Bruce Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Marcelino Sambé promoted to Principal dancer with The Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet announces promotion for the 2019/20 Season. Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare today announces that Marcelino Sambé has been promoted to Principal dancer, the highest rank in the Company. O’Hare comments: “I’m thrilled to announce that Marcelino Sambé will become a Principal dancer from the start of the 2019/20 Season. He has had a fantastic year with some notable debuts, including a dazzling Basilio in Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote, and a heartfelt Romeo in Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet. The impressive range of his artistry has also been displayed in his performances this Season in Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern, Frederick Ashton’s Les Patineurs and Wayne McGregor’s Infra. He has the most wonderful personality that endears him to audiences and fellow Company members alike. I know everyone will be delighted with the news of his promotion. He has accomplished so much since joining the Company from The Royal Ballet School, and I’m very excited to see him progress to the next phase of his career.” Born in Lisbon, Marcelino Sambé joined The Royal Ballet in 2012 from The Royal Ballet Upper School. He was promoted to First Artist in 2014, Soloist in 2015 and First Soloist in 2017. He began his training at the National Conservatory of Lisbon. His repertory with the Company includes Romeo (Romeo and Juliet), Basilio (Don Quixote), Colas (La Fille mal gardée), Oberon (The Dream), Hans-Peter/Nutcracker (The Nutcracker), Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), Lescaut (Manon) and Benno (Swan Lake). He has created roles in Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern, Obsidian Tear, Multiverse and Woolf Works by Wayne McGregor, and Hofesh Shechter’s Untouchable. Sambé’s dance awards include a silver medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition in 2008, first prize at the Youth American Grand Prix in 2009, a gold medal and special award at the USA International Ballet Competition in 2010 and the Dance Europe Award for Outstanding Male Performance (Classical) at the Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2017. Details of additional promotions, leavers and joiners will be announced at the end of the season. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) CONGRATULATIONS MARCELINO. ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL NEWS. No doubt the announcement (but not the promotion itself) has been accelerated by the 'string pullers' in Japan. It is, of course, as many of us had predicted and soooooooo well-deserved. Of course, in addition to his stellar performances here, Marcelino represented the RB in New York to great acclaim. A pity, in a way, that mention couldn't have been made of that in the Press Release. [Edited to add that I've just seen the paper copy of The Times and think it rather a pity that the text has a picture of Carlos Acosta in the midst of it. Marcelino has earned this promotion entirely in his own right. This is HIS big moment and we are thrilled to celebrate with him!] Edited June 7, 2019 by capybara 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletyas Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Just fantastic news and so well deserved. He has been outstanding in this last season - coming on literally in leaps and bounds - and I’ve been so impressed by his articulate, charming and committed presence when interviewed at rehearsals etc. Brilliant! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Wall Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Brilliant news - and after his stunning performances last year in New York in both Tarantella and the Tschai PDD both he and the equally magnificent O'Sullivan - such a glorious pairing - are already stars there as well. No question but that they will sell tickets and DVDs for a goodly amount of time to come. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Kent Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Congratulations Marcelino ! Well deserved 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) Congratulations to Marcelino - well deserved. He was a wonderful Romeo when I went to see Romeo and Juliet. Also loved him as Hans Peter In the Nutcracker, on both occasions with Anna Rose O'Sullivan - fantastic. Edited June 7, 2019 by Margaret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Lovely feature about Marcelino here https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marcelino-sambe-royal-ballet-dancer-kevin-o-hare-carlos-acosta-f3tzm78h7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, aliceinwoolfland said: Lovely feature about Marcelino here https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/marcelino-sambe-royal-ballet-dancer-kevin-o-hare-carlos-acosta-f3tzm78h7 As featured in Today's Links this morning: Always worth a look! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 26 minutes ago, Jan McNulty said: As featured in Today's Links this morning: Always worth a look! And the full piece was available to read when I looked but not when I had first tried aliceinwoodland’s link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, JohnS said: And the full piece was available to read when I looked but not when I had first tried aliceinwoodland’s link. As it should be, because we use the sharing function when we do the links! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliceinwoolfland Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Sorry, I didn't mean to do anything wrong...just thought people might want to read the article from this thread too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Apologies aliceinwoodland - I hadn’t intended any criticism but not being a Times subscriber, it was really good to read the full article via the Balletforum’s link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Only just seen this wonderful news thoroughly deserved and he came across at a recent Insight evening as such an engaging and interesting young man am really pleased for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penelopesimpson Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 So well deserved. Many congratulations to the truly delightful Marcelino. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninamargaret Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 agree totally. Always enjoy his performances and look forward to seeing him in many other roles in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard LH Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 By way of an idle fantasy, my knock-on suggestions resulting from Sambés well deserved promotion would be Nicol Edmonds to First soloist, Joseph Sissens to Soloist, and Leo Dixon to First Artist. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Agree about Mr Sissens- I am very keen to see a lot more of Joseph Sissens next year. On my visits he has often been there in the background dancing like a dream, but I would like him to come out to the front now please...so that I can really get a chance to see that elegant line and impressive jump, and I suspect he is capable of much much more. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Perhaps we could leave this thread for news and discussion about actual promotions, and continue the discussions about what promotions people would like to see on the thread started for that purpose? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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