Dukin Seo

With the ensemble since 2020/21

Born in South Korea, Dukin Seo trained as a dancer at the Sunwha Arts School in Seoul and the John Cranko School in Stuttgart. After graduating, he joined the National Ballet of Portugal, initially as a member of the corps de ballet and subsequently as a demi-soloist. At the start of the 2016/17 season, he moved to become a company member at the Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich. His notable roles include the Prince in Fernando Duarte’s “The Nutcracker”, Albrecht in Georgy Galaxia’s “Giselle”, and Orfeus in Olga Morris’ “Orfeus ed Euridice”. He has also performed in works choreographed by Demis Volpi, John Neumeier, George Balanchine, Christian Spuck, John Cranko, Menghan Lou, Christopher Wheeldon, Frederick Ashton, Marius Petipa, Hans van Manen, Ted Anderson, Eric Gauthier and Andrey Kaydanovskiy.

As a member of Ballett am Rhein he has danced the role of Mr. Martins in Andrey Kaydanovskiy’s “Die Kahle Sängerin”, and appeared in Aszure Barton’s “Come In”, Twyla Tharp’s “Commentaries on the Floating World”, Hélène Blackburn’s “Choleric”, Demis Volpi’s “The Nutcracker” (as Drosselmeier), Gil Harush’s “Don’t Look at the Jar”, Marcos Morau’s “Le Sacre du printemps”, Iratxe Ansa and Igor Bacovich’s “Moto Perpetuo”, Goyo Montero’s “Aurea”, John Neumeier’s “A Streetcar Named Desire”, and Leslie Telford’s “Threshold of a Fall”.