English National Ballet has announced that Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Joseph Caley will join the company for the 2017/2018 season.Caley trained at the Royal Ballet School, joining Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2005, where he was promoted to Principal in 2011. As a student, Caley won medals at the Young British dancer, the Adeline Genée, and a scholarship at the Prix de … [Read more...]
English National Ballet’s new Lead Principal: San Francisco’s Aaron Robison
English National Ballet will welcome Aaron Robison as Lead Principal.Robison is currently a Principal with San Francisco Ballet. He will join the ENB next spring ahead of the performances of Romeo & Juliet at the Royal Festival Hall in August. After dancing abroad for the last seven years, I am very excited to be coming home and joining English National Ballet. What … [Read more...]
English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2017 – judging panel and repertoire
Now in its eighth year, English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer competition will this year be held at Sadler’s Wells, for the first time, on Thursday 25 May 2017.Through this annual event, English National Ballet recognises the excellence of its own artists. Selected by their peers, six of the company's most promising dancers perform in front of an eminent panel of expert … [Read more...]
Introducing Michele Esposito… winner of the Prix de Lausanne 2017
Michele Esposito has won the Prix de Lausanne 2017.The first prize, sponsored by the Swiss investment firm Adveq, was not his only award as he also won the Best Swiss Candidate Prize as well as the Contemporary Dance Prize for his interpretation of an extract from John Neumeier’s ballet Nijinsky.The 17-year-old comes from Aversa, a town 5 kilometres north of Naples, … [Read more...]
Prix de Lausanne 2017 prize winners – with photos
A large audience attended the Prix de Lausanne finals both at Théâtre de Beaulieu and online. Eight young dancers have been awarded a scholarship allowing them to enter one of the 68 partner schools and companies of the competition. Promising dancers from all over the world competed to arrive in the final 20, and the names were announced yesterday. Prix de Lausanne 2017 prize … [Read more...]