Biography

Paxton Ricketts was born in Denmark and grew up in Canada. He trained at Arts Umbrella Dance from the age of 9 until 19. From 2014 to 2024, Paxton performed with Nederlands Dans Theater.

As a choreographer, he has participated in the Switch programme by NDT Dancers for every iteration since 2015. In 2022, he studied choreography under Crystal Pite at The Royal Ballet. In 2023 he participated in the Pioneer Project hosted by Korzo. Recently, Paxton has choreographed new works for GöteborgsOperans Danskompani (Sweden) Kammerballetten (Denmark), NDT Summer Intensive (Netherlands), Fabula Collective (UK), Korzo Theater (Netherlands), Sonder Ensemble (Germany), Arts Umbrella Dance (Canada), HD Theatre (USA) Club Guy & Roni Spring Seminar (Netherlands), and Thorvaldsens Museum (Denmark). His work reached the  semi-finals of the 2022 Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition.