Karl Pil in an extended ballet line on a dark stage
Oregon Ballet Theatre Company Artist Kenan Fellow at Lincoln Center

Karl Pil

A multi-racial Belgian-American dancer moving between classical ballet, neoclassical work, contemporary ballet, choreography, teaching, and arts leadership.

2024Joined Oregon Ballet Theatre
BFAUNCSA Classical Ballet
2026Touchpoint premiere for OBT2
25M+Views led with UNCSA Dance
Artist Profile

Built for repertory, film, collaboration, and the long game.

Karl has performed classical repertoire and original contemporary works while collaborating with repetiteurs, guest artists, and emerging choreographers across stage and film.

He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in 2024 on full scholarship with a BFA in Classical Ballet and a minor in Arts Entrepreneurship. He is currently a Kenan Fellow at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and an ALM candidate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology through Harvard University Extension School.

Portrait of Karl Pil seated in rehearsal clothes Full-body studio portrait of Karl Pil in motion
Selected Work

Performance clips with bite.

A quick route into Karl's ballet, contemporary, and stage-to-screen range.

Classical line, contemporary nerve, and a working artist's obsession with how dance organizations can actually thrive.