Ivana Bueno

Birthplace
McAllen, USA (nationality Mexican)

Training
Fomento Artístico Cordobés, Córdoba and the Princess Grace Academy in Monte Carlo

English National Ballet
Joined 2018. Promoted to First Artist 2022, Junior Soloist in 2023. Leading roles with the Company include Clara/Sugar Plum in Eagling’s Nutcracker, and Cinderella in Wheeldon’s Cinderella in-the-round.

Roles would love to dance
Odette/Odile (Swan Lake); Giselle; Kitri (Don Quixote); Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty) and William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated

Career highlights
Graduating from the Princess Grace Academy and being accepted into English National Ballet
Winning Emerging Dancer 2020

Other info
Grand Prix winner – Concurso Nacional de Ballet Children and adolescents of Mexico (2011); 1st place – Concurso Nacional de Ballet Children and adolescents of Mexico (2009, 2011 and 2013); 1st place – Junior Division Concurso International for students of ballet in La Habana, Cuba (2014)