| Elena Glurdjidze |
| Senior Principal dancer |
Info Senior Principal dancerFind out more about Elena in her Dancer in the Spotlight interview Birthplace Tbilisi, Georgia Training Tbilisi Choreographic School Vaganova St-Petersburg Academy of Russian Ballet Previous Companies Russian Ballet Company, St Petersburg, St-Petersburg State Academic Ballet Theatre, St-Petersburg Ballet Theatre of Konstantin Tatchkin English National Ballet Joined 2002, Principal dancer, Senior Principal dancer 2007 Favourite roles Title role in Giselle, Kitri in Don Quixote, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, title role in Manon Career highlight Creating Gypsy Girl in Michael Cirder's The Snow Queen and Virginia in The Canterville Ghost, performing in Katie Melua's It's Only Pain and appearing in the BBC production The Impressionists Other info Won 2007 and 2008 Ballet.co.uk Audience Poll for Best Female Dancer, Best Partner award at 7th Perm Open Competition 2002 and 8th Paris International Competition of Soloists 1998. Married and has a son, Alexander Abashidze "...the warmth and charisma to melt the frostiest audience and the experience to work the material to maximum effect" The Observer CastingSwan Lake - Royal Albert Hall Casting is in the order Odette/Odile, Prince Siegfried, Rothbart Sunday 13 June at 2.30pm Elena Glurdjidze, Arionel Vargas, Tamas Solymosi Wednesday 16 June at 7.30pm Elena Glurdjidze, Arionel Vargas, Tamas Solymosi Friday 18 June at 7.30pm Elena Glurdjidze, Arionel Vargas, Tamas Solymosi |
SpotlightKerry Birkett
Recently choreographed a piece inspired by The Secret Garden at the Wycombe Swan
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