Trained at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Roland Vogel was awarded the State Ballet Diploma in 1986. He danced with the Stuttgart Ballet (dir. Marcia Haydee), was appointed first soloist under Reid Anderson in 1997 and danced the title roles in Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, The Nutcracker, La Bayadere and Paquita. He interpreted major roles of John Cranko, was nominated for his role in Onegin (1999) for the Prix Benois de la Danse and also danced leading roles in ballets of Balanchine, Ashton, McMillan, Béjart, Kylián, Forsythe, Neumeier, van Manen, Scholz. After obtaining a degree in dance teaching at the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, Marika Besobrasova, Director of the Princess Grace Academy of Dance in Monaco, asked him to join her teaching staff.
