Van Le Ngoc

Birthplace
Hanoi, Vietnam

Training
Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Dance de Lyon, France, Vietnam National Ballet/Dance School

English National Ballet
Joined 2003

Previous company
Ballet National de Marseille, France

Favourite roles
Gold and Bluebird (The Sleeping Beauty) roles in La Bayadère

Career highlights
Guesting with Vietnam Opera Ballet, dancing Gold in MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty at the London Coliseum and the principal role in Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Who Cares? Men Y Men by Wayne Eagling launched by Sky’s 3D Channel. The Weight of Love representing Great Britain at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 and creating Vue de l’autre for English National Ballet premiered on 16 March 2011 at the London Coliseum

Creations
2006 Without Words – English National Ballet’s Choreographic Workshop
2007 Les Emotions – commissioned by English National Ballet as part of Synergy mixed programme
2008 Duo – Varna Ballet Competition with Erina Takahashi and Young Jae Jung
2009 Concerto for Five – English National Ballet’s Choreographic Workshop
2010 The Weight of Love – Stravinsky – commissioned by English National Ballet as part of the Shanghai World Expo, World Premiere on 8 September
2011 Vue de l’autre – commissioned by English National Ballet, World Premiere at the London Coliseum on 16 March
2011 Black Gold – English National Ballet Choreographic Workshop
2011 Chase – World Premiere at Britten Theatre, London on 11 September
2011 The Song of the Earth – created for Shanghai Ballet
2012 Grand pas du Bach – commissioned by Shanghai Ballet, World Premiere at Oriental Art Centre on 25 May
2012 Four Seasons – commissioned by English National Ballet, premiered at St Paul’s Cathedral on 3 July as part of the City of London Festival
2015 Bolero – commissioned by Shanghai Ballet
2017 Suite en blanc and Fantasie Impromptu – commissioned by English National Ballet
2018 Bolero and Suite en blanc enters the repertoire of the Vietnam National Opera Ballet