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David Huffmire

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Ballet West Academy Trainee: 2014
Joined Ballet West II: 2016
Joined Ballet West: 2018
Promoted to Soloist: 2022
Promoted to Principal Artist: 2024

David Huffmire grew up in Reno, Nevada. He began dance with all things except ballet: Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop, and even Ballroom. David began his ballet training around the age of 12 with Alexander Van Alstyne at a small conservatory in Reno. He eventually attended Ballet West and San Francisco Ballet Summer Intensives at the age of 14 before moving to Salt Lake City at 16 when he joined the Ballet West Academy Trainee program. He was promoted to Ballet West II in 2016, to the main company in 2018, Soloist in 2022, and finally to Principal in 2024. 

While dancing for Ballet West, David has danced many leading roles spanning a large range of styles and techniques, including Balanchine’s Tarantella, El Capitan in Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes, Balanchine’s Apollo, Dolan’s Variations for Four, Hyde in Caniparoli's Jekyll and Hyde, Lensky in Cranko’s Onegin, Mercutio in Smuin’s Romeo and Juliet, as well as featured roles in works such as Kylián's Symphony of Psalms and Return to a Strange Land, Ratmansky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Forsyth’s Blake Works, Dove’s Red Angels, and de Mille’s Rodeo. 

David performs in galas and guesting gigs year-round and has been critically revered and reviewed for his stunning technique, stage presence, and acting range, as well as adaptability to multiple styles of dance.  

Follow David on Instagram @davidmhuffmire.

Click below to see David’s roles.

2024-2025 Season

  • Jekyll & Hyde Mr. Hyde
  • Pictures at an Exhibition
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) Snow king, Sugar Plum Fairy Cavalier
  • Cinderella Cinderella's Stepsister, The Jester
  • Rite of Spring
  • Apollo Apollo
  • Mass Hysterical
  • Andromeda Perseus

2023-2024 Season

  • Dracula Renfield, Frederick
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) Snow king, Sugar Plum Fairy Cavalier
  • Swan Lake (Petipa & Ivanov) Prince Siegfried
  • The Green Table Profiteer
  • Blake Works I

2022-23 Season

  • Onegin (Cranko) Lensky
  • Return to a Strange Land (Kylián)
  • Rodeo (DeMille) Champion Roper

ON TOUR

  • Orange (Nunes) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Galantheae (LaPlane) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah

2021-22 Season

  • Dracula (Stevenson) Renfield
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) Nutcracker Prince, Snow Cavalier, Spanish, Russian, Sugar Plum Cavalier
  • Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) Mercutio, Street Dancer
  • Glass Pieces (Robbins) “Rubric”
  • Carmina Burana (Fonte)
  • Galantheae (LaPlane) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
  • Orange (Nunes) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)

ON TOUR

  • Piece of My Heart (Fonte) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) Mercutio – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah

2020-21 Season

  • Tides (Archibald)
  • Faraway Close (Fonte)
  • Precious Gems
    • Tarantella (Balanchine)
    • Variations For Four (Dolin) Air
  • Resist Much, Obey Little (Naumann) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)

ON TOUR

  • Piece of My Heart (Fonte) – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah

2019-20 Season

  • Le Chant Du Rossingnol (Balanchine) Emperor’s Assistant
  • Prodigal Son (Balanchine)
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) Grandfather, Nutcracker Prince, Chinese Warrior, Russian
  • Giselle (Sklute, after Coralli and Perrot) Peasant Pas de Quatre

ON TOUR

  • Giselle (Sklute, after Coralli and Perrot) – The Soraya, Los Angeles, California

2018-19 Season

  • Jewels (Balanchine) Rubies, Diamonds
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen)
  • Swan Lake (Sklute, after Petipa and Ivanov) Courtiers, Spanish Princess Escort, Hunting Party
  • Onegin (Cranko) Neighbors
  • But a Dream (Adams) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
  • disquiet (Naumann) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
  • Constant Light (Liang) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)

2017-18 Season

  • Aladdin (Robinson-Harris and Dolkas) Aladdin, The Snake Charmer
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen)
  • Cinderella (Ashton) Courtiers, The Shoemaker

2016-17 Season

  • Bournonville Divertissments (Bournonville)
  • “Are We There Yet?” (Dolkas)
  • Piece of My Heart (Fonte)
  • Madame Butterfly (Welch) Porter, Secretary
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) Bear
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Sklute, after Petipa) Beast
  • Chaconne (Balanchine)
  • Facades (Smith)
  • The Green Table (Jooss)
  • Fox on the Doorstep (Fonte) National Choreographic Festival (George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater, Salt Lake City)
  • Tremor (Oguma) National Choreographic Festival (George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater, Salt Lake City)
  • Dances for Lou (Caniparoli) National Choreographic Festival (George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Theater, Salt Lake City)

Laplane’s Galantheae

Mercutio in Smuin’s Romeo + Juliet

Renfield in Stevenson’s Dracula

Photos by Beau Pearson