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Emma Hawes

Lead Principal
The company Dancers Emma Hawes
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Birthplace
Delaware, Ohio, USA

Training
BalletMet Dance Academy, Columbus Ohio; Canada’s National Ballet School

Previous Companies
The National Ballet of Canada

English National Ballet
Joined in 2018, promoted to Principal 2022, Lead Principal 2023.

Repertoire
Title roles with the Company have included Manon and Lescaut’s Mistress in Sir Kenneth Macmillan’s Manon; Odette/Odile in Derek Deane’s Swan Lake; Raymonda in Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda; Giselle in Mary Skeaping’s Giselle; Cinderella in Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella; and the Principal woman in George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations. She created roles in Yuri Possokhov’s Senseless Kindness, David Dawson’s Four Last Songs, Akram Khan’s Creature and has danced in works by choreographers including William Forsythe, Justin Peck, Roland Petit, John Neumeier, James Kudelka, Crystal Pite, Johan Inger, Robert Binet and Wayne MacGregor. She has danced as a guest artist with the National Ballet of Canada, the Royal Danish Ballet, and the Kazakh National Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2012 she represented The National Ballet of Canada in The Tenth International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize and received the Audience Choice Award for Favourite Female Competitor.

Upcoming performances

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David Dawson's Four Last Songs: Trailer | English National Ballet
Trailer: David Dawson's Four Last Songs
English National Ballet dancers in David Dawson's Four Last Songs © Altin Kaftira
In Pictures: David Dawson's Four Last Songs
Nutcracker: Sugar Plum Fairy and Sugar Plum Cavalier Extract | English National Ballet
Extract: Sugar Plum Fairy pas de deux
© Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: George Balanchine's Theme and Variations
In Pictures: David Dawson's Four Last Songs
Our Voices: Teaser | English National Ballet
Our Voices: Teaser
Cinderella in-the-round: Stepsisters (extract) | English National Ballet
Stepsisters Edwina and Clementine (danced by Emma Hawes and Katja Khaniukova) in Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella in-the-round.
Cinderella in-the-round: Stepsisters (extract)
Aitor Arrieta as Creautre and Emily Suzuki as Marie in Creature by Akram Khan © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: Creature
English National Ballet dancers in Blake Works I for The Forsythe Evening © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: Blake Works I
Blake Works I: I Hope My Life (extract) | English National Ballet
Emma Hawes and Artists of English National Ballet performing William Forsythe's Blake Works I, set to music by James Blake.
Blake Works I: I Hope My Life (extract)
Rhys Antoni Yeomans and Georgia Bould in Arielle Smith's Joly Folly as part of ENB's Reunion © Laurent Liotardo
On Stage: Reunion at Sadler's Wells
Raymonda: Rehearsal Insight | English National Ballet
Loipa Araújo leads this short insight into Raymonda. Featuring dancers Emma Hawes, Aitor Arrieta and Fernando Carratalá Coloma, with Julia Richter on piano.
Raymonda: Rehearsal Insight
Alison McWhinney and Isaac Hernández in rehearsals for Yuri Possokhov's Senseless Kindness © Laurent Liotardo
In rehearsals: Yuri Possokhov's Senseless Kindness
Cinderella in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall © Ian Gavan
In Pictures: Cinderella in-the-round
Cinderella: Teaser | English National Ballet
A romantic moment during the photoshoot for Cinderella in-the-round with dancers Emma Hawes and Francesco Gabriele Frola.
Cinderella in-the-round: Teaser
Isaac Hernandez and Jurgita Dronina in rehearsals for Manon © Laurent Liotardo.
Manon rehearsal images
R:Evolution, Four Last Songs trailer