Biography:

Hi, my name is David Alvarez. I was born in Montreal, Canada on May 11, 1994 to Cuban parents. I began dancing when I was eight years old at Ballet Divertimento in Montreal. I started taking dancing more seriously at California Ballet when I was nine, and my family and I moved to San Diego, where my father was relocated. Two years later I was offered a full merit scholarship to continue my classical ballet training at the American Ballet Theater’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. I have been training at ABT for four years now. In classical ballet, I’m proudest of dancing with ABT the role of the Garland Boy in The Sleeping Beauty (Metropolitan Opera House, NYC, June 2007), the role of The Nutcracker’s Fritz (Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington DC, December 2007), as well as a male variation of The Flower Festival of Genzano at the ABT’s JKO School Spring Performance (The Ailey Citigroup Theater, NYC, March 2008).

I also study music and have been training in classical piano for four years at the 92nd Street Y School of Music, where I was awarded the Racanati-Kaplan full merit scholarship. It was also at this school where I had my debut as a singer, when I sang “Where is Love” from Oliver! for Victoria Clark.

My training as a classical dancer and musician was pivotal in landing the role of “Billy” in the Broadway hit Billy Elliot: The Musical.   My interpretation of Billy has been recognized with numerous awards including the 2009 TONY Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, a Special Achievement Award by the OUTER CRITICS CIRCLE (2009), the 2009 ASTAIRE Award for Best Male Dancer, as well as the 2009 Special Recognition Honoree by the HOLA Award.

My special thanks to my parents, my two sisters, my ballet teachers Franco and Raymond, my piano teacher Sachiko, Stephen Daldry, and the so many other people who’ve supported me throughout my career as a performer.