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 was promoted to 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, Günther and Fritz in The Nutcracker, Count Alexander in Illusions — like Swan Lake, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Stanislav Nijinsky and The Golden Slave / The Faun in Nijinsky, Telemachus in The Odyssey, Gaston Rieux in Lady of the Camellias, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night‘s Dream, The Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid, The Wanderer / Gondolier / Dancing Couple / Dionysus / Barber / Guitarist in Death in Venice and Kostja in The Seagull, as well as solo roles in St Matthew Passion, Ghost Light and Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler. He has also danced solos in Justin Peck’s The Times Are Racing and William Forsythe’s Blake Works V (The Barre Project), as well as the role of James in August Bournonville’s La Sylphide.
In 2025 he was awarded the Dr Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize.
