Royal Ballet News 2018
Promotions
- Matthew Ball to Principal Dancer
- William Bracewell, Tierney Heap, Fumi Kaneko, and Mayara Magri to First Soloist
- Calvin Richardson to Soloist
- Téo Dubreuil and Joseph Sissens to First Artist
- Sae Maeda, Nadia Mullova-Barley, Joonhyuk Jun, Joshua Junker and Aiden O’Brien to Artists from the Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme
- Stanisław Węgrzyn from Prix de Lausanne dancer to Artist
Joiners
- Cesar Corrales joins as First Soloist from English National Ballet
- Joseph Aumeer and Sophie Alnatt join from the Royal Ballet School as Artists
- Harris Bell, Harrison Lee, Taisuke Nakao, Katharina Nikelski, Amelia Townsend and Hang Yu from the Royal Ballet School and Lania Atkins from the Dutch National Ballet Academy join the Aud Jebsen Young Dancers Programme. Amelia Palmiero continues as an Aud Jebsen Young Dancer
- David Lorichio joins as Prix de Lausanne dancer
Leavers
- Soloist Laura McCulloch retired earlier in 2018 after 17 years with the Company
- Fernando Montaño takes leave of absence for the season, as does First Artist Leticia Stock who will be dancing with the Joffrey Ballet
Royal Ballet press release: promotions, leavers & joiners