Royal Ballet News 2015
Promotions
- Francesca Hayward, James Hay to First Soloist
- Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Luca Acri, Nicol Edmonds, Marcelino Sambé to Soloist
- Camille Bracher, Mayara Magri, Leticia Stock, Matthew Ball, Sander Blommaert, Tomas Mock, Donald Thom to First Artist
Joiners
- Chisato Katsura, graduate of the Royal Ballet School
- From the Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme: Grace Blundell (formerly RBS), Ashley Scott (formerly ENBS)
- 2015 Prix de Lausanne Dancer David Yudes
- Aud Jebsen Young Dancers: Isabel Lubach, Julia Roscoe, Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød, Harry Churches, Leo Dixon, all from the Royal Ballet School
- Prix de Lausanne Dancer: Julian MacKay joins for the 2015/16 season
- Royal Ballet Young Choreographer Programme: Charlotte Edmonds joins for the 2015/16 season as the first participant
Leavers
- First Soloist Deirdre Chapman
- First Artists Pietra Mello-Pittman, Ludovic Ondiviela (mid-season); Jacqueline Clark, Elsa Godard, Michael Stojko, Andrej Uspenski (at season end). Andrej Uspenski will be engaged as photographer for the Royal Ballet for the 2015/16 season
- Aud Jebsen Young Dancers from the 2014/15 season have been offered contracts as follows: Maria Barroso joins the National Ballet of Portugal, Grace Horler joins Scottish Ballet, Ashleigh McKimmie joins Estonian National Ballet
- First Soloist Melissa Hamilton as Principal Dancer at Semperoper Ballet, Dresden for the 2015/16 season
- First Artist Leanne Cope continues her sabbatical playing Lise in Christopher Wheeldon's An American in Paris