Scottish dancer Harris Bell is the First Artist of The Royal Ballet. He joined The Royal Ballet’s Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme from the start of the 2018/19 Season and was promoted to Artist in 2019 and First Artist in 2023.
Growing up in Dollar, Scotland, he started ballet at seven and trained at Elmhurst Ballet School and The Royal Ballet School, graduating through the school. Awards included Most Promising Boy 2013 at Elmhurst Ballet School and third place in the Lynn Seymour Award for Expressive Dance 2016 at The Royal Ballet School.
His repertory with the Company includes Zeb (Maddaddam), Prince Gremin (Onegin), Antigonus (The Winter’s Tale), Spanish dance (Swan Lake, The Nutcracker), Arabian (The Nutcracker) Matvei (A Month in the Country) and roles in Anemoi and Like Water for Chocolate. He has created roles in Jessica Lang’s ‘Twinkle’ and Sir Wayne MacGregor’s ‘Untitled, 2023.’
