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Matthew Bates

Artist

Joined Scottish Ballet: 2026

Training: Royal Ballet School

How would your colleagues describe you?
Fun, outgoing and kind

What career moment are you most proud of?
Joining my first company out of school . It made all the hard work worth while.

What’s your favourite ballet to perform (and why)?
The Seasons Canon by Crystal Pite, being with 54 dancers on stage working as one alongside the amazing score was just magical.

What’s your dream role to perform (and why)?
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet because I would love to tell a dramatic story like that on stage.

What advice would you give to your younger self?
Keep going, as it is all worth it the end.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Flying, its just so cool.

Boston Ballet: Plan to B, Jorma Elo (2024) Little Stepsister in Cinderella Frederick Ashton (2024), Petal Helen Pickett (2024) Soloist Couples in Symphony in 3, George Balanchine (2025) Wellington in Cinderella, Frederick Ashton (2024) 8 Classical Couples, 4 boys in Raymonda, Mikko Nissinen (2024-2025) The Wolf in The Sleeping Beauty, Peter Wright (2023) Soloist Couple in Everywhere we Go, Justin Peck (2023) Russian Trepark, French Marzipan, Chinese Tea in The Nutcracker Mikko Nissinen, Solo in Artifact Suite, William Forsythe (2022) 4 Couples in Allegro Brilliante, George Balanchine (2022) Corps de Ballet Roles; The Seasons Canon, Crystal Pite (2024) Carmen, Jorma Elo (2024) Cinderella, Frederick Ashton (2024) Form and Gesture, Mykal Stromile (2023) The Sleeping Beauty Peter Wright (2023) Le Mer Nanine Linning (2023) Don Quixote Rudolf Nureyev (2023) The Nutcracker Mikko Nissinen, Artifact Suite William Forsythe (2022) Defile William Forsythe (2022)

Ballet Zurich Junior Company: Monteverdi Christian Spuck (2022) Silver Fairy in Sleeping Beauty Christian Spuck (2021) Ankleider in Leonce and Lena Christian Spuck (2021) Chamber Minds Edward Clug (2020) Corps de ballet roles: Anna Karenina Christian Spuck (2022) Monteverdi Christian Spuck (2022) Angels Atlas Crystal Pite (2021) Emergence Crystal Pite (2021) Sleeping Beauty Christian Spuck (2020) The Nutcracker Christian Spuck (2019) Das Madchen Mit den Schwelfelhozern Christian Spuck (2019)

Junior Ballet: Entropy Craig Davidson (2021) Pure Coincidence, Bryan Arias (2021) Union in Poetry Juliano Nunez (2021) Echoes of Elements Filipe Portugal (2020) Wounded Louis Steins (2020) Submerge Goyo Montero (2020).

Ballet Award and Progress and Endeavor at The Royal Ballet School 2019. Valerie Adams Award at The Royal Ballet School for Musicality and Dynamic Performance 2016. Head Boy at Royal Ballet School 2015-2016