CV
Ballett

Jón Vallejo

Principal

Nationality

Spanisch

Education

Scaena Carmen Roche Madrid/Spain,
Thalia Mentxu Medel San Sebastian/Spain

Awards

»Best Dancer of the Year« for »Carmen« (J. Inger) – Dance Europe Magazine (2019),
»Best Dancer of the Year« for »The Four Seasons« (D. Dawson) – Dance Europe Magazine (2018),
Positano Prize »Dancer of the year« (2017),
Premio Revelacion – A.D.P./Spain (2011),
»Best Male Dancer« (Critics’ choice) for »In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated« (W. Forsythe) – Dance Europe Magazine (2009)

Acting jobs

Semperoper Ballett (since 2006 Coryphée, since 2008 Second Soloist, since 2011 First Soloist, since 2016 Principal),
Guest Principal Dancer at Les Ballets Bubeniček,
Compañía Nacional de Danza 2 (Nacho Duato)/Spain,
Ballet Carmen Roche/Spain

Jón Vallejo © Semperoper Dresden/Jubal Battisti
Jón Vallejo © Semperoper Dresden/Jubal Battisti

Works

Prince Florimund, » The Sleeping Beauty« Miguel, »Don Quixote«(A.S. Watkin); Prince, Sugar Plum Fairy`s Cavalier »The Nutcracker« (A. S. Watkin/J. Beechey); Benno, »Swan Lake« (A. S. Watkin after M. Petipa and L. Ivanov); Cavalier, Blue Bird, »Sleeping Beauty«, The Golden Idol, »La Bayadère« (A. S. Watkin after M. Petipa); Lysander, »A Midsummer Night’s Dream«, »Illusions – like Swan Lake«, »The Nutcracker« (J. Neumeier); Gremio, » The Taming of the Shrew« (J. Cranko); Lescaut, »Manon« (K. MacMillan); Franz, »Coppélia«, Soloist Couple 3rd movement, »Symphony in C«, Soloist Couple, »Theme and Variations«, Soloist Couple, »Rubies«, »Tarantella« Pas de Deux (G. Balanchine); Red Couple, »Forgotten Land«, »Bella Figura«, »Petite Mort«, »Sechs Tänze«, »Sinfonietta« (J. Kylián); »Impressing the Czar«, »In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated«, »Enemy In The Figure«, »The Vertiginous Thrill Of Exactitude«, »Steptext«, »The Second Detail«, »New Sleep« (W. Forsythe); »L’Amoroso, Arenal«, »Alone For A Second«, »Rassemblement«, »Remansos«, »Na Floresta« (N. Duato); »Violin Dingres« (T. Fabre); »Walking Mad«, »Empty House«, Don José in »Carmen« (J. Inger); Stepsister, »Cinderella«, »Vertigo Maze«, »Noces«, Romeo, »Romeo and Juliet« (S. Celis); »Le Souffle de l’Esprit«, »Unerreichbare Orte«, »Toccata«, »Intimate Distance«, »The Piano«, »L' heure bleue« (J. Bubeníček), »Black Milk« (Ohad Naharin)

Mercutio, »Romeo and Juliet« (S. Celis); Romeo, »Romeo and Juliet«, Prince, »Nutcracker«, »No Thumb« (P. Touzeau); »Axis« (G. Doda); »Othello«, »Come Again« (G. Montero); »Traviata« (A. Rodriguez); »Canon In D-Major«, »Unintended Consequences«, »Faun« (J. Bubeníček); Melot, »Tristan+Isolde«, The Groom, »Giselle«, »The Four Seasons«, »The World According To Us« (D. Dawson); »Self Portrait« (F. Chirpaz und K. Cere); »Spazio-Tempo«, »Sacre« (J. Godani); »Tanzsuite« (A. Ratmanksy); »COW« (A. Ekman); »New Suite« (W. Forsythe); »Corpse de Ballet« (H. Shechter); »The Night Falls Quietly« (J. Hernandez); »Corpse de Ballet« (J. Hernandez)

Les Ballets Bubeniček at the Prague National Theater (2016)
»The Nutcracker« (A.S. Watkin/J. Beechey), ARTE Germany (2012)
»Giselle« (D. Dawson), Fritten Film (2008)
Class Yannick Boquin
 

Participated in ballet galas and festivals in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Dortmund, Tokyo, Sapporo, Milan, Rome, Madrid, San Sebastian, Valencia, Prague, Bilbao, Santo Domingo, Lausanne among others

Bubeniček New Year Gala Canon in Bunkamara, Tokyo
»Gentle Memories« – Cooperation with Mariinsky Theater, choreography by Jiří Bubeniček
Performed at »Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow«-Gala, Lincoln Center, New York
Roberto Bolle and Friends
Madrid Ballet Festival
Les Ètoiles pour le Japan, Paris

Choreographic Assistant for Jiří Bubeniček’s »Le Souffle de l’Esprit« at Zürich Ballet and the Royal Ballet School

Dates

Ballett

Romeo and Juliet