César Morales

César Morales trained at the Municipal Theatre's Ballet School in Santiago before being offered a scholarship by Ben Stevenson to train at the Houston Ballet Academy. He joined Ballet de Santiago at 16, and was promoted to Principal within two years. During his time with Ballet de Santiago César danced the lead roles in Swan Lake, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker and La Fille mal gardée, and created the role of Conrad in Bustamante's Le Corsaire. He won gold medals at both the Prague and New York International Ballet Competitions in 2002 and 2003 respectively, and the Altazor Prize awarded by the professional dancers of Chile both years. He joined English National Ballet in 2004, dancing the male principal roles in all the classics. In 2006 he danced with the Vienna Staatsoper as a Principal Guest Artist and joined Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2008.

Repertoire:
With Ballet de Santiago: leading roles in Nagy's Swan Lake and Giselle, Stevenson's Four Last Songs and The Sleeping Beauty, Cranko's The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet, Makarova's La Bayadère, Bustamente's Le Corsaire and The Nutcracker, Hynd's Coppélia, Pinto's Don Quixote, MacMillan's Manon, Balanchine's Midsummer Night's Dream, Theme and Variations and Serenade, Tetley's The Rite of Spring and Robbins's In the Night.
With English National Ballet: leading roles in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, Lander's Etudes and Dawson's A Million Kisses to My Skin.
With Vienna Staatsoper: leading roles in Nureyev's Swan Lake, Wright's The Sleeping Beauty and Harangozó's Coppélia.
With Birmingham Royal Ballet: leading rolls in Bintley's Beauty and the Beast, 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café; and Sylvia and title rolls in MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet, Balanchine's Serenade, Nureyev's Raymonda Act III and Ashton's Enigma Variations.

Awards
Dancer of the Year, Critics' Cirlce for the Arts - Chile, 2000; Altazor Prize, awarded by the professional dancers of Chile, 2002, 2003; Gold Medal, Prague International Ballet Competition, 2002; Gold Medal, New York International Ballet Competition, 2003.

Guest Performances
In November 2008, he danced the role of James in La Sylphide with Ballet de Santiago.

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