Martí Paixà

Principal Dancer

Martí Paixà

Principal Dancer

Vita

Martí Paixà was born in Reus, Catalonia, Spain and grew up in Montbrió del Camp. From 2008 to 2011 he attended a private ballet school in his hometown, before he came to the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart from which he graduated in 2014.

In the season 2014/15 he became an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet, one season later he was taken into the Corps de ballet. In 2016 he was promoted to Demi-Soloist; in 2017 to Soloist. He became a Principal Dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet at the beginning of the 2021/22 season.

Martí Paixà’s repertory includes solo roles such as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, the title role in Onegin, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake (all by John Cranko), Prince Desiré in Marcia Haydée’s The Sleeping Beauty, Armand Duval in Lady of the Camellias, Wronsky in Anna Karenina, Allan Gray in A Streetcar named Desire (all by John Neumeier), Basilio in Maximiliano Guerra's Don Quixote, Solor in Kingdom of Shades from La Bayadère (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa) and Colas in La fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton) as well as solo roles in works by Maurice Béjart, Edward Clug, David Dawson, Marco Goecke, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Kenneth MacMillan and Uwe Scholz.
Photo Roman Novitzky / Stuttgarter Ballett
Petite Mort
Ch: Jiří Kylián
D: Anna Osadcenko, Martí Paixà
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
The Sleeping Beauty
Ch: Marcia Haydée
T: Rocio Aleman, Martí Paixà
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
La fille mal gardée
C: Frederick Ashton
D: Martí Paixà, Ensemble
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Krabat
C: Demis Volpi
D: Martí Paixà, Agnes Su
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
The Soldier's Tale
C: Demis Volpi
D: Alicia Amatriain, Martí Paixà
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Aus Holbergs Zeit
Ch: John Cranko
D: Martí Paixà, Veronika Verterich
Photo Roman Novitzky / Stuttgarter Ballett
Opus 1
Ch: John Cranko
D: Martí Paixà, Rocio Aleman
Photo Roman Novitzky / Stuttgarter Ballett
The Lady of the Camellias
Ch: John Neumeier
D: Martí Paixà
Photo Roman Novitzky / Stuttgarter Ballett
The Lady of the Camellias
C: John Neumeier
D: Martí Paixà, Miriam Kacerova
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Onegin
Ch: John Cranko
D: Martí Paixà, Rocio Aleman
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Romeo and Juliet
Ch: John Cranko
D: Martí Paixà, Elisa Badenes
Photo Roman Novitzky / Stuttgarter Ballett
Onegin
Ch: John Cranko
D: Martí Paixà
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
Romeo and Juliet
Ch: John Cranko
D: Martí Paixà, Elisa Badenes
Photo Roman Novitzky / Stuttgarter Ballett
The Lady of the Camellias
Ch: John Neumeier
D: Martí Paixà, Rocio Aleman
Photo Roman Novitzky / Stuttgarter Ballett
Songs of a Wayfarer
Chr.: Maurice Béjart
Dancers: Henrik Erikson, Martí Paixà
Photo Roman Novitzky / Stuttgarter Ballett
Excerpt of Traces
Chr.: John Cranko
Dancers: Elisa Badenes, Martí Paixà
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Repertoire

Leading Roles and Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • A Streetcar named Desire (John Neumeier): Allan Gray
  • Adagio Hammerklavier (Hans van Manen)
  • Anna Karenina (John Neumeier): Wronsky
  • Arcadia (Douglas Lee)
  • Bliss (Johan Inger)
  • Boléro (Maurice Béjart): The rhythm
  • Brouillards (John Cranko)
  • Concerto for Flute and Harp (John Cranko)
  • Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins): Roles in Blue and in Purple
  • Don Quixote (Maximiliano Guerra): Basilio, Prince of the Travelers
  • Excerpt of: Traces (John Cranko): The past
  • Forgotten Land (Jiri Kylián): Couple in white
  • Frank Bridge Variations (Hans van Manen)
  • Große Fuge (Hans van Manen)
  • Holberg Pas de deux (John Cranko)
  • Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko): R., Solo roles in B. and E.
  • Jeu de Cartes (John Cranko): Hearts suite
  • Kammerballett (Hans van Manen)
  • Kingdom of Shades, from: La Bayadère (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa): Solor
  • Krabat (Demis Volpi): Krabat
  • L’Estro Armonico (John Cranko)
  • La fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton): Colas
  • Le Chant du Rossignol (Marco Goecke)
  • Le Jeune Homme et La Mort (Roland Petit)
  • Miniatures (Douglas Lee): Pas de deux
  • Nachtmerrie (Marco Goecke)
  • One of a Kind (Jiří Kylián)
  • Onegin (John Cranko): Onegin, Lenski
  • Opus 1 (John Cranko)
  • Pas de trois from: Suite (Uwe Scholz)
  • Petite Mort (Jiří Kylián)
  • Pineapple Poll (John Cranko): Captain Belaye
  • Poème de l’Extase (John Cranko): Vision
  • Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan): male leading role
  • Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Romeo, Mercutio
  • Sanctus-Pas de deux from: Rquiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz): male leading role, solo role
  • Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan): male Leading role, Solo role
  • Songs of a Wayfarer (Maurice Béjart)
  • Spring Waters (Asaf Messerer)
  • Ssss… (Edward Clug)
  • Swan Lake (John Cranko): Siegfried
  • Symphony in C (George Balanchine): solo role 1st movement
  • SYMPHONY NO. 2 "Under the Trees' Voices" (David Dawson)
  • The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko): Prince from Arroganza
  • The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Armand Duval
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): The Nutcracker / Drosselmeier's Nephew
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée after Petipa): Prince Desiré
  • The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Petrucchio
  • Trois Gnossiennes (Hans van Manen)

Specially created Roles
  • Ascaresa (Alessandro Giaquinto)
  • Cassiopeia's Garden (Christian Spuck)
  • Naiad (Douglas Lee)
  • Neurons (Katarzyna Kozielska)
  • Patterns in ¾ (Edward Clug)
  • Petals (Louis Stiens)
  • PS (Katarzyna Kozielska)
  • Reflection/s (Roman Novitzky): Solo
  • Salome (Demis Volpi): The young Syrian
  • Take Your Pleasure Seriously (Katarzyna Kozielska)
  • The Place of Choice (Roman Novitzky): Solo
  • The Soldier’s Tale (Demis Volpi): The Soldier

Specially created Roles at Noverre: Young Choreographers
  • Deltangi (Timoor Afshar)
  • Pompei (Aurora De Mori)

Further Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Death in Venice (Staging, Choreography: Demis Volpi)
  • Lamento (Andreas Heise)
  • Mehlberg (Shaked Heller)