavarian State Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2014/15 season. She has appeared, among other works, in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, Hans van Manen, Jacopo Godani, Douglas Lee, Edward Clug ("Peer Gynt"), Marco Goecke ("Nijinski"), Crystal Pite and Marcos Morau. She has also danced title roles in Cathy Marston's "The Cellist" and Christian Spuck's "Anna Karenina", as well as Myrtha in Patrice Bart's "Giselle". In 2019, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Jesse Fraser was born in Saskatoon, Canada. Trained at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, he joined Stuttgart Ballet in the 2010/11 season. There, he danced in choreographies by Cranko, MacMillan, Spuck, Haydée, Neumeier, Béjart, Forsythe, Cherkaoui, Goecke, Clug, Volpi and Stiens. His own choreographies were created as part of the "Young Choreographers" series of the Noverre Society. Since the 2015/16 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, he has appeared as Paris in Christian Spuck's "Romeo and Juliet", as Hilarion in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as the Deer in Edward Clug's "Peer Gynt", as well as in choreographies by William Forsythe, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite, Bryan Arias, Johan Inger, Andonis Foniadakis and Mats Ek.

Jorge García Pérez is Spanish. He received his dance training at Estudio de Danza María de Ávila and joined Malandain Ballet Biarritz II at the age of 16. In 2005, he won the gold medal at the Premio Roma competition. Heinz Spoerli then engaged him for Junior Ballet and shortly afterwards for Zurich Ballet. In 2008, he became a Soloist with Ballett Basel under Richard Wherlock, where he danced numerous leading roles. In 2011, he made his debut as a choreographer. He won numerous prizes at renowned competitions, including in Hanover, Copenhagen and Burgos-New York. In 2016, he co-founded "Carta Blance Dance" and in 2024 the charity gala "Strength and Grace". Since the 2023/24 season, Jorge García Pérez has once again been a member of Zurich Ballet. In addition to his dancing commitments, he also works as a Rehearsal Assistant.

Daniela Gómez Pérez is from Cuba. She studied at the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School and at the Instituto Superior de Arte de Cuba. From 2015 to 2023, she was a Principal Dancer with the National Ballet of Cuba. Under the direction of Alicia Alonso, she danced leading roles in "Coppélia", "Giselle", "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker". She also appeared in choreographies by Peter Quanz, Brian McDonald, George Balanchine, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Cathy Marston, Ricardo Amarante, Alexei Ratmansky, Uwe Scholz, Ben Stevenson, Mikhail Fokine and Gemma Bond. For her interpretation of Daniel Proietto's "Cigne", she was entered in the Golden Book of the Gran Teatro de La Habana. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. She has danced leading roles in "Snow Blind", "The Cellist" and "Clara" by Cathy Marston. She has also appeared in choreographies by Patrice Bart, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Kenneth MacMillan, Jerome Robbins, Mats Ek, Kim Brandstrup, Mthuthuzeli November, Dani Rowe and Bryan Arias.

Mia Heathcote is Australian. She received her training at the Australian Ballet School. In 2014, she joined Queensland Ballet, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2022. From 2024 to 2026, she was a Soloist with the Australian Ballet. She danced title roles in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet" and "Manon", as well as leading roles in works by Liam Scarlett ("A Midsummer Night's Dream", "The Firebird", "Dangerous Liaisons"), John Neumeier ("Nijinsky"), Christopher Wheeldon ("Oscar"), Ben Stevenson ("Three Preludes", "Cinderella", "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake"), David McAllister, Greg Horsman ("The Sleeping Beauty"), Ai-Gul Gaisina ("Giselle"), John Cranko ("Romeo and Juliet"), Peter Wright ("The Nutcracker") and George Balanchine ("Serenade"). In 2023, she worked with Cathy Marston on "My Brilliant Career". Her further repertoire includes works by Stephanie Lake, Johan Inger, Justin Peck, Krzystof Pastor and Christopher Bruce. Since the 2026/27 season, Mia Heathcote has been a member of the Zurich Ballet.

