Was born in Cali, Colombia and received his professional training at the Instituto Colombiano de Ballet (Incolballet) where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in dance; and the Escuela Nacional de Ballet de Cuba under a full scholarship, advancing his expertise with the Cuban ballet methodology. He has been a soloist for “The Ballet Nacional of Cuba”, Ballet de Cali, Hartford Ballet, and Ballet Internationale, and has served as principal dancer for the Maximum Dance Company, the Milwaukee Ballet and the Slovak National Ballet. König’s repertoire includes principal roles in classical and contemporary ballets ranging from Petipa to Balanchine, Tharp to Graham, creating principal roles in works by contemporary choreographers such as Maurice Causey and Karole Armitage. König has been the recipient of prestigious national and international awards and is currently a freelance artist based in New York City.

The Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre started to write its history in May 1920 with Delibe’s Coppélia and Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances. The productions were choreographed by Václav Kalina on stage of the then City Opera in Braislava built to the design of the eminent Vienna-based architects Helmer & Fellner.

The Milwaukee Ballet was founded in 1969, and held its first performance on April 24, 1970 at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Less than a year later the company began performing in Uihlein Hall at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, where it still performs today.

Since its first performance in 1997, Maximum Dance has offered Miami balletophiles a refreshing alternative to the tediously typical tutued-lady-lead-dancer-lifted-by-boy-prop programs.

Founder and Artistic Director, Elizabeth “Betsy” McMillan established the company as Vivid Ballet in Hartford, CT in August of 2016 with the purpose of promoting the true, the good and the beautiful.

The Colombian Institute of Classical Ballet is a decentralized entity of Valle del Cauca that aims for the cultural development of the department and the country, through formal artistic education in dance, production processes, the circulation of works of universal repertoire and Latin American and the development of public awareness and training programs.