Timoor Afshar
Timoor Afshar was born in Indianapolis (USA) and grew up in Fishers, Indiana. He received his first ballet training at the Indiana Ballet Conservatory, as of 2011 he attended The Harid Conservatory. During this time, he took part in several ballet competitions of the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) and reached repeatedly the finals. In 2011 he won the Indianapolis Regionals Youth Grand Prix Award. From 2012 to 2016 he completed his education at the John Cranko School. In 2016/17 he joined the Stuttgart Ballet as an apprentice, one season later he became a member of the Corps de ballet of this company. In 2019/20 he was promoted to demi-soloist.
His large repertory includes ballets by Frederick Ashton, Bridget Breiner, Itzik Galili, Maximiliano Guerra, Akram Khan and John Neumeier. He danced solo roles in pieces by George Balanchine, Maurice Béjart, John Cranko, Andreas Heise, Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián, Hans van Manen, Roman Novitzky, Christian Spuck, Demis Volpi as well as, among others, Drosselmeier in Edward Clugʼs The Nutcracker, Prince of the west, Ali Baba and Bluebird in Marcia Haydée's The Sleeping Beauty, Benvolio and carnival dance in John Crankoʼs Romeo and Juliet, Benno in his Swan Lake and Hungarian Officer in Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling. Fabio Adorisio, Nanine Linning, Roman Novitzky and Martin Schläpfer created roles especially for Timoor Afshar. Edward Clug, Alessandro Giaquinto, Vittoria Girelli, Marco Goecke and Louis Stiens created several parts for this artist.
In the 2023/24 season Timoor Afshar joined the Vienna State Ballet as a soloist. On 1 September 2025, he was appointed principal dancer by ballet director Alessandra Ferri. He soon developed a large repertoire and danced, among others, Prince Désiré, the Blue Bird and one of the four princes in Martin Schläpferʼs The Sleeping Beauty, Armand Duval in John Neumeierʼs The Lady of the Camellias, Prince Siegfried in Rudolf Nureyevʼs Swan Lake, Leontes in Christopher Wheeldonʼs The Winterʼs Tale, Mithridates in Alexei Ratmanskyʼs Callirhoe as well as solo roles in Heinz Spoerliʼs Goldberg-Variationen, Michel Fokineʼs Les Sylphides, George Balanchineʼs Symphony in C, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet and Divertimento No. 15, William Forsytheʼs In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated and Hans van Manenʼs Concertante.
On 1 November 2025, Timoor Afshar was awarded the Premio Artista internazionale 2025 at the Premio per la Danza Città di Foligno.
Performances with Timoor Afshar
with Madison Young, Victor Caixeta, Timoor Afshar, Milda Luckuté, Conductor: Luciano Di Martino
Giselle
Cast on Thursday 23. April 2026
Abo 17
Ticket information
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 11. September 2025 | Otello |
| 20. November 2025 | Dialogues des Carmélites |
| 26. Februar 2026 | Luisa Miller |
| 26. März 2026 | Die verkaufte Braut |
| 23. April 2026 | Giselle (Ballett) |
| 10. September 2026 | Don Carlo |
| 08. Oktober 2026 | Eine florentinische Tragödie/Herzog Blaubarts Burg |
| 28. Jänner 2027 | Don Giovanni |
| 08. April 2027 | Tristan und Isolde |
| 20. Mai 2027 | Lulu |
Abo 20
Ticket information
Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 30. Oktober 2025 | Pelléas et Mélisande |
| 08. Jänner 2026 | Rusalka |
| 19. Februar 2026 | Ariadne auf Naxos |
| 16. April 2026 | Simon Boccanegra |
| 21. Mai 2026 | Manon (Ballett) |
| 01. Oktober 2026 | Macbeth |
| 21. Jänner 2027 | Don Giovanni |
| 18. Februar 2027 | Schwanensee |
| 18. März 2027 | Pique Dame |
| 10. Juni 2027 | Der fliegende Holländer |