Royal Ballet announces raft of appointments and promotions

The Royal Ballet has announced a range of promotions and new appointments, following the recent recent promotions of REECE CLARKE and WILLIAM BRACEWELL to the rank of Principal Dancer.

JOSEPH SISSENS is promoted to First Soloist, while ANNETTE BUVOLI, ASHLEY DEAN, LETICIA DIAS, MARIKO SASAKI, LUKAS B. BRÆNDSRØD, LEO DIXON, DAVID DONNELLY and TÉO DUBREUIL are promoted to Soloist.  

SOPHIE ALLNATT, ISABEL LUBACH, SAE MAEDA, JULIA ROSCOE, CHARLOTTE TONKINSON, JOONHYUK JUN, JOSHUA JUNKER, TAISUKE NAKAO and GIACOMO ROVERO are promoted to First Artist.  

DENILSON ALMEIDA, DAICHI IKARASHI, JAMES LARGE, HANNA PARK, MADDISON PRITCHARD and MARIANNA TSEMBENHOI, who were part of the 2020/21 intake of the Aud Jebsen Young Dancer Programme, are promoted to Artist, along with VIOLA PANTUSO.

OLIVIA FINDLAY, AVA MAY LLEWELLYN and ALIX VAN TIGGELEN have had their Aud Jebsen Young Dancer contracts extended into the new season, while ALICIA ROSE COUVRETTE, MARTIN DIAZ, LUC FOSKETT, SCARLETT HARVEY and ELLA NEWTON SEVERGNINI, all graduates from The Royal Ballet School, are to join the Aud Jebsen Young Dancer Programme for the 2022/23 season.

MARCO MASCIARI, the Prix de Lausanne dancer for the 2020/21 season, also joins the company as an Artist, DARRION SELLMAN, gold medallist at the 2022 Prix de Lausanne, joins as the Prix de Lausanne dancer for the 2022/23 season and DANIEL KRAUS joins as Benesh Choreologist for the 2022/23 season.   

In the music department, GRANT GREEN will return as a full-time pianist from the start of next season and ZHU SUN joins on a nine-month contract as Associate Pianist. 

“The wonderful accomplishments of the company, the verve and commitment of every member, have resulted in an extraordinary season with our return to a busy schedule of full-length productions and world premieres,” said Kevin O’Hare, Director of the Royal Ballet.