Lev Cornwall grew up in Bellingham, WA, and trained at a local school before joining the Boston Ballet School Professional Division at 15. He was promoted after graduating from the school and spent one year in the Boston Ballet Graduate Program, before joining the Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company for the 2025-26 season. After one year he was promoted to the main company for the 2026-2027 season. He has performed leading roles with Boston Ballet School in Serenade, Sleeping Beauty, and original choreography by former principal dancer Paulo Arrais. He has also performed in Mikko Nissinen’s Raymonda and Crystal Pite’s Season’s Canon with Boston Ballet, as well as Kirk Peterson’s Swan Lake and Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby with Cincinnati Ballet.