Six months after the announcement that the company would be back on worldwide stages once more, the London City Ballet inaugural season dancers and tour dates have been announced.
The tour comprises familiar, much loved venues in the UK that played an important role in the former company’s history, but also encompasses new and extensive touring in America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
– Christopher Marney, Artistic Director of London City Ballet.
Joining Marney on the artistic and leadership team are Sean Flanagan as General Manager, Kate Lyons as Rehearsal Director, Iain Mackay as a Rehearsal Director, Luke Abnett as Physiotherapist, Matthew Gregory as Company Pianist, and Andy Murrell as Lighting Designer.
London City Ballet Inaugural Season Dancers
- Alejandro Virelles (Freelance, formerly Staatsballet Berlin, English National Ballet)
- Álvaro Madrigal Arenilla (Compañía Nacional de Danza)
- Isadora Bless (Orlando Ballet)
- Joseph Taylor (Northern Ballet)
- Miranda Silveira (Freelance, formerly San Francisco Ballet)
- Ayça Anıl (Istanbul State Opera and Ballet)
- Cira Robinson (Freelance, formerly Ballet Black)
- Nicholas Vavrečka (Freelance, formerly Scottish Ballet)
- Ellie Young (Freelance, Royal Ballet School)
- Arthur Wille (formerly Ballet Dortmund Junior Company)
- Bárbara Verdasco (Compañía Nacional de Danza)
- Jimin Kim (Korea National University of Arts)
- Nicholas Mihlar (Zurich Tanz Academy).
In London at Sadler’s Wells, internationally celebrated ballerina Alina Cojocaru will join the company as a Guest Artist.
London City Ballet Inaugural Season Trailer
London City Ballet Inaugural Season Schedule
Fittingly titled “Resurgence”, the program includes Kenneth MacMillan’s Ballade, Ashly Page’s Larina Waltz, a new creation by Arielle Smith, and Marney’s Eve.
At tour venues in Portugal and China the pas de deux from Kenneth MacMillan’s Concerto will also be performed.
July 6-7, 2024: Palácio De Seteais, Portugal
July 17-20, 2024: Bath Theatre Royal
July 23-25, 2024: Cambridge Arts Theatre
July 27, 2024: Latitude Festival, Suffolk
August 2-3, 2024: Cheltenham Everyman
August 9-10, 2024: Windsor Theatre Royal
August 16 -September 1, 2024: China
September 6-7, 2024: York Theatre Royal
September 11-14, 2024: Sadler’s Wells
London City Ballet will also head to the United States and and Doha, Qatar, in late September.
Featured Photo for the London City Ballet inaugural season of Ayca Anil & Mischa Goodman in Ashley Page’s Larina Waltz. Photo courtesy of London City Ballet.