Mlindi Kulashe is from South Africa. He received his dance training at the English National Ballet School. From 2013 to 2022, he danced with Northern Ballet in Leeds, where he appeared in numerous leading roles. Since the beginning of 2023, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, including as Cello ("The Cellist"), Officer ("Atonement") and Wieck ("Clara"). As part of the "Next Generation" series, he choreographed his piece "Molo".

Sujung Lim is from South Korea. She received her training at Yewon Arts High School and the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. She won gold medals at the Tanzolymp Berlin in 2008 and 2011. From 2011 to 2018, she danced as a Soloist with Ballet Karlsruhe, including in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew", Peter Wright's "Giselle" and Christopher Wheeldon's "Swan Lake". Since the 2018/19 season, Sujung Lim has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, Patrice Bart, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Marcos Morau and Crystal Pite. In 2025, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Pablo Octávio is Brazilian. He studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Mannheim. He was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne in 2011. From 2012 to 2023, he danced with Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe. Important roles in Karlsruhe included Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet", the Prince in Youri Vamos's "The Nutcracker", Lucentio in John Cranko's "The Taming of the Shrew" and Albrecht in David Dawson's "Giselle". Since the 2023/24 season, Pablo Octávio has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, in the title role of Marco Goecke's "Nijinski", as Joseph Joachim in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), as Dancaïre in Mats Ek's "Carmen" and in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Marcos Morau, Wayne McGregor and Crystal Pite.

Yun-Su Park is Korean. She received her ballet training at Shunwa Arts School and at the School of the Hamburg Ballet. From 2007 to 2024, she danced with the Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, where she was appointed a Soloist in 2018. She appeared in numerous ballets by John Neumeier, including as Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet", Diana in "Sylvia" and Elisabeth in "Preludes CV", as well as in "Nocturnes", "Messiah" and "Beethoven Project". She also appeared in ballets by Rudolf Nureyev and George Balanchine. Since the 2024/25 season, Yun-Su Park has been a guest dancer with the Zurich Ballet, and since the 2026/27 season, she has been a member of the ensemble. Among other roles, she danced the title role in Cathy Marston's ballet "Mrs. Robinson" and Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet".

McKhayla Pettingill is Filipino American. She received her ballet training at Houston Ballet Academy and in Houston Ballet II. At Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by Jerome Robbins, Stanton Welch, James Kudelka, Disha Zang, John Neumeier and George Balanchine. At National Ballet of Canada, she appeared in choreographies by Crystal Pite, David Dawson and Kenneth MacMillan. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Among other roles, she has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's "Clara", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", as well as a soloist in choreographies by Wayne McGregor, Christian Spuck, William Forsythe and Mats Ek.

Raphaël Besse is French. He received his dance training at the Conservatoire de Paris and the San Francisco Ballet School. He danced with the San Francisco Ballet and Tanz Theater Pforzheim in choreographies by Helgi Tomasson, Aszure Barton, Christopher Wheeldon, Guido Markowitz and Garrett Smith. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of the Zurich Ballet.

Breanna Foad is Australian. From 2018 to 2025, she danced with English National Ballet. There, she danced leading roles in choreographies by Mats Ek, Johan Inger and Andrea Miller. She also appeared in choreographies by Akram Khan, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Derek Deane and Arielle Smith. In 2024, she was the winner of the "English National Opera's Emerging Dancer Competition". Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. She has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name and as Benvolia in "Romeo and Juliet". She has also appeared in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Andonis Foniadakis and Dani Rowe. For the "Next Generation" series, she choreographed "The Order".

Giorgia Giani is Italian. She received her ballet training at the school of Hamburg Ballet. After an initial engagement with the Bundesjugendballett, she was engaged with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier from 2016 to 2023, where she gained extensive stage experience. Since the 2023/24 season, Giorgia Giani has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has appeared in numerous ballets by Cathy Marston (including as Clara in "Clara" and as Briony Tallis in "Atonement"). She has also danced in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux), as well as in Kenneth MacMillan's "Concerto", Wayne McGregor's "Infra" and William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated".

