Javier Amo

Charakter dancer and Ballet master

Javier Amo was born in Bilbao, started training at the Jon Beitia School in his home town and completed his dance education at the John-Cranko-School in Stuttgart. In 1999 he joined the Stuttgarter Ballet. Since autumn 2005 Javier Amo has been a Corps de ballet member of the Bavarian State Ballet. He was promoted to soloist at the beginning of the season 2007/2008 and to first soloist in the season 2009/2010. Since the 2014/2015 season, Javier Amo had the rank of a principal dancer. He is now working as character dancer and ballet master.

Information as of 2023

Debuts with the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (J. Cranko)
Limb's Theorem (W. Forsythe)
Pas de six in Giselle (P. Wright)
Grand Pas and male variation in Raymonda (R. Barra)
Solo (H. van Manen)
Pas de six and russian dance in Swan Lake (R. Barra)
Song of the earth (K. MacMillan)
Birbanto in Le Corsaire (I. Liška/M. Petipa)
Blue Bird in The Sleeping Beauty (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Ferdinand in Der Sturm (J. Mannes)
Große Fuge (H. van Manen)
Ghost Birds in A Cinderella Story (J. Neumeier)
Athlet in Les Biches (B. Nijinska)
Benno in Swan Lake (R. Barra)
Zugvögel (J. Kylián), creation
Béranger in Raymonda (M. Petipa)
Gaston Rieux in The Lady of the Camellias (J. Neumeier)
Albrecht in Giselle - Mats Ek (M. Ek)
Chaconne (J. Limón)
French Soloist in Série Noire - A choreographic murder mystery (T. Kohler)
Lenski in Onegin (J. Cranko)
Cavalier in The Sleeping Beauty (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Pas de Six in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Pepe in Don Quijote (M. Petipa, new choreography R. Barra, A. Gorski, Tradition)
El Trianero, Matador in Don Quijote (M. Petipa, new choreography by R. Barra, A. Gorski, Tradition)
Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Drosselmeier in The Nutcracker (J. Neumeier)
1. Pas de trois in Goldberg-Variations (J. Robbins)
Birthday Offering (F. Ashton)
Unitxt (R. Siegal), Creation
3. solo-boy in Choreartium (L. Massine)
Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream (J. Neumeier)
A Young Man in Le Sacre du printemps (M. Wigman)
Pas de trois in Paquita (M. Petipa/A. Ratmansky)
1st Pas de deux in In the Night (J. Robbins)
Adam is (A. Barton), creation
Count Alexander, The King's friend in Illusions - like Swan Lake (J. Neumeier)
Hilarion in Giselle (P. Wright/M. Petipa)
Sheppard in Spartacus (Y. Grigorovich)
Gladiator in Spartacus (Y. Grigorovich)
Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (J. Cranko)
Lewis Carroll / The white rabbit in Alice´s Adventures in Wonderland (C. Wheeldon)
Gremio in Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Camacho in Don Quijote (R. Barra/L. Minkus)
Stiwa in Anna Karenina (C. Spuck)
Dancer in Borderlands -Portrait Wayne McGregor (W. McGregor)
The Duke in The Lady of the Camellias (J. Neumeier)
Dr. Coppélius in Coppélia (R. Petit)
Monsieur Duval in The Lady of the Camellias (J.Neumeier)