Leon Metelsky

Corps de ballet

Leon Metelsky

Corps de ballet

Vita

Leon Metelsky was born in Poole, England and grew up in Bournemouth. He began his ballet training at the Prompt Corner Academy of Dance. In 2013 he went to The Royal Ballet School in London, as of 2021 he continued his training at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart and graduated in summer 2023.

At „The Russian Ballet Awards“ 2019 in London he won the gold medal.

During the 2023/24 season Leon Metelsky was an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet. In the following season he became a member of Stuttgart Ballet’s Corps de ballet.
Photo Roman Novitzky

Repertoire

Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Blake Works I (William Forsythe): Solo role
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): harlequin, Fritz's friend

Specially created Roles
  • Desolation (Justin Padilla)
  • La Nascita di Venere (Emanuele Babici): Saturn

Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Onegin (John Cranko)
  • Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
  • Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
  • Swan Lake (John Cranko)
  • The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug)
  • The Place of Choice (Roman Novitzky)

Repertoire as a student
  • Drifting Bones (Alessandro Giaquinto)
  • The Nutcracker (John Cranko): Pas de huit