2025 Guest Artists
Fernanda Oliveira
Born in Brazil, Fernanda trained at Centro de Dança Rio and the Royal Ballet Upper School. She danced at Ballet Nacional de Santiago de Chile before joining English National Ballet in 2000, where she was promoted to Lead Principal in 2009.
Leading roles include Sugar Plum Fairy in Watkin and Smith’s Nutcracker; Odette/Odile in Deane’s Swan Lake; Clara/Sugar Plum in Eagling’s Nutcracker; Juliet in Nureyev’s and Deane’s productions of Romeo & Juliet; Aurora in MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty; Giselle in Skeaping’s traditional and Khan’s reimagining; Deane’s Strictly Gershwin; Manon in MacMillan’s Manon; Gulnare and Medora in Le Corsaire; Stepsister Edwina in Wheeldon’s Cinderella; Marie in Khan’s Creature; the title character in Rojo’s Raymonda. One act works include Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated; Lander’s Etudes and Kylián’s Petite Mort. Created roles have included Gerda in Corder’s The Snow Queen; Eagling’s Resolution and Jeux; Liam Scarlett’s No Man’s Land and Maliphant’s Echoes.
Fabian Reimair
Born in Vienna, Austria, Fabian trained at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School and Marika Besobrasova in Monte Carlo. He danced with the Vienna State Ballet before joining English National Ballet in 2002, where he was promoted to First Soloist in 2007.
His roles include Albrecht and Hilarion in Skeaping’s Giselle; Drosselmeyer in Watkin and Smith’s Nutcracker; Tybalt in Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet; Lescaut and the Gaoler in MacMillan’s Manon; Father in Ek’s The Rite of Spring; van Manen’s Adagio Hammerklavier; Akram Khan’s Dust, Giselle and Creature; Bausch’s Le Sacre du Printemps; Maliphant’s Echoes; Rothbart in Deane’s Swan Lake (including at the Concert for Diana, Wembley Stadium).
2025 Company - Dancers Spring
José Alves
Born in Brazil, José started ballet at the age of 13 at the Adalgisa Rolim Ballet School. In 2007 he joined the Bolshoi Theatre School in Brazil and graduated in 2008. In 2010 he attended the Youth American Grand Prix in New York, where he was awarded a scholarship to train with the Royal New Zealand Ballet Company.
José joined Ballet Black for the 2012/13 season and was promoted to Senior Artist in 2014. He has danced in original choreography by Javier de Frutos, Will Tuckett, Ludovic Ondiviela and created the roles of Demetrius and Bottom in A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream by Arthur Pita, and The Son in Mark Bruce’s Second Coming. José then joined Polski Teatr Tańca (Polish Dance Theatre) for a year before returning to Ballet Black in September 2016.
In 2017, José was featured in the Company’s revival of Martin Lawrance’s Captured and created the role of Grandma, danced en pointe, in Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa’s Red Riding Hood. In 2018, José danced the role of Oberon in A Dream Within A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Arthur Pita) and created the role of Philemon in Cathy Marston’s The Suit, for which he won the 2018 Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Male Classical Dancer. Between 2019 and 2021, José danced in new ballets by Sophie Laplane, Mthuthuzeil November, Peter Leung, Will Tuckett and Martin Lawrence.
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Poppy Frankel
Poppy Frankel is currently performing with Ballett Zürich. Previously, she danced with The Royal Ballet and English National Ballet, showcasing her artistry in productions such as Swan Lake, Manon, The Winter’s Tale, and The Nutcracker.
Trained at The Royal Ballet School, Poppy has been coached by esteemed figures including Dame Monica Mason and Dame Darcey Bussell. A semi-finalist at the Prix de Lausanne and a finalist at the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, she has also been recognised for her choreographic work.
Clara Jörgens
Clara was previously performing with Theater Koblenz, where she took on principal and soloist roles in productions such as Cinderella, Carmen, Macbeth, and The Nutcracker.
A graduate of the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin with a Bachelor of Arts, Clara has trained with renowned figures like Polina Semionova and performed internationally, including with Staatsballett Berlin. Her versatility extends to both classical and contemporary works, having collaborated with choreographers such as Cathy Marston, Steffen Fuchs, and Liliana Barros.
