Robert Binet is a choreographer and is Choreographic Associate as well as Curator and Producer of CreativAction and Special Initiatives with The National Ballet of Canada. He has created 16 works for The National Ballet including The Dreamers Ever Leave You, an immersive ballet first performed at The Art Gallery of Ontario and later toured within Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. He also created the original choreography for Karen Kain’s Swan Lake. His works are in the repertoires of The Royal Ballet where he was Choreographic Apprentice from 2012-2013, New York City Ballet, Company Wayne McGregor, The Dutch National Ballet (junior company), Ballett am Rhein, and more. Robert created The National Ballet’s CreativAction program, which supports Canadian choreographic talent and shares the company’s resources with the local dance community. He also leads the company’s Apprentice Programme, which supports dancers throughout the first years of their professional careers, and Sharing the Stage, which presents The National Ballet alongside other local dance companies for free, outdoor performances. In 2023, Robert was the Choreographic Mentor at the Venice Biennale College Danza under the direction of Wayne McGregor.

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