Erick Rojas

ERICK ROJAS was born in Mexico City, Mexico. At the very young age of 2, he began ballet studies with his mother, who helped him find his passion for it, he studied more seriously in the academy Judith Castillo, and later on in the school Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli. He finished his training in Mexico in DanceFit Impulso al Talento de Mexico A.C where he was preparing to audition for the Summer Program at Miami City Ballet School. During the Summer of 2017, he received a full tuition and housing scholarship to train under Arantxa Ochoa’s direction. Turning 14 he moved to Miami and was chosen to play the role of “Prince” in Miami City Ballet’s new production of George Balanchine's “The Nutcracker”. Besides keeping his scholarships throughout his time at school, he had a variety of opportunities to perform leading roles at a young age, including excerpts by Marius Petipa from the ballet Coppelia as “Franz” and the “Grand Pas de Deux of Don Quixote”, excerpts by George Balanchine from the ballet “Who cares”. At age 15 he did “William Tell” by August Bournonville and was awarded the “Toby Lerner Ansin Scholarship Award”. All his summers were spent at MCBS from 2017-2021 including the Choreographic Course, working on principal parts in ballets by Durante Verzola since 2018-2021. In 2020 he performed with MCB in the ballet ``Firebird” by George Balanchine and in 2022 was a cover for Diamonds and Prodigal Son. During the pandemic Rojas was called by director Lourdes Lopez to work with Miami City Ballet in the first ballet created remotely “A Dance for Heroes” by Durante Verzola, inspired and dedicated to our front line workers during the epidemic, to the heroes who risked their lives to help the rest of society. His last performances as a student were with MCB in Alexei Ratmansky's Swan Lake. For the school showcase he worked with Jenifer Ringer on Jerome Robbins 2 and 3 Part Inventions, becoming part of it being danced for the first time in Miami. While also working with Rebecca Metzger on George Balanchine’s “Western Symphony” 1st and 4th MVT principal and corps of ballet.