Agnes Oaks

Birthplace Estonia Training Estonian State Ballet School, Bolshoi Ballet School Previous Companies Estonia Opera Ballet, BRB International Guest Artist 1997 English National Ballet  Joined 1990, Guest Repetiteur and Senior Principal Favourite roles Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, title roles in Giselle and Sphinx Career highlight  Creating title role in Deane’s Giselle, Aurora in Hynd’s The Sleeping Beauty, and McGregor’s 2 Human, winning Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance (2004) Other info Best Couple Prize, International Ballet Competition (1990), Third Class Order of the White Star (Estonia), one of Dance International Magazine’s Dancers of the Year (2000 and 2001), Unique Partnership Award – Critics’ Circle (2002) with Thomas Edur, Patron of British Ballet Organisation (2004), nominated for Benois de la Dance (2004). Married to Thomas Edur. “… she proved yet again that she is one of the finest classical dancers in Britain today… she is an artist” The Mail on Sunday on Agnes Oaks