Henry Maximilian McCall was born and raised as the youngest of four boys in St. Louis, MO, where he started dancing at COCA. He studied at a series of schools, including the Ailey School Junior Division and Manhattan Youth Ballet, before graduating from Walnut Hill School for the Arts under Michael Owen. This was followed by a move across the country to work and study at the Pacific Northwest Ballet in their Professional Division Program under Peter Boal. While there he performed in Balanchine's A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Kent Stowell’s Nutcracker, as well as working with choreographers such as Crystal Pite. Since then he moved back across the country to study in and graduate from the Ailey/Fordham BFA program in the class of 2018. While in New York City he spent time freelancing with various artists and companies including working as an apprentice with Ailey II. He danced with Wonderbound in Denver from 2018 to 2021. His time in Denver has included choreographing on Wonderbound, Classical Ballet Academy, and collaborating with Ben Youngstone on a work for Leon Gallery.