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Rafael Bejarano Vidal

Artist

A man with short, dark hair and a goatee is wearing a maroon shirt and smiling softly, standing against a plain beige background.

Joined Scottish Ballet: 2026
Training: The Washington Ballet 
Awards: 1st place YAGP (2017) First Mexican to ever dance at The Washington Ballet. First Mexican to receive the Luis Vuitton sponsorship in Washington Ballet.

How would your colleagues describe you?
Team player, positive, hard working.

What career moment are you most proud of?
To have been able to debut a principal role moments notice before the show.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
It’s not a race but a marathon.

What’s your favourite ballet to watch (and why)?
Romeo and Juliet, the story telling and passion that is being told through the movement is something amazing.

What’s your favourite ballet to perform (and why)?
Theme and Variations. It’s so demanding but a lot of fun.

What’s your dream role to perform (and why)?
Romeo, it’s a character that I’d love to share his story thru my interpretation and movement.

What do you like to do on your days off?
I like to go to parks or take pictures in my camera.

What’s something people might not know about you?
My younger brother is a first soloist with Birmingham Royal Ballet.

What does ‘home’ mean to you?
Where my family is but also my home country. Mexico 🇲🇽

What’s your hype song?
Invencible by Eladio Carrión.

Cavalier in The Nutcracker. Main pas de deux in Dowland Dances by Silas Farley. Matador in Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote. Demi soloist in Theme and Variations. Dark Angel in Serenade. The Poet in Les Sylphide. Lucien in Paquita. Hilarion in Giselle.