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Benjamin Alexander

© Andreas Jakwerth

Benjamin Alexander was born in Canada. He was trained from 2013 to 2020 at Canada’s National Ballet School and attended a summer exchange of the Australian Ballet School. He gained stage experience in The Nutcracker with The National Ballet of Canada as well as in La Bayadère at the 7th Biennal Dance Education in Hamburg, at the Ballet Asteras Gala in Tokyo and as Solor in La Bayadère with Canada’s National Ballet School, where he also danced in Jera Wolfe’s Arise and James Kudelka’s School. While studying at Canada's National Ballet School, he received in 2020 the Christopher Ondaatje Ballet Prize for outstanding achievement and the Peter Dwyer Award. Since the 2022/23 season he has been a member of the corps de ballet of the Vienna State Ballet. His previous performances include parts in Martin Schläpfer’s The Sleeping Beauty, Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée, Elena Tschernischova’s Giselle, Roland Petit’s Die Fledermaus, George Balanchine’s Jewels (Emeralds 1st Pas de deux), Visionary Dances (Wayne McGregor’s Yugen). He also participated in the choreography by Jessica Lang for the 68th Vienna Opera Ball.

Performances with Benjamin Alexander

Saison 2025-26
Number of events listed below: 1
Fri
17 Apr
19:00—21:30
Ö1 U27
Abo 8

Ticket information

Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.

In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:

03. Oktober 2025Fin de partie
23. Jänner 2026Idomeneo
20. Februar 2026Luisa Miller
17. April 2026Visionary Dances (Ballett)
22. Mai 2026Eugen Onegin
02. Oktober 2026Tosca
13. November 2026La Fille du régiment
22. Jänner 2027Living Legacies
19. Februar 2027Der Rosenkavalier
16. April 2027Così fan tutte

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