Victor Prigent

Birthplace
Poissy, France

Training
ADACLAM (French Guiana, South America); Paris Opera School; Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris; Joffrey Ballet, Chicago (Trainee); San Francisco Ballet School

English National Ballet
Joined 2017. Promoted to First Artist 2022, Junior Soloist 2023.
Roles include Freddie and the Chinese in Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker, the Beggar Chief in Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon; the Neapolitan in Derek Deane’s Swan Lake; Andres in Akram Khan’s Creature; Beranger in Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda.

Previous companies
San Francisco Ballet (Trainee 2015/16); Atlanta Ballet (Second Company 2016/17)

Career highlight
Being accepted into the Company

Favourite role
Siegfried in Swan Lake and Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort

Other info
Won first place in the National competition CND in France 2 years in a row in 2006 and 2007. Finalist at the Chausson D’Or in Paris in 2013. Finalist and People’s Choice Award winner at Emerging Dancer 2020.