Ben Rudisin

Ben Rudisin was born in Woodbridge, Virginia and trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and Houston Ballet II in Texas. Ben joined The National Ballet of Canada as an RBC Apprentice in 2013 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2021.  

Most recently, Ben made his debut as Leontes in Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale and performed in the world premiere of Procession, choreographed by Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber. He has also performed Diaghilev in Nijinsky, Siegfried and Rothbart in Swan Lake, Prince Gremin in Onegin, title role of Romeo and Juliet, Hilarion in Giselle, Icicle and Uncle Nikolai in The Nutcracker, Alexei Karenin in Anna Karenina, The Mad Hatter in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, L'Allumeur in Le Petit Prince, Monsieur Lheureux in Emma Bovary and lead roles in Diamonds and Emeralds. His repertoire includes The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Merry Widow, MADDADDAM, Manon, Being and Nothingness, Bolero, Frame by Frame, A Streetcar Named Desire, La Sylphide, The Four Seasons, The Concert, Chaconne, Allegro Brillante, Symphony #9, Morpheus’ Dream, Carousel (A Dance), The Second Detail, Approximate Sonata 2016, Chroma, Genus, Anima Animus, On The Nature of Daylight, Silent Screen, Angels’ Atlas, Emergence, Cacti, Petite Mort, Paz de la Jolla, Night, The Collective Agreement, Orpheus Alive, The Dreamers Ever Leave You, UtopiVerse, Soul and King’s Fall.  

1. Swan Lake
2. Petite Mort
3. Theme and Variations
4. The Second Detail
5. Emergence