Robert Jerjen

Biography

Robert was born in Chur, Switzerland and grew up in his home country, in the United States and in Panamá. After graduating from the Tanz Akademie Zürich in 2018, he moved to Amsterdam for a year to continue his training at the European School of Ballet. In 2019 Robert joined The Czech National Ballet in Prague. Throughout his time with The Czech National Ballet, he has performed many diverse roles in numerous productions. Some of his most memorable roles include portraying Lensky in John Cranko’s Onegin, Benvolio in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, the four princes in Márcia Haydée’s The Sleeping Beauty, as well as his appearances in Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort (Kylián – Bridges of Time), William Forsythe’s The Second Detail, Wayne McGregor’s EDEN | EDEN, and Edward Clug’s Handman (Forsythe / Clug / McGregor).