David Preciado

David Preciado was born in Los Angeles, California and trained at Los Angeles Ballet Academy and San Francisco Ballet School. David danced with Charlotte Ballet from 2017, before joining the National Ballet as a Corps de Ballet Member in 2022 and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2025.   

Most recently, David debuted in the title role of Will Tuckett’s Pinocchio and as Florizel in Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale. His repertoire with the National Ballet includes the principal male role in the Canadian premiere of Rhapsody, Amour in Don Quixote, third movement principal man in Symphony in C, first movement principal man in Concerto and Fox in The Nutcracker. He has also danced roles in Giselle, Swan Lake, Anna Karenina, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, Onegin, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, MADDADDAM, Procession, Emma Bovary, Suite en Blanc, Diamonds, Rubies, Frame by Frame, The Four Seasons, Angels’ Atlas, Flight Pattern, UtopiVerse, Grand Mirage, Alleged Dances, King’s Fall and Kismet. While at Charlotte Ballet, David performed in works by Medhi Walerski, Peter Chu, Christian Spuck, Jerome Robbins, Val Caniparoli, Helen Pickett and Rena Butler.

In 2024, David was the recipient of Patron Award of Merit by the Patrons’ Council Committee of The National Ballet of Canada.

1. The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude
2. Fancy Free
3. Petite Ceremonie (Medhi Walerski)
4. Don Quixote
5. In the Upper Room

Patron Award of Merit (2024)