Andrew Coffey

Andrew Coffey joined the Norwegian National Ballet in autumn 2022 after two years with Norwegian National Ballet UNG (NNB2). In the company, he has performed roles including Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Hilarion and the Peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Siegfried in Cina Espejord’s A Tale about Swan Lake, the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty and the Rat King in The Nutcracker. He has also danced in Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort and Symphony of Psalms, and the pas de trois in Tetley’s Voluntaries.

During his time with Norwegian National Ballet UNG, he performed roles including James in excerpts from La Sylphide, Prince Siegfried in a pas de deux from Swan Lake and the leading male role in an excerpt from Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante. He also appeared in Boyadjiev’s The Nutcracker and Lima’s Suite for Ten in Six.

Coffey is from the United States and began dancing at Ballet Center Fort Worth in Texas at the age of ten. In 2016, he reached the finals of the Youth American Grand Prix in New York, which led to a scholarship at Houston Ballet Academy. In 2018, he was accepted into the Royal Ballet School in London, where he performed with both The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet during his studies. In summer 2021, he taught at Ballet Center Fort Worth’s summer school.