Alexander Skinner was born in Ottawa, Ontario and trained at The School of Dance in Ottawa, Ontario and Canada’s National Ballet School. Alexander joined The National Ballet of Canada as an RBC Apprentice in 2017 and became a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2018.
Most recently, Alexander performed in the North American premiere of Emma Portner’s islands and danced the role of Herakles in the world premiere of Alyssa Martin’s Desperate Drama of Red. Alexander’s repertoire includes Guy Glover in Frame by Frame, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Descendant Blackbeard in MADDADDAM and roles in Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Cinderella, The Winter’s Tale, Nijinsky, Anna Karenina, The Merry Widow, Don Quixote, Onegin, A Streetcar Named Desire, Emma Bovary, The Dream, The Second Detail, Chroma, Emergence, Angels’ Atlas, Elite Syncopations, Diamonds, Rubies, Suite en Blanc, Symphony in C, Concerto, Etudes, Chaconne, Marguerite and Armand, Trio Sonata, The Collective Agreement, UtopiVerse, Alleged Dances, Being and Nothingness, The Dreamers Ever Leave You, Orpheus Alive, Night, On Solid Ground, 4 for 5 and as seen from before.
Alexander was awarded the RBC Emerging Artist Award in 2018, the David Tory Award in 2020 and the Patron Award of Merit in 2021.