Marià Huguet is from Spain. He received his dance training at the Classical Ballet School in Girona, at the Royal Ballet School and at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet. From 2016 to 2023, he danced with Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, including in Neumeier's productions "Anna Karenina", "Ghost Light", "Dona Nobis Pacem", "Nijinsky", "Lady of the Camellias" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Since the 2023/24 season, Marià Huguet has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared as Johannes Brahms in Cathy Marston's "Clara", as Kai in Kim Brandstrup's "Of Light, Wind and Waters", as Wilfried in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as well as in choreographies by Marcos Morau, Christian Spuck, Wayne McGregor, William Forsythe, Crystal Pite and Bryan Arias.

Erik Kim is from the USA. He received his dance training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After an initial engagement with Ballet Nacional Sodre in Uruguay, he danced with Atlanta Ballet from 2021 to 2024. Among other roles, he appeared in the title role of Yuri Possokhov's "The Nutcracker", as well as in choreographies by August Bournonville, Ben Stevenson, Cathy Marston, Kenneth MacMillan and Juliano Nunes. Since the 2024/25 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared, among other roles, as Benjamin Braddock in Cathy Marston's "Mrs. Robinson", as Mercutio in "Romeo and Juliet", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux) and in Hans van Manen's "Live". In 2026, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Ruka Nakagawa is from Japan. She received her ballet training at Shimoda Harumi Ballet in Japan, at the Benedict Manniegel Ballett Akademie in Munich and at the Royal Ballet School in Antwerp. From 2017 to 2023, she danced with Opera Ballet Vlaanderen in Belgium. Among other roles, she appeared as Giselle in Akram Khan's "Giselle", as the Chosen One in Pina Bausch's "The Rite of Spring", as well as in choreographies by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin, Hofesh Shechter and Johan Inger. Since the 2023/24 season, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced leading roles in choreographies by Cathy Marston ("Clara", Mattie in "Snow Blind", Lola in "Atonement", Flower Girl in "Romeo and Juliet") and has also appeared in choreographies by Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Marco Goecke, Marcos Morau, Crystal Pite and Christian Spuck.

Nehanda Péguillan holds both French and South African citizenship. She received her dance training in Johannesburg and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. At Cannes Jeune Ballet, she appeared in choreographies by Jean-Christophe Maillot, Carolyn Carlson and Thierry Malandain. With the Dutch De Theater BV, she danced in the production "Nureyev" in 2023. After one season with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2024/25 season. Here, she has appeared, among other roles, in the title role of Mats Ek's "Carmen" and as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name.

Caroline Perry is from the USA. She received her training at Houston Ballet Academy and in Houston Ballet II. During an initial engagement with Houston Ballet, she danced in choreographies by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth MacMillan, Ben Stevenson, Stanton Welch and Christopher Wheeldon. From 2022 to 2024, she was a member of Cincinnati Ballet. There, she appeared in choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Alejandro Cerrudo, William Forsythe, Peter Chu, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Cathy Marston. Since the 2024/25 season, Caroline Perry has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, she has danced in choreographies by Bryan Arias, Mats Ek, Andonis Foniadakis, William Forsythe, Kenneth MacMillan, Wayne McGregor, Marcos Morau and Christian Spuck. In Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet", she appeared as Angelica.

Dustin True is from the USA. After his training at the School of American Ballet, engagements took him to Dutch National Ballet Amsterdam, Dortmund Ballet and Los Angeles Ballet. He danced solo roles in "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty", "Giselle" and "Romeo and Juliet" and appeared as a soloist in choreographies by David Dawson, George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Christian Spuck, Justin Peck, Benjamin Millepied, Jacopo Godani, Jiří Kylián, Mauro Bigonzetti and Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa. Since the 2023/24 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet. Here, he has appeared in numerous choreographies by Cathy Marston, as well as in William Forsythe's "In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated", Wayne McGregor's "Infra" and Jerome Robbins' "Glass Pieces".

