Tamara Rojo

Birthplace Montreal, Canada Training  Victor Ullate Dance Centre, Madrid Current Company Principal Dancer, The Royal Ballet Previous affiliations Scottish Ballet, Deuysche Oper Berlin, Nice Opera Ballet, La Scala, Milan English National Ballet  Joined 1997, promoted to Principal in 1998 Favourite Roles Aurora, Giselle, Odette/Odile, Kitri, Juliet, Ondine, Tatiana, Carmen, Mary Vetsera, Manon, Irina, Cinderella, Nikiya, Julia, The Chosen One in The Rite of Spring, Sylph in La Sylphide, Marguerite, Song of the Earth, Requiem, Le Tricorne, Theme and Variations, Concerto Barocco, Who Cares?, Symphony in C, Sfinx, My Brother, My Sisters and Before Night Fall Other info Her awards include the Principe de Asturias Arts Award, Spanish Royal Gold Medal of Fine Arts, Gold Medal at the Paris International Dance Competition, a Critics’ Circle Dance Award, Barclays Award and the Italian Critics Award. “The delicacy and power of her performance rushes straight to the heart.” Luke Jennings, The Observer, January 2006