Friend and Sponsor of the Company Dorothy Ind presents the annual Goldilocks Fashion Show in aid of KidsCompany at The Dorchester. Appearing at the fashion show as special guest will be newly promoted Principal Begona Cao.
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This season at the London Coliseum there were lots of exciting debuts and appearances by some of the youngest members of the Company.
Laurretta Summerscales debuted in her first Principal role in Giselle as the Queen of the Wilis, Myrtha. Her debut took place on the eve of her 19th Birthday and follows her entry to the Company a year early from English National Ballet School.
Vadim Muntagirov also joined English National Ballet this season and has already totted up an impressive CV of principal roles dancing with Senior Principal Daria Klimentová. Vadim danced the Prince in The Nutcracker, The Snow Queen's wolf and Albrecht in Giselle this Christmas at the London Coliseum. Vadim also danced the Poet in Les Sylphides during the Company's visit to Barcelona.
Other Artists of the Company in notable roles have included Kerry Birkett as Moyna in Giselle and the Arabian in The Nutcracker, Jia Zhang also as the Arabian in The Nutcracker and Nathan Young as Kay in The Snow Queen.
These dancers have to fit learning these roles into a busy schedule as they must also learn and perform the corps de ballet roles to support the rest of the Company. They will no doubt be taking full advantage of their holiday after such a busy season!
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Senior Principal Daria Klimentova will be celebrating 20 years of being a Principal dancer in her own special way - by organising a Gala in her native Czech Republic on 10 and 11 March.
Daria will celebrate with friends and colleagues from the past and present of her career including Daniil Simkin and Hermann Cornejo from ABT, Stuttgart Ballet's Friedemann Vogel and current partner Vadim Muntagirov.
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With sponsor Sky Arts the Company filmed an excerpt from Derek Deane's Swan Lake, Act IV at the Painted Hall, Old Royal Navy College at Greenwich. Watch a clip plus interviews and behind-the-scenes footage by clicking on the following link , or if you're lucky enough to have Sky watch on Sky Arts 2 on the following dates:
Monday 21 December 11.50
Tuesday 22 December 18.50
Thursday 24 December 10.50
Friday 25 December 09.20, 22.50
Saturday 26 December 11.50
Thursday 31 December 17.55, 24.20
Friday 15 January 11.20 |