Lucas van Rensburg holds both German and Italian citizenship. He studied at the Palucca School in Dresden. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2025/26 season. His most important roles in Zurich include Romeo in Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet" and Benjamin Braddock in Marston's "Mrs. Robinson". He has also appeared in solo roles in Marcos Morau's "Night Dreams", Lucas Valente's "Timeframed", Mthuthuzeli November's "Rhapsody in Blue" and Dani Rowe's "Vestige". His Zurich repertoire also includes works by William Forsythe, Crystal Pite, Kenneth MacMillan, Wayne McGregor, Jerome Robbins, Mats Ek and Christian Spuck.

Greta Calzuola is Italian. She received her training at the ballet school of Umbria Ballet in Italy and at the Académie Princesse Grace in Monte-Carlo. In 2014, she won the International Ballet Competition in Longiano. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2023/24 season. Among other roles, she has appeared as Princess Pirlipat in Christian Spuck's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", as Lola in Cathy Marston's "Atonement", in Patrice Bart's "Giselle", as well as in choreographies by Crystal Pite, Edward Clug and Marco Goecke. In 2023, she received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Ayaka Kano is from Japan. She received her dance training in Japan and at the Pôle National Supérieur de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, she has been a member of Zurich Ballet since the 2025/26 season. Among other roles, she has appeared as Clara in Cathy Marston's ballet of the same name, in Patrice Bart's "Giselle" (Peasant Pas de deux) and in William Forsythe's "New Suite".

Makani Yerg is from the USA. He received his ballet training at City Dance School in Maryland and at Juilliard School in New York. In 2018, he was a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne. After two seasons with Junior Ballet, he danced with Staatsballett Hannover in the 2025/26 season. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of Zurich Ballet.

Scholarship holder of the "Prix de Lausanne"

Dragos Gramada is Romanian. He received his dance training at the Liceul de Coregrafie "Floria Capsali" in Bucharest, at the Ballet School Theater Basel and at the Zurich Dance Academy. In the 2026/27 season, he is dancing with the Zurich Ballet as a scholarship holder of the "Prix de Lausanne".

Luke DiMattina is Australian. He received his training at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne and in the Pre-Professional Program of Queensland Ballet. In 2018, he became a permanent member of the company, where he danced for eight years and rose to the rank of First Artist. Important roles included Mercutio in Kenneth MacMillan's "Romeo and Juliet" and Puck in Liam Scarlett's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". In 2023, he danced in Cathy Marston's "My Brilliant Career". In 2025, he left Queensland Ballet to pursue new challenges in Europe. Since then, he has performed with Roberto Bolle's company ArteDanza on tour in Italy, with English National Ballet in London and at the Paris Opera Ballet. His repertoire includes choreographies by Jiří Kylián, Rudolf Nureyev, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Christopher Bruce, Ben Stevenson, Krzysztof Pastor, Carlos Acosta and others. In the 2026/27 season, he is appearing as a guest with the Zurich Ballet.

Jana Teruel is Filipino American. She received her training at the Los Angeles Ballet Academy, at the Joffrey Ballet Academy in Chicago and at the Royal Ballet Upper School. After two seasons with the Junior Ballet, she is appearing as a guest with the Zurich Ballet in the 2026/27 season. To date, she has appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, Crystal Pite, Mats Ek, Marcos Morau and Patrice Bart.

Harry Ashton-Ireland holds both New Zealand and British citizenship. He received his dance training at the Philippa Campbell School of Ballet and at the Dutch National Ballet Academy of Dance. From 2023 to 2025, he danced with Bavarian Junior Ballet Munich. There, he appeared in choreographies by Marco Goecke, Pina Bausch, Christopher Wheeldon, Jiří Kylián, John Cranko, Patrice Bart and John Neumeier. Since the 2025/26 season, he has been a member of Junior Ballet. Among other works, he has appeared in Andonis Foniadakis' "Orbit" and Cathy Marston's "Romeo and Juliet". In 2026, he received the "Dance Prize of the Friends of Zurich Ballet".

