Jung ah Choi

Birthplace
Seoul, Korea

Age started dancing
9

Training
Royal Ballet School (Patricia Linton, Dianne Van Schoor, Hope Keelan), The Bolshoi Ballet School (Irina Urivna Sirona), English National Ballet School (Josephine Holling)

English National Ballet
Joined 2006, First Artist 2017

Repertoire
Myrtha in Mary Skeaping’s Giselle, Lescaut’s Mistress in Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon, Stepsister Edwina and Spring Fairy in Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella, Spanish, Lead Snowflake and Lead Flower in Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker, Odalisque in Anne Marie Holmes’s Le Corsaire, Ratchuli in Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda. Also performed in Aszure Barton’s Fantastic Beings, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, William Forsythe’s Blake Works I, Playlist (EP) and In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated

Favourite roles
Manon and Juliet

Favourite production
The Rite of Spring

Roles would like to dance 
Manon and Juliet

Career highlights
Dancing the leading roles of Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis in Mary Skeaping’s Giselle, Lescaut’s Mistress in Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon and Stepsister Edwina in Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella

Other info
I played a mouse in The Nutcracker aged 13 with The Royal Ballet. I would like to dance Juliet in Romeo & Juliet