Paul Meneu
Born in France, Paul trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Danse in Lyon and Paris Opera Ballet School.
As a professional dancer, he has performed with Ballet Theatre UK, the Croatian National Theatre in Split as well as English National Ballet.
Emily Pohl
Emily is an accomplished ballet artist with a First-Class BA (Hons) from the Central School of Ballet and training with the English National Ballet Professional Trainee Programme.
They have performed with companies including English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Vienna Festival Ballet, taking on soloist and corps de ballet roles in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty.
A BBC Young Dancer semi-finalist, Emily has worked with esteemed choreographers such as Christopher Marney, Wayne McGregor, and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa.
Jessica Templeton
Jessica trained at Tring Park School for the performing Arts and the Royal Ballet School performing with the Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet in her graduate year.
She was awarded the Bronze Medal at the Geneé International Ballet Competition.
Professionally she has danced with The Sarasota Ballet and The Norwegian National Ballet performing in ballets such as Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Sylphide, Les Patineurs, Rhapsody, The Four Temperaments, Western Symphony and Divertimento No.15.
Nicholas Vavrečka
Nicholas trained at the Young Dancers Academy under Anna du Boisson and later Elmhurst Ballet School.
As a student he danced with Birmingham Royal Ballet. Since then, he has worked with Compagnie Mauduit Toulouse, Scottish Ballet and English National Ballet.
His repertoire includes Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Mayerling, Helen Pickett’s ‘The Crucible’ and Wheeldon’s ‘Cinderella.’
Maidie Widmer
Maidie Widmer, born and raised in Ballarat, a regional town in Victoria Australia, she began dancing at the age of four. She moved to Melbourne to pursue full time training at The Australian Ballet School in 2017 and successfully graduated in 2020 with an offer to join the The Australian Ballet in 2021.
With The Australian Ballet she enjoyed performing some incredible repertoire, such as Anna Karenina, Artifact Suite and Harlequinade with George Balachine’s Serenade being a particular highlight. In May 2022 she undertook a short tour to Europe on a scholarship she received during her graduate year where she took class with companies such as Staatsballet Berlin and Royal Danish Ballet, which inspired her to make the move to the UK later that year.
Since being in London she has enjoyed classes with Norwegian National Ballet, Scottish Ballet and English National Ballet and worked on contract with Birmingham Royal Ballet for their Nutcracker and Swan Lake seasons.
Leila Wright
With a strong foundation from Elmhurst Ballet School and performance experience with English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet, Leila Wright has worked on productions including Giselle, Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker.
Her adaptability and artistry have also led to collaborations with Studio Wayne McGregor and feature film work as a dance and stunt double.
2024 Company
Dancers Autumn
Livi Boyd
Ana Carolina Freire
Genevieve Heron
Tamara Hinson
Ella Mansford
Tara Millard
Emily Pohl
José Alves
Jerome Barnes
