Demian Vargas

Demian Vargas is an international dance professional with extensive expertise in both artistic education and arts management.

He trained under full scholarships at the Teatro Colón and the Julio Bocca Foundation in Buenos Aires, as well as the American Ballet Theatre in New York. For over fifteen years, he was a principal dancer with the Béjart Ballet Lausanne (Switzerland), Ballet de l’Opera National du Capitole de Toulouse (France), Houston Ballet (USA), and Ballet Argentino (Argentina), performing on the world’s most prestigious stages.

He was awarded the Grand Prix at the 19^th Interamerican Ballet Competition in Buenos Aires, the Coca-Cola National Training Scholarship in New York, and the Certificate of Merit from the City of Houston.

Holding the French National Teaching Diploma, he was a tenured professor at the Conservatoire du Valais in Switzerland from 2018 to 2022. He is also a guest faculty at the Conservatoire de Genève, Conservatoire de Fribourg, AFJD Lausanne, and is regularly invited to teach master classes in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

Since 2020, he became involved with the Prix de Lausanne, as a ballet coach for the Swiss Workshop, the Bourse Vaudoise de Danse, and the Young Creation Award. He is also a jury member for the video selections of the main competition, the Asia-Pacific and Latin American preselections, and the Summer Intensive Program.

In addition to his artistic career, Mr. Vargas graduated in arts management from the University of Toulouse, France. Since 2015, he has collaborated regularly with various institutions to organize cultural events. In 2022, he joined the Prix de Lausanne’s permanent team, where he now serves as Development & Patron Relations Manager.