SOLOIST

Francisco Schilereff

Coronel Suárez, Argentina

Joined Boston Ballet in 2025

Francisco Schilereff began his ballet training at the Instituto Coreográfico Pigüé. After attending a competition in Córdoba, he was offered a scholarship to North Carolina’s Cary Ballet Conservatory’s Pre-Professional Division under the direction of Mariaelena Ruiz. In 2019, Schilereff was offered an apprenticeship with Miami City Ballet. He was promoted to the corps de ballet in 2020 and to soloist in 2024.

His repertoire includes Ricardo Amarante’s Delight, George Balanchine’s AgonA Midsummer Night’s DreamDivertimento No. 15FirebirdThe NutcrackerJewelsProdigal SonLa ValseSerenade, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, and Square Dance, John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Amy Hall Garner’s Resplendent Fantasy, Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels, Alonzo King’s Following the Subtle Current Upstream, Anabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Carmen, Alexei Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCHPictures at an Exhibition, and Swan Lake, Jerome Robbins’ I’m Old FashionedWest Side Story Suite, and Glass Pieces, Jamar Roberts’ Sea Change, Pam Tanowitz’s Coincident Dances, Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, and Durante Verzola’s PAGANINIIn Play, and Sentimiento.

His Boston Ballet repertoire includes Frederick Ashton’s The Dream, Jorma Elo’s Le Sacre du Printemps, Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker, Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, Crystal Pite’s The Seasons’ Canon, and Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering.

Schilereff joined Boston Ballet as a second soloist in 2025 and was promoted to soloist in 2026.