About Principal Dancer
A principal dancer is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company. A principal may be male or female. The position is similar to that of soloist; however, principals regularly perform not only solos, but also pas de deux.
Male Cinderella for new Scottish Ballet production
... " Principal Dancer Bruno Michiardi said swapping the roles of the Cinderella leads made the ballet fee " different and new"...
Irish dancer kicks her last can-can at Moulin Rouge
...At a glanceAmy StewartBBC News NI3 hours agoClaudine Van Den Bergh Cooke, from Dublin, made history when she became the first Irish Principal Dancer in the famous Moulin Rouge in Paris...
Pierre Lacotte: French dancer who helped Rudolf Nureyev defect dies
... " Our Pierre left us at 4:00 am, " said his wife, retired Principal Dancer Ghislaine Thesmar...
Ukraine war: Ballerinas fight culture war against Russia
... " Before the war, he was the Principal Dancer for Kharkiv s National Opera and Ballet Theatre...
Ukrainian ballet star Artem Datsyshyn dies after Russian shelling
... Ratmansky, a former Principal Dancer in Kyiv and former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, is now artist in residence at the American Ballet Theatre in New York...
Yat-Sen Chang: Ballet dancer jailed for sex assaults
...A former English National Ballet Principal Dancer who used his " fame and prestige" to sexually assault his students has been jailed...
Duchess of Sussex guest edits British Vogue's September issue
... Also among the 15 stars on the front are also Boxer Ramla Ali, diversity advocate Sinead Burke, Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Francesca Hayward, and author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie...
Claws out for Cats movie trailer
... He enlisted the help of Hamilton s Tony-winning choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler and dance duo Les Twins to give his cats some street-smart dance moves, as well as introducing Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Francesca Hayward in a key role...