César Morales Becomes Next Artistic Director Of Santiago Ballet

César Morales Becomes Next Artistic Director of Santiago Ballet

Current Principal Dancer of Birmingham Royal Ballet, César Morales, will become the fifth leader of Santiago Ballet in March 2024 when he takes on the role of Artistic Director.

“After an extensive selection process, we have announced the new Artistic Director of the Santiago Ballet, a person who knows the company and the Municipal Theatre of Santiago well.
His international career and achievements through his artistic merits make him an artist loved by the public and admired by the media. César Morales returns home.”
– Carmen Gloria Larenas, General Director of the Municipal Theatre of Santiago

Morales will dance one last time with frequent partner Miki Mizutani in The Sleeping Beauty on February 22, and then take his final bow with the company on February 28.

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“Thank you is the only thing I can say to all the audiences, dancers, ballet staff and all the departments in BRB, your support and love will always be appreciated by me. I am excited for the next chapter in my career, but of course, having spent the last 30 years as a dancer and 15 of those years in BRB, leading a company will be a big change for me. I have learnt so much from the many people I have had the pleasure of working with over my 15 years at BRB. I will do everything I can to pass on my knowledge and experiences in dance to the dancers of Ballet de Santiago with honesty and continued passion for this great art form.”

César Morales

Incoming Artistic Director of Santiago Ballet

About César Morales

César Morales was student of the Santiago Municipal Theatre Ballet School and former member of the Santiago Ballet, where he rose to the rank of Principal at just 18 years old.

Morales joined Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2008 after his time at English National Ballet.

In 2021 he was awarded the Dancing Times Award for Best Male Dancer at the National Dance Awards.

During his 16-year career with BRB, Morales danced leading roles in

Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker (Prince), The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund), and Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried)
Frederick Ashton’s Enigma Variations (Arthur Troyte Griffith), Symphonic Variations, and Les Rendezvous (lead role)
George Balanchine’s Serenade and Theme and Variations.

He also collaborated with Sir David Bintley, former Artistic Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, on new productions including Beauty and the Beast (Beast), Aladdin (title role), Sylvia (Amynta), Cinderella (Prince), and ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café (Southern Cape Zebra).

“All of us at Birmingham Royal Ballet are grateful to César for sharing such an incredible talent with us and our audiences over the past 16 years. He is a treasured part of BRB’s history and has danced a selection of the Company’s most prestigious roles during his illustrious career. It is a bittersweet pleasure to see César return to Santiago Ballet in the role of Artistic Director where he will oversee many new generations of talented dancers.”