Henrik Erikson

Principal Dancer

Henrik Erikson

Principal Dancer

Vita

Henrik Erikson was born in Hongkong and grew up in Switzerland. In 2006 he started his ballet education at the Ballettschule für das Opernhaus Zürich, Switzerland. In 2013 he moved to Stuttgart to attend the John Cranko Schule from which he graduated in 2018. Already as a student of the academy he danced with the company and went on tour with the Stuttgart Ballet to Singapore and Bangkok.

For the 2018/19 season Henrik Erikson was an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet. In the following season he joined the Corps de ballet before he was promoted to Demi-Soloist at the beginning of the 2021/22 season. with the 2023/24 season he was promoted to Soloist. As of the beginning of the 2024/25 season he is a Principal Dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet.
Photo Carlos Quezada
Romeo and Juliet
Ch: John Cranko
D: Henrik Erikson, Mackenzie Brown
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
Lady of the Camellias
Ch: John Neumeier
D: Henrik Erikson, Elisa Badenes
Photo Roman Novitzky / Stuttgarter Ballett
Ballettabend CREATIONS VII - IX
Reflection/s
Ch: Roman Novitzky
D: Henrik Erikson
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
Sleeping Beauty
Ch: Marcia Haydée
D: Henrik Erikson
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
Sleeping Beauty
Ch: Marcia Haydée
D: Henrik Erikson, Elisa Badenes
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
Nachtmerrie
Ch: Marco Goecke
D: Henrik Erikson
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
Onegin
Ch: John Cranko
D: Henrik Eriskon
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
Swan Lake
Chr: John Cranko
Dancers: Elisa Badenes, Henrik Erikson
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett

Repertoire

Leading and Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Aedis (Alessandro Giaquinto)
  • Are you as big as me? (Roman Novitzky)
  • Aurora's Nap (Johan Inger): Prince of Germany
  • Blake Works I (William Forsythe)
  • Bolero (Maurice Béjart): The Rhythm
  • Cassiopeia's Garden (Christian Spuck)
  • Einssein (Mauro Bigonzetti)
  • Everybody Needs Some/Body (Roman Novitzky)
  • Extract of: Impuls (Roman Novitzky)
  • One of a Kind (Jiří Kylián)
  • Onegin (John Cranko: Lenski
  • Out of Breath (Johan Inger)
  • Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Romeo
  • Self-Deceit (Vittoria Girelli)
  • Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz): Solo role
  • Solo (Hans van Manen)
  • Spell on you (Marco Goecke)
  • Swan Lake (John Cranko): Prince Siegfried
  • Taiyō to Tsuki (Martin Schläpfer)
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): Fritz
  • The Place of Choice (Roman Novitzky): leading role
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée after Petipa): Prince Desiré, Prince of the North, Cavalier
  • The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Lucentio
  • Where does the time go? (Samantha Lynch)

Specially created Roles
  • Aurora's Nap (Johan Inger): Servant
  • Lamento (Andreas Heise)
  • Messenger (Louis Stiens)
  • Nachtmerrie (Marco Goecke)
  • Reflection/s (Roman Novitzky): Solo
  • SYMPHONY NO. 2 "Under the Trees' Voices" (David Dawson)
  • The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Count N.
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): deer (Solo), Fritz' friend (Solo), cossack (Solo)
  • The Place of Choice (Roman Novitzky): Solo
  • Yasuragi no chi (Alessandro Giaquinto)

Specially created Roles at Noverre: Young Choreographers
  • #fivewithfive Just a few moons away (Anne Jung)
  • Kineograph (Vittoria Girelli)
  • Zeitorgan (Timoor Afshar)

Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Bolero (Maurice Béjart)
  • Concerto for Flute and Harp (John Cranko)
  • Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra)
  • La fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton)
  • Mayerling (Kenneth MacMillan): a.o. Count Hoyos
  • Onegin (John Cranko)
  • Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
  • Swan Lake (John Cranko)
  • The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): mouse
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée after Petipa)
  • The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)