Keaton Leier was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and trained at Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and Houston Ballet II. He danced with Atlanta Ballet from 2017 before joining the National Ballet as a Corps de Ballet Member in 2022. He was promoted to Second Soloist in 2024.
Most recently, Keaton made his debut Jack/The Knave in Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and as Lensky in Onegin. With the National Ballet, Keaton’s repertoire includes Paris in Romeo and Juliet, Icicle in The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Don Quixote, MADDADDAM, Emma Bovary, Jewels, Suite en Blanc, Concerto, Symphony in C, Passion and The Collective Agreement. At Atlanta Ballet, Keaton performed in Yuri Possokhov’s new Nutcracker, made his debut as Albrecht in Giselle and danced in contemporary works, notably pieces by Alexander Ekman.
