Lope Lim

Lope Lim, from Manila Philippines, is in his sixth season with The Washington Ballet. He was a member of the Studio Company before being promoted to apprentice in 2019. Lope began his dance training at Steps Dance Studio Philippines, under Jeffrey Espejo and Sofia Elizalde. In 2015 he won the silver medal at the Asian Grand Prix finals in Hong Kong, and a scholarship to study at the Kirov Academy of Ballet. In 2017 he received an offer from The Washington Ballet at the Youth American Grand Prix finals in New York. He spent his summers dancing at the San Francisco Ballet, Ellison Ballet, and the Alvin Ailey American dance theater.

Lope’s repertoire since joining TWB includes Romeo in The Balcony Pas de Deux by Kenneth Macmillan, George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Allegro Brillante, Theme and Variations, and Slaughter on Tenth avenue, Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux, Septime Webre’s The Nutcracker, Julie Kent’s restagings of Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, and Swan Lake, Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering, John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Jessica Lang’s Reverence, Beethoven Serenade, and Coloring Silent space. He has also performed in new works by choreographers Dwight Rhoden, Stanton Welch, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Dana Genshaft, Mthuthuzeli November, Brett Ishida, John Heginbotham, Chanel Da Silva, Andile Ndlovu, and Houston Thomas.