Junior Gaspar Caballero

Dancer

Asuncion, Paraguay

Junior Gaspar Caballero

CBJ Junior Company Member [2014]

CBJ/RBC Foundation Apprentice [2014-2015]

CBJ Company Member [2015 -]

Junior is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School, where he studied on a full scholarship presented to him due to his extraordinary talent. Junior has won awards at several prestigious national and international ballet competitions, including the Gold Medal in classical ballet and Best Dancer at the XIII National Ballet Competition in Paraguay, the Gold Medal at the XVII International Dance Competition in Argentina and he is a 2012 Prix de Lausanne finalist. Junior is an exceptional young dancer with beautiful technique. He joined the Ballet Jörgen Junior in 2014, and was promoted to company dancer the next year.

Junior’s roles with CBJ include Carabosse’s Minion in Sleeping Beauty, Lumberjack and Raccoon in The Nutcracker: A Canadian Tradition, and Jester in Swan Lake.

“Dance means self-expression, career, passion, challenge and a sense of accomplishment.”