Promotions, new joiners and departures for the 2024/2025 Season

English National Ballet dancers in Derek Deane’s Swan Lake in-the-round © Ian Gavan

1 July 2024

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Aaron S. Watkin, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, has today announced promotions within the Company and new joiners for the 2024/2025 season. We also extend our sincere thanks to those who are departing.

Promotions

The following promotions have been made in the Company. These will be in effect from the start of the 2024/2025 season.

Gareth Haw has been promoted to Principal.

Precious Adams, Ivana Bueno, Lorenzo Trossello and Erik Woolhouse have been promoted to First Soloist.

Rentaro Nakaaki, Emily Suzuki and Francesca Velicu have been promoted to Soloist.

Alice Bellini, Georgia Bould, Minju Kang, Eric Snyder, Angela Wood and Rhys Antoni Yeomans have been promoted to Junior Soloist.

Claire Barrett, Emilia Cadorin, Breanna Foad, Shunhei Fuchiyama and Chloe Keneally have been promoted to First Artist.

Alongside her current role as Lead Principal, Erina Takahashi will also join the Company’s Ballet Staff team as Repetiteur.

Congratulations to these wonderful artists!

New Company members

We look forward to welcoming a number of new dancers to the Company.

From Semperoper Ballett Dresden, Swanice Luong and Madison Whiteley join as First Artists.

Alexandra Terry joins as an 8th Year Artist of the Company whilst Anri Sugiura, also from Semperoper Ballett Dresden, joins as a 4th Year Artist of the Company.

Joining as Foundation Rank Artists of the Company are Thalina Chapin, Marta Monesi, Nathaniel Ritter-Magot, Paulo Gonzalez and Vincent Philp.

Joining the Company as Prix de Lausanne Dancer is Martinho Santos, who won a prize at this year’s Competition.

Departures

Lead Principal Francesco Gabriele Frola leaves to become Principal with San Francisco Ballet.  

Lead Principal Erina Takahashi becomes full-time Repetiteur with the Company.  

First Artist Breanna Foad leaves to join Zurich Ballet as Group with Solo.  

First Artist Edvinas Jakonis has left mid-season to join Lithuanian National Ballet as a Soloist. 

Soloist Vsevolod Maievskyi and Artists Paulo Gonzalez, Marta Monesi, Vincent Philp, Alexandra Terry, and Madison Whiteley also leave the Company this season.  

Repetiteur Laurent Guilbaud leaves to join The Munich State Ballet, after six years with English National Ballet. 

We offer our sincere thanks to each of these artists for their many contributions, and wish them all the very best in their future endeavours.