Florian Rouiller has worked extensively across three continents as a dance educator, choreographer, and performer. He has an MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland, where he choreographed and performed the original productions “Profondeur Inconnue” and “Wave” while continuing to perform extensively with local dance companies outside the university.

Rouiller began his dance career training at the prestigious John Cranko School in Stuttgart and performed with Stuttgart Ballet in productions such as Sleeping Beauty and Giselle. Upon immigrating to the United States, he danced with Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Ohio Ballet, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Milwaukee Ballet, and Ballet Chicago. He has also danced with Ballet International Eldar Aliev, Ballet Metropolitano de Caracas, Ballet Contemporanea de Caracas in Venezuela, and Goteborg Ballet in Sweden.

Florian has worked with choreographers such as Alonzo King, Jiri Kylian, Simon Dow, Robert North, Jorma Uotinen, Jean-Paul Comelin, and Lynne Taylor Corbett. He will be moving to Jacksonville from Washington DC where he has taught extensively at the Kirov Academy, Washington Ballet School, and City Dance Ensemble.