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William Davolls

Artist

Joined Scottish Ballet: 2026
Training: Carter School of Dance and Elmhurst Ballet School

How would your colleagues describe you?
Positive and dedicated.

What career moment are you most proud of?
Performing Von Rothbart and Jester in the same year, two very different roles they bring their own challenges but both so rewarding in their own way.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
To do your best to be better than you were yesterday.

What’s your favourite ballet to watch (and why)?
Cinderella, I love the music and I love the charm that comes with the story and all the different interpretations of it.

What’s your favourite ballet to perform (and why)?
Swan Lake, because I have performed such different roles in the production it really allowed me to grow and express myself artistically in different ways.

What’s your dream role?
Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake or Albrecht in Giselle, both require true emotion and strong partnering.

What do you like to do on your days off?
I love to play golf and listen to music.

What’s something people might not know about you?
I really enjoy teaching. It brings me a completely different kind of fulfilment seeing the students progress from lesson to lesson.

What does ‘home’ mean to you?
A place I can truly find peace in my own space.

What’s your hype song?
Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley.

What’s the funniest thing that’s happened on stage/in the studio?
Probably doing the solo of my life in Rothbart then after all that I slipped and fell just walking off.

What advice would you give to your younger self?
Not to be ashamed to bring real feelings into a performance. It does not make you any less cool.

What makes you smile?
Spending time with friends.

What’s your favourite book/movie (and why)?
Spider-Man No Way Home. I grew up loving Spider-Man and that love still hasn’t gone away even today.

If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Being Spider-Man, to fulfil a childhood dream.

The Jester and Von Rothbart in Swan Lake, Basilio in Don Quixote, Snow King, Rat King and Prince in The Nutcracker, Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet.