Ballett
James Kirby Rogers
Principal

Nationality

American-Canadian

Semperoper Ballett member since

2024
2025 Principal

Acting jobs

Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, USA (2021 – 2024)
Alonzo King LINES Ballet (Gast), San Francisco, USA (2023 – 2024)
Kansas City Ballet, USA (2016 – 2021)

Education

Houston Ballet 2 (2015 – 2016)
North Carolina School of the Arts (2014 – 2015)

Repertoire

Semperoper Ballett Repertoire
Vaslaw Nijinksy, Nijinsky (J. Neumeier)
Consort of the Sugar Plum Fairy, The Nutcracker (A. S. Watkin and J. Beechey after M. Petipa)
Wonderful World (K. Chan)
Benno, A Swan Lake (J. Inger)
Stompers, In The Upper Room (T. Tharp)
Noetic (S. L. Cherkaoui)

Creations
Pas de deux, November (I & M. van Opstal)

Further repertoire
Franz, Coppélia; Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Diamonds Pas de deux, Jewels; Duo Concertante; Allegro Brillante (G. Balanchine)
Siegfried, Swan Lake (K. Stowell)
Armand, The Lady of the Camellias (V. Carniparoli)
Romeo, Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet; Désiré, The Sleeping Beauty (D. Carney)
Albrecht, Giselle (P. Boal)

This season

Kinsun Chan & Martin Zimmermann
Aaron S. Watkin and Jason Beechey
 

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