Isaac Wright

Isaac Wright was born in Belleville, Ontario and trained at Quinte Ballet School of Canada in Belleville, Ontario and Canada’s National Ballet School. Isaac joined The National Ballet of Canada as an RBC Apprentice in 2015 and danced with Ballet Jörgen and Les Grands Ballets before re-joining the National Ballet’s Corps de Ballet in 2019. Isaac was promoted to First Soloist in 2026.

Most recently, Isaac made his debut as Crake in Wayne McGregor’s MADDADDAM and performed in the North American premiere of Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern. Isaac’s repertoire includes Lensky in Onegin, an Icicle and Fox in The Nutcracker, Pussycat in The Sleeping Beauty, Neapolitan Dance in Swan Lake, Alexei Karenin in Anna Karenina, March Hare in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Fox in Pinocchio, and Thème Varié in Suite en Blanc. He has also danced roles in Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Cinderella, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Winter’s Tale, Anna Karenina, The Merry Widow, La Sylphide, Procession, Frame by Frame, A Streetcar Named Desire, Elite Syncopations, Angels’ Atlas, Serenade, Etudes, Chaconne, Symphony in C, Piano Concerto #1, Petite Mort, Concerto, Marguerite and Armand, Suite en Blanc, Anima Animus, The Four Seasons, Passion, Rhapsody, Emma Bovary, The Collective Agreement, UtopiVerse, Crepuscular, The Dreamers Ever Leave You, Orpheus Alive, On Solid Ground, 4 for 5, King’s Fall and Kismet.

Isaac was awarded Patrons Award of Merit in 2020 and the RBC Emerging Artist Award in 2016.  

1. Giselle 
2. Petite Mort 
3. Jewels
4. The Man in Black 
5. Dances at a Gathering

Patron Award of Merit (2020)

RBC Emerging Artist Award (2016)