Justin Padilla

Justin is an alumnus of DKCBA and Westside Dance Project, and trained under Dmitri and Jennifer Kulev, Jessie Riley, Krystal Matsuyama-Tsai, and Megan Guise. He has been training full time at John Cranko Schule since 2022 under Nicola Biasutti and Tedeuz Matacz. He has trained in the summers at Ballet BC, Orsolina28, and Nederlands Dans Theater. In addition to choreography projects, Justin has performed in numerous contemporary and ballet pieces with John Cranko Schule, Stuttgart Ballet Theater, DKCBA, Orange County Ballet Theater, and Westside Dance Proect. He most recently premiered a piece in Noverre: Young Choreographers at The Stuttgart Ballet, where he was the only student choreographer. This past season, Justin choreographed several award winning pieces for ECC and has enjoyed teaching at their intensives as well as coaching the company members.​ Justin is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and recognitions, including the Laguna Dance Festival: Young Artist Scholarship 2022, The Youth America Grand Prix, Grand Prix Award- Jr. 2021, and Grand Prix Award - Sr. 2022, Spotlight Music Center Grand Prize Winner Ballet 2022, and won nationals titles from NYCDA - National Male Teen OD 2021 and National Male Junior OD 2019. 

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