Yonah Acosta
Birthplace
Havana, Cuba
Training
Cuban National Ballet School
Previous Company
Ballet Nacional de Cuba
English National Ballet
Joined in 2011 as First Artist, promoted Junior Soloist Summer 2011 has appeared in Wayne Eagling’s Men Y Men and Ashton’s pas de quatre in Derek Deane’s Swan Lake.
Recently appeared as the Young Man in Roland Petit’s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort and made his debut as the Nephew/Prince in Eagling’s production of The Nutcracker at the London Coliseum Christmas 2011
Would love to dance
Count Albrecht
Other
2007 won Silver medal at the First Beijing Ballet Competition. 2007 Grand Prix in the International Ballet Competition of Cuba. 2008 won Gold, Shanghai International Ballet Competition. 2008 won Gold in Korea International Ballet Competition. Winner of both the 2012 Emerging Dancer and People’s Choice Awards
Kei Akahoshi
Birthplace
Okayama, Japan
Training
Elmhurst School for Dance, English National Ballet School.
English National Ballet
Joined in 2002, First Artist 2007, Junior Soloist 2010
Favourite production
Romeo & Juliet
Other
In July 2010 married Soloist Daniel Jones in Malta.
Kei also works alongside her husband creating graphics for their varying film collaboration work
Senri Kou
Birthplace
Gifu, Japan
Training
Nana Kawashima Ballet Studio, London Studio Centre
Previous companies
Peter Schaufuss Ballet
English National Ballet
Joined in 2005, First Artist 2008, Junior Soloist 2010
Favourite production
Etudes
Daniel Kraus
Birthplace
Madrid, Spain
Training
Conservatorio Profesional de Danza, Royal Ballet Upper School, English National Ballet School
Previous Companies
Ballet Mediterraneo, European Ballet, K Ballet, Japan
English National Ballet
Joined in 2003, First Artist 2007, Junior Soloist 2010
Favourite roles
Leading roles of Lescaut (Manon), Kay (The Snow Queen), Albrecht (Giselle), Don José in Roland Petit’s Carmen
Would love to dance: Crown Prince Rudolf in Mayerling
Favourite production
The Rite of Spring, Giselle
Career highlight
Being invited to perform Rhapsody for the Ashton Celebration at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Dancing Lescaut in Manon
Other
Studied piano and guitar and appeared in a Spanish television series. Enjoys buying music and discovering new artists
Laurent Liotardo
Birthplace
Marseille, France
Training
Colette Armand School (Patrick Armand, Isabelle Hernandez, Rudy Bryons)
Previous companies
Opéra de Paris, Opéra de Bordeaux, Ballet National de Marseille
English National Ballet
Joined in 2003, First Artist 2007, Junior Soloist 2010
Favourite Production
Alice in Wonderland, Swan Lake in-the-round and Romeo & Juliet
Career highlight
Albrecht in Giselle, Benvolio in Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet
Anton Lukovkin
Birthplace
St Petersburg, Russia
Training
Vaganova Ballet Academy, St Petersburg
Previous companies
Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet
English National Ballet
Joined in 2007, Junior Soloist 2010
Favourite roles
Spectre de la Rose, Steptext (Forsythe), Albrecht in Giselle
Favourite production
Etudes, A Million Kisses to my Skin, Giselle
Career highlight
Nominated for Benois de la Danse in 2004 and working with William Forsythe and John Neumeier
Other:
Has had several roles created for him: Harold in Harold and Maude (choreographed by Kononov), Spring in Cinderella (Ratmansky), Maybe Living (Meisner) and Nanou (Miroshnichenko).
Anton was awarded the 2011 People’s Choice Award, this Award celebrates upcoming talent within the Company, voted for by our audience.
Recently appeared as the Young Man in Roland Petit’s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort
Juan Rodríguez
Birthplace
Bilbao, Spain
Training
Danstylo School of Ballet, London Studio Centre
Previous companies
Peter Schaufuss Ballet in Denmark
Joined in: 2000, First Artist 2002, Junior Soloist 2010
Would love to dance
The Chosen One in the The Rite of Spring
Career highlight
Creating the role of Cecil in The Canterville Ghost and dancing Mercutio in Athens and the leading role of Kay in The Snow Queen
Other
Won scholarships as a student. Roles include Romeo and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet, Elvis in The King and the Dancing Master in Michael Corder’s Cinderella
Favourite Roles
Romeo and Tybalt in Romeo & Juliet.
Junor Souza
Birthplace
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
English National Ballet
Joined in 2008, First Artist 2010, Junior Soloist 2011
Training
Escola de Danca, English National Ballet School
Would love to dance
Solor in La bayadère
Career highlights
Dancing the Prince in The Nutcracker and as Albrecht in Giselle, Romeo in Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet and Prince Siegfried in Derek Deane’s Swan Lake
Other
Performed in the Roseta Mauri Competition and loves to sing
James Streeter
Birthplace
Rochford, UK
Training
English National Ballet School
English National Ballet
Joined in 2004, Promoted First Artist 2007, Junior Soloist 2011
Favourite production
Romeo & Juliet
Role would love to dance
Tybalt and Lord Capulet in Romeo & Juliet
Career highlight
Dancing the title role in The Canterville Ghost and playing Hilarion in Giselle
Max Westwell
Birthplace
London, UK
Training
Arts Educational School Tring, Hertfordshire
English National Ballet
Joined in 2004, First Artist 2009, Junior Soloist 2011
Favourite production
Romeo & Juliet
Career highlights
Lescaut in Manon and Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty and Romeo in Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet
