Aitor Arrieta

Birthplace
Errenteria, Spain (Basque Country)

Training
Mariemma Royal Conservatory of Professional Dance, Madrid

English National Ballet
Joined 2016, Soloist 2017, First Soloist 2019, Principal 2022, Lead Principal 2023. Joint winner of Emerging Dancer 2017.

Roles include
Albrecht in Akram Khan’s Giselle, Nephew/Prince and Nutcracker in Eagling’s Nutcracker, Prince Siegfried in Derek Deane’s Swan Lake, the title role of Des Grieux in MacMillan’s Manon, the Peasant pas de deux in Skeaping’s Giselle, Paris in Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet, one of the Four Fates and Prince Guillaume in Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella and Lankendem in Le Corsaire. Created roles include William Forsythe’s Playlist (Track 1, 2)

Previous company
Compañía Nacional de Danza, Madrid, leading roles included Delibes Suite; Raymonda Variations and Don Quixote by José Martínez as well as works by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin and Tony Fabre

Other info
Received The Professional Dancers’ Association of Gipuzkoa Discover Award in 2015; the 2015 Dancer Revelation of Gipuzkoa Prize; Gold Medal at the International Dance Contest of Biarritz, 2013 and 1st place Championship of Euskadi Aurresku, 2011.