Emerging Dancer 2020

This year’s competition will be live streamed, for the price of £5 per device. Booking details to be announced.

Success in ballet requires talent and a huge amount of hard work, commitment and creative curiosity. Through this annual event, English National Ballet recognises the excellence of its artists.

Selected by their colleagues, six of our most promising dancers receive individual coaching and mentoring from their peers, before performing in front of an eminent panel of expert judges. One will receive the 2020 Emerging Dancer Award.

This year’s finalists are Ivana Bueno, Carolyne Galvao, Miguel Angel Maidana, Victor Prigent, Emily Suzuki and William Yamada. They will perform classical pas de deux, and work with choreographers Jeffrey Cirio, Stina Quagebeur and Mthuthuzeli November on new contemporary dance pieces.

This inspiring evening is a fantastic opportunity to watch our rising stars flourish, and witness how far their dedication has taken them.

The recipient of the People’s Choice Award will be selected by members of the public via text during the evening, and the Corps de Ballet Award, acknowledging the work on and off-stage of an Artist of the Company, will also be revealed.

Now in its 11th year, Emerging Dancer provides a great opportunity for talent and skill development for the performers and mentors.

English National Ballet are unique in celebrating their dancers with a very public event… very prestigious and special

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Main image: The 2020 Emerging Dancer finalists: Victor Prigent, Ivana Bueno, Carolyne Galvao, Emily Suzuki, Miguel Angel Maidana and William Yamada. Photography © Laurent Liotardo, post-production by Nik Pate.