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Benjamin Griffiths is from Boise, Idaho, where he received his early training with Lisa Moon. He also studied at the School of American Ballet, where he was a 2001 Mae L. Wien Award recipient. He attended summer courses at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and San Francisco Ballet School. After dancing with Boston Ballet, he joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2005 and was promoted to soloist in 2008. Mr. Griffiths is a 2003 Princess Grace Award recipient. Leading RolesGeorge Balanchine's Agon, Ballet Imperial, Coppélia (Franz), Emeralds, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Oberon), Rubies, Square Dance, and Symphony in C; William Forsythe's In the middle, somewhat elevated and One Flat Thing, reproduced; Ulysses Dove’s Serious Pleasures; Marco Goecke's solo Mopey; Ronald Hynd's The Sleeping Beauty (Gold and Silver pas de trois, Bluebird pas de deux); Jiri Kylian's Petite Mort; Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette (Benvolio); Benjamin Millepied's 3 Movements; Mark Morris' A Garden and Pacific; Brian Reeder's Lost Language of the Flight Attendant; Jerome Robbins' The Concert, Dances at a Gathering, and Fancy Free; Kent Stowell's Nutcracker (Prince) and Swan Lake (Jester); Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room and Waterbaby Bagatelles; and Christopher Wheeldon's Polyphonia. Originated Leading Roles: Val Caniparoli's The Seasons, Kiyon Gaines' Interrupted Pri'si'zhen and M-Pulse, Paul Gibson's Sense of Doubt, Victor Quijada's Suspension of Disbelief, and Olivier Wevers' Shindig. Featured RolesGeorge Balanchine's Diamonds, La Sonnambula, Symphony in Three Movements and La Valse; Kent Stowell's Carmina Burana; and Christopher Wheeldon's Carousel (A Dance). Photos of Benjamin Griffiths |
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