Theo Greenfield
Ben Randall
Dancers Summer
Livi Boyd
Ana Carolina Freire
Genevieve Heron
Tamara Hinson
Ella Mansford
Emily Pohl
José Alves
Jerome Barnes
Noah Benzie-Drayton
Dan Corthorn
Jethro Paine
Ben Randall
Aitor Viscarolasaga Lopez
2023 Company
Livi Boyd
Ana Carolina Freire
Genevieve Heron
Alice Higginbottom
Tamara Hinson
Casey Nokomis Pereira
Noah Benzie-Drayton
Eric Caterer Cave
Dan Corthorn
Mischa Goodman
George Leatherby
Alexander Nuttall (guest)
Nicholas Vavrečka
2022 Company
Dancers Autumn
Livi Boyd
Giorgia Capogna
Genevieve Heron
Tamara Hinson
Natalia Kerner
Demelza Lesage
Mayuko Suzuki
Eric Caterer Cave
Mischa Goodman
Xholindi Muçi
Dylan Springer
Aitor Viscarolasaga Lopez
Dancers Summer
Olivia Boyd
Giorgia Capogna
Jill D’Haene
Genevieve Heron
Tamara Hinson
Natalia Kerner
Demelza Lesage
Camino Llonch
Mayuko Suzuki
Eric Caterer Cave
Dan Corthorn
Mischa Goodman
Tim Morgenstern
Xholindi Muçi
Dylan Springer
Aitor Viscarolasaga Lopez
2021 Company
Genevieve Heron
Camino Llonch
Orlando Bond
Dan Corthorn
Patrick Gill
Apprentices
Olivia Boyd
Giorgia Capogna
Jill D’Haene
Mayuko Suzuki
Kevin Alsina
James Garrington
Xholindi Muçi
2020 Company
Remedios Agustín Castaño
Anette Antal
Genevieve Heron
Mathilde Lambert
Demelza Lesage
Camino Llonch
Lian Sanchez Castro
Flavio Altieri
Ted Blackburn
Orlando Bond
Dan Corthorn
Gabriele Memoli
2019 Company
Marianne Allen
Anette Antal
Ermelinda Giacometti
Camino Llonch
Marta Rivero de Miranda
Kevin Bhoyroo
Dan Corthorn
Mario Gaglione
Alexander Nuttall
Dean Rushton
Aitor Viscarolasaga Lopez
2018 Company
Sophie Alnatt
Giuditta Banchetti
Camilla Chiesi
Ermelinda Giacometti
Alessia Lugoboni
Christina Rebecca Gibbs
Kevin Bhoyroo
Lorenzo Epifani
Benjamin Holloway
Andrea Marcelletti
Alexander Nuttall
Dean Rushton
Aitor Viscarolasaga Lopez
2017 Company
Giuditta Banchetti
Sarah Farnsley
Madeleine Green
Elena Hibberd
Maria Martins
Hannah Sofo
Giulio Galimberti
Alexander Nuttall
James Parratt
Matthieu Quincy
Seamus Wilkinson
2016 Company
Zoe Arshamian
Alexandra Cameron-Martin
Bethany Headland
Nicola Henshall
Cecilia Pacillo
Hannah Sofo
Isabella Swietlicki
Diogo Barbosa
Giulio Galimberti
Nathan Hunt
Pablo Luque Romero
Alexander Nuttall
Riccardo Rodighiero
Seamus Wilkinson
2015 Company
Hayley Blackburn
Alexandra Cameron-Martin
Fiona Cameron-Martin
Helena Enguidanos
Chantelle Gotobed
Mariá Huguet Planas
Chloe Anais Lopes Gomes
Emma Lucibello
Alessia Lugoboni
Arianna Marchiori
Simona Marsibilio
Abigail Mattox
György Baan
Niklas Blomkvist
Ivan Delgado del Rio
Joshua Harriette
Paul Oliver
Curtis Pooley
Matthieu Quincey
Silas Stubbs
Joshua Woodhams
2014 Company
Hayley Blackburn
Jessica Clyde
Mercedes Schindler
Yvonne Slingerland
Francesca Tennant
Justine Wisznia
György Baán
Joshua Barwick
Lorenzo Bernardi
Niklas Blomqvist
Ludovico Di Ubaldo
Matthieu Quincey
Silas Stubbs
2013 Company
Sophie Allnatt
Christina Cecchini
Jessica Clyde
Isabella Gasparini
Daniela Giannuzzi
Francesca Tennant
Justine Wisznia
György Baán
Joshua Barwick
Lorenzo Bernardi
Jack Cussans
Fabio Lo Giudice
Valerio Polverari
2012 Company
Hayley Blackburn
Katya Bourvis
Anita Bradshaw
Africa Brau Garcia
Eugenia Brezzi
Georgina Rose Connolly
Tiffany Goggin
Chiaki Korematsu
Sonoya Mizuno
Elsa Nguyen Trong
Ryoko Yagyu
Iván Delgado del Río
Jean-François Gabet
Alexander Nuttall
Daniel Pratt
Luca Rapis
Nicolas Scheuer
Silas Stubbs
Jack Thorpe-Baker
Ludovico di Ubaldo