• Recipient of the
Young British Dancer of the Year award (2
nd prize, London, 2004).
• Prize-winner at the Adeline Genée International Ballet Competition (Silver Medal, Athens, 2004).
• Recipient of Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award (Royal Ballet School, 1
st prize, 2003).
Born in Yorkshire (Great Britain).
Graduated from the Royal Ballet School in 2005.
Joined the Royal Ballet Company in 2005.
Between 2006 and 2009 he toured with the company to Spain, Mexico, the USA, Turkey, China, Japan and Cuba.
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet in January 2010.
He made his Mariinsky Theatre debut as Béranger in the ballet Raymonda.
Repertoire includes:
Giselle (Count Albrecht); choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa,
Swan Lake (Friends of the Prince); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Raymonda (Béranger); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Chopiniana (Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Waltz); choreography by Michel Fokine,
The Nutcracker (Elegant Cavaliers); choreography by Vasily Vainonen,
Spartacus (Satyr); choreography by Leonid Yakobson,
Romeo and Juliet (Paris, Troubadour); choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky,
La Sylphide (Youths); choreography by August Bournonville, revised version by Elsa-Marianne von Rosen,
Études; choreography by Harald Lander,
Serenade, Symphony in C, Jewels (Emeralds, Diamonds) and Piano Concerto No 2 (Ballet Imperial); choreography by George Balanchine,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Polish Youths); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
Anna Karenina (Tushkevich); choreography by Alexei Ratmansky
and Without; choreography by Benjamin Millepied.
Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet to Germany, the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Italy and the United Arab Emirates.
During the Mariinsky Ballet’s tour to Abu Dhabi in March 2013 he performed the role of Zobeide’s Slave in the ballet Schéhérazade (choreography by Michel Fokine).
Xander Parish is supported by the Mariinsky Theatre Trust (UK).
