Siphesihle November

November was born in Zolani, Western Cape.[3] He is the youngest of five children.[4] As a child, he danced kwaito, a form of street dance with his brothers. He was spotted by a dance teacher, who invited him to her ballet classes.[4][5] In 2009, he met a Canadian couple on sabbatical, who recognised November's talents. The following year, with the permission of his dance teacher and mother, the couple brought the eleven-year-old November to Toronto, where he studied at Canada's National Ballet School on scholarship.[3][4]

In 2017, November was invited to join the National Ballet of Canada by artistic director Karen Kain, without completing an apprenticeship first. In his first year, he danced as Bluebird, a short but technically demanding role, in The Sleeping Beauty.[4] The following year, he was cast as Puck in Ashton's The Dream, sharing the role with three other colleagues, including two principal dancers.[4] He was included in Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" the same year.[1]

In 2019, he and colleague Jeannine Haller represented the National Ballet at the Erik Bruhn Prize by dancing a pas de deux from La Sylphide and Alysa Pires's new work The Other Side, with him winning the male category.[6] Later that year, he was promoted to second soloist.[7] He is also the subject of Vikram Dasgupta's 2019 documentary Beyond Moving. The production began in 2015, while November was still a student.[8] In 2020, he was promoted to first soloist.[9] The following year, the 22-year-old November was named principal dancer.[2] He will also choreograph a new work for the company in the 2021–22 season.[2]