Beatriz Stix-Brunell

Beatriz Eugenia Stix-Brunell (born 1993, in Miami) is an American ballet dancer. She is currently a First Soloist of The Royal Ballet.

Beatriz Stix-Brunell
Born
Beatriz Eugenia Stix-Brunell

(1993-01-27) January 27, 1993
Miami, Florida
OccupationBallet dancer
Current groupThe Royal Ballet
Former groupsMorphoses

Early life

Stix-Brunell was born in Miami and raised in New York City. Her father works in finance and her mother is an interior designer. She started ballet training at age seven at the School of American Ballet. She also attended Nightingale Bamford School. At age 12, she attended Paris Opera Ballet School. Her mother and brother relocated to Paris, while her father visited if he could. When Stix-Brunell first arrived, she didn’t speak French, but manage to learn it in three months. After a year in Paris, though she was graded first in her class, she returned to New York to train privately and continued to study at Nightingale-Bamford.[1] [2]

As a National Training Scholar at American Ballet Theatre she danced in Kevin McKenzie's Sleeping Beauty.

Career

At age 14, Stix-Brunell auditioned for Christopher Wheeldon's company Morphoses after seeing a flier about the company recruiting dancers, and was invited to join the company by Wheeldon. and danced works such as Apollo and Polyphonia. She danced with dancers from The Royal Ballet and New York City Ballet, including Leanne Benjamin, Edward Watson, Wendy Whelan, Maria Kowroski and Tiler Peck, and continued her schoolwork.[1][2][3]

Stix-Brunell met Monica Mason, then-artistic director of The Royal Ballet, when Morphoses toured in London. They began an email exchange. In 2010, at age 17, Mason offered Stix-Brunell a contract to the company, without an audition. She joined the company as an Artist the same year.[4] She made her principal debut while still an Artist, dancing the title role in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, replacing an injured Marianela Nuñez. A few weeks later, she stepped in for Lauren Cuthbertson when she had to withdraw from The Prince of the Pagodas. During her first year in London, she completed high school via Skype.[2]

Stix-Brunell became a Soloist in 2012, skipping the rank of First Artist,[2] and First Soloist in 2016. Roles she performed with the company include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, The Young Girl in The Two Pigeons, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker and leading roles in "Emeralds" and "Diamonds" from Jewels.[1]

Selected repertoire

Stix-Brunell's repertoire with the Royal Ballet and Morphoses includes:[1]

Created roles

  • Commedia
  • Young Shepherdess in The Winter’s Tale
  • ‘Trespass’ (Metamorphosis: Titian 2012)
  • Untouchable
  • Corybantic Games
  • Woolf Works

Awards
  • Outstanding Female Performance (Classical) at the 2012 Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards - nominated
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References
  1. "Beatriz Stix-Brunell". Royal Opera House. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  2. "A Touch of Magic: American Prodigy Beatriz Stix-Brunell Comes Into Her Own at The Royal Ballet". Pointe Magazine. September 24, 2012.
  3. "Beatriz Stix-Brunell". Ballet Association. February 17, 2017.
  4. "Beatrix Stix-Brunell: A Prodigy Grows Up". Pointe Magazine. May 12, 2011.
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