Birmingham Royal Ballet News 2017
Promotions
- Tzu-Chao Chou is promoted from First Soloist to Principal
- Delia Mathews is promoted from First Soloist to Principal
- Arancha Baselga is promoted from Soloist to First Soloist
- Yasuo Atsuji is promoted from Soloist to First Soloist
- Mizutani is promoted from First Artist to Soloist
- Laura Day is promoted from Artist to First Artist
- Alys Shee is promoted from Artist to First Artist
Joiners
- Elisabetta Formento, from Estonian National Ballet
- Lynsey Sutherland, from Polish National Ballet
- Haoliang Feng, from the Royal Ballet School
- Augustus Payne, from the Royal Ballet School
- Harry Wright, from the Royal Ballet School
- Brogan McKelvey, from Elmhurst Ballet School
- Hamish Scott, from Elmhurst Ballet School
- Claudia Nicholson, from the Royal Ballet School as apprentice
- Jade Wallace, from Elmhurst Ballet School as apprentice
Leavers
- Joseph Caley (Principal), after 12 years to to join English National Ballet as Principal
- Jamie Bond (Principal), after 14 years and is retiring from ballet
- William Bracewell (Soloist), after 7 years to join the Royal Ballet
- Lewis Turner (First Artist), after 7 years to join Staatsballett Berlin
- Alexander Bird (Artist), after 3 years to join Staatsballett Berlin
- Emily Smith (Artist), after 6 years
- Johanne Monfret (Artist), after a yearlong apprenticeship