Clark Eselgroth

Soloist

Clark hails from Durham, North Carolina and started dance at the age of 7. He trained at the Ballet Conservatory of Asheville and the International Ballet Academy in Cary. At the age of 15 moved to the UK to study for three years at the Royal Ballet School in London. While in school, Clark received the Kevin O’Hare scholarship and achieved his Bachelor's Degree. After graduating in 2021, he joined the Finnish National Ballet’s Youth Company. In 2022, winning the 1st Prize in the Helsinki International Ballet Competition. After two years in the Youth Company, Clark joined the Corps and after one season was promoted the rank of First Soloist. In 2023, he received the Outi and Jan Vapaavouri Foundation ‘Young Dancer Award’. Clark has choreographed for draft workshops in both the Royal Ballet School and the Finnish National Ballet. He worked with Bayerisches Staatsballett as a guest dancer for the Sphären.03 Multiple Bill in June 2025, taking over a part in Dimo Milev's new work In fragments. Starting with the 2025/26 season, he formally joined Bayerisches Staatsballett as a Demi-Soloist. He was promoted to Soloist on 28 March 2026, the opening night of the Common Ground triple bill.

(Information as of April 2026)

Roles and parts in the 2025/26 season
Pas de six, male solo in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Drosselmeier and Fritz in The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Count Alexander in Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Lenski in Onegin (John Cranko)
Gaston Rieux in Lady opf the Camellias (John Neumeier)

Blake Works I (William Forsythe), as part of the Waves and Circles triple bill
Boléro (Maurice Béjart) as part of the Waves and Circles triple bill
Bella Figura (Jiří Kylián), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
IMPASSE (Johan Inger), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Subject to Change (Sol León & Paul Lightfoot), as part of theKonstellationen multiple bill