Jada Bryant is American. She received her ballet training at Houston Ballet Academy, Vitacca Ballet School and American Ballet Theatre School. Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Junior Ballet. She has danced in choreographies by Cathy Marston, Kenneth MacMillan, Ihsan Rustem and Lucas Valente. For the "Next Generation" series, she choreographed "Nexus".

Nicholas Isabelli is from the USA. He studied at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart and performed with the Stuttgart Ballet (Tadzio in "Death in Venice"). He was a prizewinner at the "Youth America Grand Prix". Since the 2025/26 season, he has been a member of the Junior Ballet. He has appeared in choreographies by Cathy Marston, Marcos Morau and Lucas Valente, as well as in the ballet evening "The Butterfly Effect".

Nina Longid is Filipino American. She received her dance training at the Joffrey Academy of Dance in Chicago and at Juilliard School in New York. Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Junior Ballet. She has appeared in Cathy Marston's "Clara" and "Romeo and Juliet", as well as in choreographies by Kenneth MacMillan, Lucas Valente and Marcos Morau.

André Marra is Brazilian. He received his dance training at the Escola do Futuro em Artes Basileu França in Brazil and at the ballet school of Hamburg Ballet. Since the 2025/26 season, he has been a member of Junior Ballet.

Carla Reynes is from Spain. She received her training at Escola de danza Spin, Escola de danza Marisa Yudes and Dutch National Ballet Academy of Dance. In the 2024/25 season, she was an Apprentice with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden. Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Junior Ballet. She has danced in choreographies by Cathy Marston, Kenneth MacMillan, Ihsan Rustem and Lucas Valente. For the "Next Generation" series, she choreographed "Entre-temps".

Krista Vaitkeviciute holds both Lithuanian and American citizenship. She received her training at the Lithuanian Ballet Academy and at the Royal Ballet School in London. While still studying, she appeared with the Royal Ballet and Zurich Ballet. Since the 2025/26 season, she has been a member of Junior Ballet.

Alessandro Torresin is Italian. He received his dance training at Balletto GJV in Castelfranco Veneto and at the Dutch National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam. During his studies, he performed with Dutch National Ballet in "The Nutcracker", "Romeo and Juliet" and "La Bayadère", as well as in a gala for Ted Brandsen. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of the Junior Ballet.

Scott Millar is British. He studied at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London. During his studies, he worked with Birmingham Royal Ballet and Studio Wayne McGregor. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of the Junior Ballet.

Scholarship holder of the "Prix de Lausanne"

Dragos Gramada is Romanian. He received his dance training at the Liceul de Coregrafie "Floria Capsali" in Bucharest, at the Ballet School Theater Basel and at the Zurich Dance Academy. In the 2026/27 season, he is dancing with the Zurich Ballet as a scholarship holder of the "Prix de Lausanne".

Joe Parkinson is British. He was trained at the Royal Ballet School in London. In the 2025/26 season, he danced with the Royal Ballet as an "Aud Jebsen Young Dancer". Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of the Junior Ballet.

Cian-you Lin is from Taiwan. She is a graduate of the Royal Ballet School in London. In 2025, she danced in the Royal Birmingham Ballet's "The Nutcracker". Since the 2026/27 season, she has been a member of the Junior Ballet.

Rhyan Foerster is from the USA. She studied at the Zurich Dance Academy and, following her participation in the 2025 Prix de Lausanne, joined the Royal Swedish Ballet. There, she danced in choreographies by William Dugan, Serge Lifar, Rudolf Nureyev, Pär Isberg and Ohad Naharin. Since the 2026/27 season, she has been a member of the Junior Ballet.

Elliott Martin is British. He is a graduate of the Royal Ballet School in London. Since the 2026/27 season, he has been a member of the Junior Ballet.

Anna Nouvenne is Italian. She received her ballet training in Parma and at the Royal Ballet School in London. Since the 2026/27 season, she has been a member of the Junior Ballet.