Luca Afflitto (he/him) is originally from Genova, Italy where he started dancing at the age of 11. In 2014, he was admitted to the Academie de Danse Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo under the direction of Luca Masala where he graduated three years later. At the academy, Luca had the opportunity to study with internationally renowned teachers and to dance works by Jiri Kylian, Marco Goecke and Mats Ek among others. In 2017, he joined Ballett Zurich under the direction of Christian Spuck and after two seasons in the Junior Ballet, joined the main company. While in Zurich Luca had the opportunity to dance works by choreographers such as Crystal Pite, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Jiri Kylian, Marco Goecke, Goyo Montero, Edward Clug, Johan Inger and Cayetano Soto. In 2019 he was awarded the “Dance Prize of the Friends of Ballett Zurich.” In 2022, Luca joined Ballet BC under the direction of Medhi Walerski, where he has the opportunity to explore, create and perform works of internationally renowned choreographers for Canadian audiences and around the world. This is Luca’s third season with the company.