Benjamin Pech

Principal Dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet

Dance Open: 2012

He joined the Paris Opéra Ballet School at the age of 12. He joined the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1992 and was promoted to Coryphée in 1994, Sujet in 1997 and Premier Danseur in 1999. Mr Pech was awarded the Grand Prix, the Gold Medal, the Critics Award and the Diaghilev Foundation Award at the International Competition Maïa Plissetskaïa in St Petersburg in 1994. He won the Carpeaux Award in 1996 and the AROP Award in 1998. He was elected Dancer of the Year in 2004 by Etoiles de Ballet 2000 and received in 2010 the King Manfred Award.