Richard Krusch was born in Budapest, Hungary. He started his ballet training in 1994 at the Hungarian Dance Academy, where he received training in the classical Vaganova technique and classical repertoire. He attended numerous summer programs in the United States, including the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and The School of American Ballet in New York City. He graduated from UNCSA in the summer of 2002 and joined Carolina Ballet the same year. Mr. Krusch has also worked with the American Ballet Theatre in 2004 and the Hungarian National Ballet in 2005 where he also toured with the Hungarian Ballet in Europe. In 2006 hr returned to Carolina Ballet and was made a Principal 2011. He has danced many major roles and many roles were choreographed on him by Robert Weiss and Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Zalman Raffael. In 2011, Mr. Krusch represented Carolina Ballet at the International Ballet Festival of Miami.