Jan McNulty Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Northern Ballet welcomes new dancers this summer Northern Ballet will welcome 12 new dancers this summer and has also announced promotions for existing members of the Company. Adeline Kaiser (English Youth Ballet) will join the third year corps and Ayami Miyata (Singapore Dance Theatre) returns to Northern Ballet to join the second year corps having previously danced for the Company from 2009 to 2011. Joining the first year corps is: Miki Akuta (Académie Princesse Grace, Monte Carlo), Gwénaëlle Poline (Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse), Luke Francis (English National Ballet School) and Riku Ito (The School of the Hamburg Ballet), and Isabelle Clough (English National Ballet School) and Gavin McCaig (English National Ballet School) will both join as apprentices. The Company will also reap the benefits of the Academy of Northern Ballet’s pioneering Graduate Professional Programme, the first of its kind in the UK, which will see four graduating students joining the Company: Filippo Di Vilio to first year corps, and Alice Bayston, Kiara Flavin and Dominique Larose as apprentices. Promotions within the Company include: Dreda Blow to Leading Soloist, Lucia Solari to First Soloist and Kevin Poeung to Coryphée. Northern Ballet, which began the 2013/14 season with 39 dancers, has also said goodbye to six of its dancers this year. Lori Gilchrist left in January to join Royal New Zealand Ballet and has been joined there this summer by John Hull who leaves the Company after more than 10 years. Michela Paolacci and Thomas Aragones are leaving to join Slovak National Ballet whilst Maria Beseghi and Katherine Minor are also moving on to new challenges. This autumn Northern Ballet will commence its tour with Dracula at the West Yorkshire Playhouse from 5 – 13 September 2014 before national tours of The Great Gatsby and Cinderella in the autumn. -ENDS- Notes to EditorsNorthern Ballet is one of the UK’s five large ballet companies. Based in Leeds, it performs throughout the UK as well as overseas. Northern Ballet’s productions mix classical dance and theatre, embracing popular culture and taking inspiration from literature, opera, or giving a unique interpretation of popular classical ballets. Northern Ballet is the busiest touring ballet company in the UK and is typically on the road for around 24 weeks of the year. The Company tours a combination of new works and established repertoire to cities throughout the UK and is the only large scale ballet company to do so. northernballet.com Northern Ballet – Company List 2014/15 Premier DancersTobias Batley Martha LeeboltPippa Moore Hironao TakahashiKenneth Tindall Javier Torres Principal Character ArtistDarren Goldsmith Leading SoloistsHannah Bateman Dreda Blow First SoloistsAshley Dixon Lucia Solari SoloistsGiuliano Contadini Victoria SibsonAntoinette Brooks-Daw CoryphéeRachael Gillespie Sebastian LoeJessica Morgan Kevin Poeung CorpsJeremy Curnier Nicola GervasiMatthew Broadbent Isaac Lee-BakerLuisa RoccoSean Bates Adeline KaiserAbigail Prudames Teresa Saavedra BordesJoseph Taylor Matthew ToplissOlivia Holland Matthew KoonMlindi Kulashe Ayami MiyataMariana Rodrigues Isadora Valero MezaMiki Akuta Luke FrancisRiku Ito Gwénaëlle PolineFilippo Di Vilio ApprenticeAlice Bayston Isabelle CloughKiara Flavin Dominique LaroseGavin McCaig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Huge congratulations to the promotees! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 My goodness - nobody being taken on from Central School of Ballet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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