Birthplace

Seoul, South Korea

Training

Sunhwa Arts School and Sunhwa Arts High school in Seoul

Previous Company

Universal Ballet, South Korea 2005 – 2010 (Soloist); Semperoper Ballett Dresden, Germany, 2010 – 2023 (Principal since 2016)

English National Ballet

Joined 2023

Repertoire

Featured roles include Sugar Plum Fairy in Aaron S. Watkin and Arielle Smith’s Nutcracker; Odette/Odile in Derek Deane’s Swan Lake in-the-round and Aaron S. Watkin’s Swan Lake; Nikiya in Aaron S. Watkin’s La Bayadere; Principal couple in George Balanchine’s Diamonds, Theme and Variations and 2nd movement Symphony in C. Soloist roles in William Forsythe’s In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Impressing the Czar, The Second Detail and Enemy in the Figure; Jiří Kylián’s Forgotten LandOhad Naharin’s Minus 16; David Dawson’s Giselle and Four Last Songs; Pina Bausch’s Iphigenie auf Tauris; Johan Inger’s Carmen;Crystal Pite’s Body and Soul (Part 1)  and Aurora in Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty . Created roles include: Doña Dulcinea in Aaron S. Watkin’s Don Quixote; Dawson’s The Four Seasons; Ekman’s COW; Hofesh Shechter’s Corpse de Ballet. 

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