Ballet West Academy Trainee: 2016
Joined Ballet West II: 2018
Joined Ballet West: 2020

Vinicius Lima is from Vitoria, Brazil.  He joined the Ballet West Academy as a trainee in 2016, joined Ballet West II in 2018.  He was promoted to the main company in 2020.  With Ballet West, Vinicius has danced roles in Cranko’s Onegin, Lubrovich’s Concerto Six Twenty-Two, Laplane’s Galantheae, and Nunes’ Orange, among many others.

Follow Vinicius on Instagram @veniaminvini.

Click below to see Vinicius’s roles.

2022-23 Season

  • Onegin (Cranko) Lensky
  • Rodeo (DeMille)

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)
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) Grandfather, Nutcracker Prince, Chinese Warrior, Mother Buffoon, Russian
  • Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) Street Dancer
  • Glass Pieces (Robbins) “Akhenaten”
  • 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) – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah

2020-21 Season

  • Tides (Archibald)
  • Faraway Close (Fonte)
  • Precious Gems
    • Duet from Concerto Six Twenty-Two (Lubovich)
  • The Thing With Feathers (Adams) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)

ON TOUR

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

2019-20 Season

  • Le Chant Du Rossingnol (Balanchine) Mandarin
  • Prodigal Son (Balanchine) Drinking Companion
  • Snow White (Robinson-Harris and Dolkas) The Prince, Brother Grimm
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen)
  • Giselle (Sklute, after Coralli and Perrot)

ON TOUR

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

2018-19 Season

  • Beauty and the Beast (Robinson-Harris and Dolkas) The Prince, Henri
  • The Nutcracker (Christensen) Bear
  • Swan Lake (Sklute, after Petipa and Ivanov)
  • Onegin (Cranko)

Lensky in Cranko's Onegin

Photo by Beau Pearson