Harrison Pickering, Corps de ballet

Harrison Pickering started dancing at the age of 10 in London England as a junior associate of the Royal Ballet Programme. At age 11 he attended Young Dancers Academy in London before heading to the National Ballet of Canada for 3 years. While at the school he performed in three seasons of The Nutcracker with National Ballet of Canada and in the opening of the Pan Am Games in Toronto. Pickering then attended Master Ballet Academy in Arizona from age 15-17, performing annually in The Nutcracker with Phoenix Ballet. He also competed in YAGP, placing 1st in the Classical division in 2019 (Dallas) and Pas de deux categories 2018 (Phoenix).

Pickering attended and received full scholarships for summer intensives at both American Ballet Theatre and San Francisco Ballet. He also trained privately with David king and attended Golden State Ballet academy in 2019 before attending San Francisco Ballet on full scholarship, where he trained for two years and performed along side San Francisco ballet in The Nutcracker. After graduating in 2021 he joined Ballet Arizona’s studio company and performed in works such as George Balanchine’s Violin Concerto, Slaughter on 10th Avenue, and Serenade, Sir Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurs, and Ib Andersen’s The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, and Juan Gabriel. In 2022 he joined Texas Ballet Theatre as an apprentice and performed in Ben Stevensons Cirque de ballet, Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, Dracula, George Balanchine’s Rubies and Lew Christensen’s Beauty and the Beast. He is very excited to join Golden State Ballet for this upcoming season.

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