Alexander Stæger

Alexander Stæger

Dancer

Born: 1986

Nationality: Danish

Career highlights: Alexander has danced soloist parts in Swan Lake, La Bayadère, Romeo and Juliet, Chroma, Petite Mort and Bella Figura by Jiri Kylian, Young gypsy in Don Quixote, Peasant pas de deux in Giselle, La Stravaganza, Symphony in 3 by G. Balanchine, Louise Midjord's Water and Jorma Uotinen’s Earth. Alexander has been a part of the majority of Corpus' productions.
Alexander has also been the director of the Royal Danish Ballet - Summer School since 2014 and has coordinated and planned several events, performances and outreach work for The Royal Danish Theater since 2005. He has been a teacher at the Royal Danish Ballet School since 2011 and production writer for Cross Connection Ballet Company in 2012.

Education: Admitted to the Royal Danish Ballet School in 1993.
Hired as an apprentice with the Royal Danish Ballet, 2002. 
Corps de ballet with the Royal Danish Ballet in 2004
Promoted to Soloist in Feb. 2011

Prizes and scholarships: Annie & Otto Johs. Detlefs’ Ballet Prize for “Best Colleague” in 2014, Lillian and Svend Erik Jensens Grant in 2010, A Reumert award for young talent in 2008, The Bournonville Grant in 2007, Albert Gaubier's Grant in 2006, The DANCE scholarship in 2002, Gurli and Poul Madsens grant in 1997.

Joined corpus in: 2017