Yasmine Naghdi
English dancer Yasmine Naghdi is a Principal of The Royal Ballet. She joined The Royal Ballet in 2010, was promoted to First Artist in…
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Alina Cojocaru (OBE)
Alina Cojocaru CBE is a former Principal of The Royal Ballet and English National Ballet. After studying at the Royal Ballet School on a Prix de…
Read storyAdamzhan Bakhtiyar
Baktiyar Adamzhan spent his childhood in the Almaty region in the southeast of Kazakhstan. Originally a wrestler, his path changed course when his parents…
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Daniil Simkin trained from a young age under the guidance of his mother, Olga Aleksandrova, and began appearing on stage at six years old…
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Born in Piedmont, Italy, Roberto Bolle trained there, then at the ballet school of La Scala, Milan. He graduated into the company and was…
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Marian is a German dancer born in Berlin, who has received international recognition for his technical prowess and artistic expression. Marian Walter began his…
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Iana Salenko is one of the most admired ballerinas of her generation. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, she began her training in gymnastics and folk…
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