Trygve Cumpston

Corps de Ballet

Trygve Cumpston

Trygve Cumpston. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

Quick Facts

Born: Des Moines, Iowa
Trained: School of Classical Ballet and Dance in Des Moines, Iowa, Orlando Ballet School and San Francisco Ballet School  
Joined: 2012
Corps de Ballet since: 2013

 

Five Things to Know

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  2. Trygve was named after his great-grandfather.
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  4. 2He has a black belt in Taekwondo.
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  6. 3At the age of 15, Trygve moved to San Francisco from Florida to train at San Francisco Ballet School.
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  8. 4Trygve has appeared in roles such as Benno in Swan Lake, L’Allumeur in Le Petit Prince and Icicle in The Nutcracker.
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  10. 5He has enjoyed working with choreographers such as William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, John Neumeier, James Kudelka, Guillaume Côté and Robert Binet.

 

Favourite Ballets

  1. 1Onegin
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  3. 2Nijinsky
     
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  5. 3Swan Lake
     
  6. 4Angels' Atlas
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  8. 5Within the Golden Hour (Christopher Wheeldon)