Louis Musin was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and received his dance education at the Dance Area in Geneva and at the School of the Hamburg Ballet. He joined the company in 2021 and became a Soloist in 2023.
John Neumeier created A Young Soldier in Dona Nobis Pacem and a solo in Epilogue for him. His repertory in ballets by John Neumeier also includes A Younger Aschenbach in Death in Venice, Louis in Liliom, Fritz in The Nutcracker, Count Alexander in Illusions – like Swan Lake, the title role in Romeo and Juliet, Stanislav Nijinsky in Nijinsky, Telemachus in The Odyssey, Manon Lescaut’s Admirer in Lady of the Camellias, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Thorn Creature in the new version of The Sleeping Beauty (2021) as well as solo roles in St Matthew Passion, Ghost Light and Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler. He has also danced important solos in Justin Peck’s The Times Are Racing and William Forsythe’s Blake Works V (The Barre Project).
In 2025 Louis Musin was awarded the Dr Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize.
