Jose María Lorca Menchón joined ENB in 2022, and was promoted to First Artist in 2025. He trained at Conservatorio Professional de Danza de Murcia, Spain, and English National Ballet School, where he had the role of the Prince created on him for My First Ballet: Cinderella (2020). Jose’s repertoire with ENB includes Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker, Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda, and William Forsythe’s Playlist (EP), David Dawson’s Four Last Songs and Stina Quagebeur’s Take Five Blues. Recent roles include Drosselmeyer and Rat King in Watkin and Smith’s Nutcracker, Forsythe’s Rearray (London Edition 2025) and Hilarion in Akram Khan’s Giselle.