Zai Calliste

Artist of the Company
Birthplace

London, United Kingdom

Training

English National Ballet School, London, United Kingdom under Viviana Durante and Lynne Charles

English National Ballet

Joined 2025

Featured roles include Rat King in Aaron S. Watkin and Arielle Smith’s Nutcracker; Crystal Pite’s Body and Soul (Part 1); Demi Soloist in George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations. 

Has danced in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty. 

During his studies, danced Prince Siegfried in My First Ballet: Swan Lake. 

Nominated for Emerging Dancer 2026 where he won the Technical Excellence Award. 

A dancer wearing an orange suit with a white top underneath is lit by a white spotlight on a dark stage. His back is arched and knees are bent as one hand is lightly touching the floor behind him.
A pair of dancers stand centre stage in warm white light. They face each other. The female dancer is standing en pointe with one arm stretched out to the side and the other above her head. The male dancer stands upright looking toward her. An orchestra is in the background lit by a dim blue light.
A dancer wearing an orange suit with a white top underneath is lit by a white spotlight on a dark stage. His back is arched and knees are bent as one hand is lightly touching the floor behind him.
A pair of dancers stand centre stage in warm white light. They face each other. The female dancer is standing en pointe with one arm stretched out to the side and the other above her head. The male dancer stands upright looking toward her. An orchestra is in the background lit by a dim blue light.