Kerry Birkett
Birthplace
Aylesbury, UK
Training
Arts Educational School, Tring
Previous Company
St Petersburg State Ballet
English National Ballet
Joined in 2006, First Artist 2010
Favourite roles
Fairy of the Crystal Fountain in The Sleeping Beauty and Courtesans in Manon
Would most like to dance with
Rudolf Nureyev for his charisma, physique and stage presence
Favourite production
Manon
Career highlight
Dancing in Lady be Good in Strictly Gershwin at the Royal Albert Hall
Favourite costume
Swan Lake Pas de Douze costume from Act I
Van Le Ngoc
Born
Hanoi, Vietnam
Training
Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Dance de Lyon, France, Vietnam National Ballet/Dance School
Previous companies
Ballet National de Marseille, France
English National Ballet
Joined in 2003
Favourite roles
Gold and Bluebird (The Sleeping Beauty), roles in La bayadère
Career highlights
Guesting with Vietnam Opera Ballet; dancing Gold in MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty at the London Coliseum and the principal role in Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Who Cares? Men Y Men by Wayne Eagling launched by Sky’s 3D Channel.The Weight of Love representing Great Britain at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 and creating Vue de l’autre for English National Ballet premiered on 16 March 2011 at the London Coliseum
Creations
2006 Without Words – English National Ballet’s Choreographic Workshop
2007 Les Emotions – commissioned by English National Ballet as part of Synergy mixed programme
2008 Duo – Varna Ballet Competition with Erina Takahashi and Young Jae Jung
2009 Concerto for Five – English National Ballet’s Choreographic Workshop
2010 The Weight of Love– Stravinsky – World Premiere commissioned by English National Ballet as part of the Shanghai World Expo on 8 September
2011 Vue de l'autre – commissioned by English National Ballet, World Premiere at the London Coliseum on 16 March
2011 Black Gold – English National Ballet Choreographic Workshop
2011 Chase – World Premiere at Britten Theatre, London on 11 September
2011 The Song of the Earth – created for Shanghai Ballet
2012 New ballet commissioned by Shanghai Ballet
Makoto Nakamura
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan
Training by
Yoshiaki Tonozaki, Isoko Okura, Chieko Kisti and Hideteru Kitahara
Previous companies
New National Ballet, Tokyo
English National Ballet
Joined in 2009
Favourite roles
Prince Désiré in Sleeping Beauty and Prince Siegfried inSwan Lake
Role would like to dance
Des Grieux, Manon
Career highlight
While with New National Ballet of Tokyo premiered in a new ballet by David Walsh and a soloist role in a piece by David Bintley
Chantel Roulston
Born
Melbourne, Australia
Training
The Australian Ballet School
Previous companies
2000-2009 Hong Kong ballet – Soloist
English National Ballet
Joined in 2009
Favourite roles
Principal girl in Balanchine’s Rubies, Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis in Giselle
Career highlight
Dancing Odette/Odile in Swan Lake and the principal girl in Balanchine’s Theme and Variations
Favourite costume
Anything with a long flowing skirt!
Tamarin Stott
Birthplace
Farnborough, UK
Training
Rosemary Gillet (Devon), Royal Ballet Upper School
Previous companies
K Ballet, City Ballet of London
English National Ballet
Joined in 2002, First Artist in 2009
Favourite productions
Romeo & Juliet, Swan Lake in-the-round, The Rite of Spring
Career highlight
Working with Hans van Manen and performing at Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium. Working with Irek Mukhamedov and appearing as The Chosen One in Kenneth MacMillan’s The Rite of Spring at the London Coliseum in 2012
