Joffrey Ballet Principal 

Dylan Gutierrez grew up in Van Nuys, CA., and received his training at the Los Angeles Ballet Academy under the direction of his mother, Andrea-Paris Gutierrez. In 2006, he was awarded a full scholarship to train at The Royal Ballet School in London. With the guidance of Gailene Stock, Gary Norman, and Meelis Pakri, he was offered a job as an apprentice with the San Francisco Ballet where he danced ballets such as The Four Temperaments and West Side Story Suite.

Since joining the Joffrey Ballet, Gutierrez has danced many roles in the Joffrey’s extensive repertory. His favorite roles include Death in The Green Table; Basilio in Don Quixote; Prince Siegfried in Christopher Wheeldon’s Swan Lake; Prince Albrecht in Giselle; main pas de deux couple from Wayne McGregor’s INFRA; Sanguinic in George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments; and Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit and In Creases.