Mads Eriksen was Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1985. He attended the Royal Danish Ballet School in 1995, becoming an apprentice in 2002 and promoted to dancer in 2004.

Mads repertoire with the Royal Danish Ballet includes: Swan Lake (Martins), The Nutcracker (Ratmansky), Romeo & Juliet (Ncumeier), Sleeping Beauty (Tomasson), Manow (MacMillan), Etudes (Lander) and the entire Bournonville repertoire.

Mads has been featured in: Tarantella in Napoli (Bournonville), Spanish in The Nutcracker (Ratmansky), and Jord (Uotincu).

Creations: Lust (Shroungren), Anna Karenina (Ratmansky), Little Mermaid (Newmeies).

He joined the touring group “Made in Denmark” in 2006, where the repertoire included Le Corsaire, Jockey dance and Napoli.