Ryan Felix
Born: Stourbridge
Trained: Elmhurst Ballet School
Joined: 2019
Awards: Bronze Medal, Genée International Ballet Competition, 2017; Ballet Finalist, BBC Young Dancer, 2017; Winner, Phyllis Bedells Bursary, 2016.
Other companies: Japan International Youth Ballet.
Choreography: Rive and The Pursuit, solos for the BBC Young Dancer and Adeline Genée competitions.
Favourite dancer as a child: Carlos Acosta – he has always been a great example of a masculine dancer who performs technical tricks with finesse, elegant port de bras and musicality.
Career if not a dancer: Actor, writer or professional gymnast
Favourite book: The Twelfth Angel by Og Mandino, it's a moving story about the triumph of the human spirit. It gave me a new-found perspective on life.
REPERTORY INCLUDES
Carlos Acosta: Don Quixote (Fandango Couple)
David Bintley: Cinderella (Prince's friends), 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café
August Bournonville: La Sylphide Pas de deux
Pontus Lidberg, Raúl Reinoso, Cassi Abranches: Black Sabbath – The Ballet
Uwe Scholtz: The Seventh Symphony
Ben Van Cauwenbergh: Les Bourgeois
Peter Wright: Coppélia (Call to Arms), The Nutcracker (Jack-in-the-Box, Clara's Dancing Partner, Russian, Chinese and Spanish Dances), The Sleeping Beauty (Pas de quatre, Cavalier)
Peter Wright and Galina Samsova: Swan Lake (Neapolitan Dance, Waltz, Lead Czárdás,)
CREATED ROLES
Daniela Cardim: Imminent
Will Tuckett: Lazuli Sky