Joseph Aumeer

English dancer Joseph Aumeer trained at The Royal Ballet School and joined Paris Opera Ballet on graduation in 2016. He joined The Royal Ballet as an Artist at the beginning of the 2018/19 Season.

Joseph was born in London and started dancing at the age of nine. He was a Junior Associate before entering full-time training at Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham and then moving to The Royal Ballet Upper School aged 16.

Performances at the School’s annual matinees included Kenneth MacMillan’s Soirée, Peter Wright’s The Sleeping Beauty and Helgi Tomasson’s Concerto Grosso. His performances with The Royal Ballet while a student included roles in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, La Fille mal gardée and Romeo and Juliet. His awards include The Royal Ballet School Achievement Award and the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance. Roles with Paris Opera Ballet included Rudolph Nureyev’s Swan Lake and Don Quixote, George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Stravinsky Violin Concerto and Jewels, John Cranko’s Onegin, Merce Cunningham’s Walkaround Time and Crystal Pite’s The Seasons’ Canon.