Aaron Anker
Aaron hails from Fredericksburg, Virginia where he began his ballet training at age 11. He completed his training with renowned ballet teachers such as Violette Verdy, Suzanne Farrell, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, and Jacques Cesbron and simultaneously earned Bachelor’s degrees in Biology and Ballet at Indiana University.
Aaron was invited to join Philadelphia Ballet in 2015 and quickly began performing leading roles including Basilio in Angel Corella’s Don Quixote, Tybalt in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet, and Waltz boy in George Balanchine’s Serenade. The formative years of Aaron’s career were dominated by opportunities to perform diverse icons of ballet including work by Jerome Robbins, Alexander Ekman, Ben Stevenson, Liam Scarlett, and Christopher Wheeldon.
Aaron joined Alberta Ballet as a Soloist in 2021 and is thrilled to be entertaining audiences in his new home in Canada. He is particularly proud of his work as the title role in Artistic Director Emeritus Jean Grand-Maître’s PHI, the reimagined title role in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Botero, and revisiting Basilio in Francesco Ventriglia’s new production of Don Quixote which debuted in May 2025. Aaron was promoted to Principal Dancer in March 2024 and is humbled by the range of dance work he has been able to perform for audiences across Canada.