The Royal Ballet ~ Principals 2024/25 Season

The Royal Ballet Principals of the 2024/25 Season As we are at the start of the 2024/25 season, a new video of the incredible Principal Dancers of the Royal Ballet. It is always exciting to watch these amazing dancers progress and flourish through their careers, bringing us joy through their grace and artistry! I feel this season is going to be special! 00:04 ~ Matthew Ball Promoted to Principal in 2018 Don Quixote Act III Basilio Variation 01:06 ~ William Bracewell Promoted to Principal in 2022 Swan Lake Act II Prince Siegfried 02:22 ~ Reece Clarke Promoted to Principal in 2022 Dances at a Gathering with Principal, Yasmine Naghdi 05:28 ~ Cesar Corrales Promoted to Principal in 2021 Romeo & Juliet, with Principal, Francesca Hayward 07:05 ~ Lauren Cuthbertson Principal since 2008 Principal Guest Artist 2024 The Sleeping Beauty, Princess Aurora Act I 10:17 ~ Francesca Hayward Promoted to principal in 2016 Rhapsody 10:53 ~ Ryoichi Hirano Promoted to Principal in 2016 A Winters Tale, Leontes Act I 12:16 ~ Fumi Kaneko Promoted to Principal in 2021 The Nutcracker, The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy 14:56 ~ Sarah Lamb Promoted to Principal in 2006 Elite Syncopations, The Golden Hours 17:46 ~ Mayara Magri Promoted to Principal in 2021 Don Quixote Act I Kitri Entrance 19:51 ~ Steven McRae Promoted to Principal in 2009 Rhapsody 20:36 ~ Vadim Mubtagirov Joined the company as a Principal in 2014 A Winters Tale Prince Florizel with Principal Sarah Lamb as Perdita 22:44 ~ Yasmine Naghdi Promoted to Principal in 2017 The Sleeping Beauty, Act II Princess Aurora 24:53 ~ Marianela Nuñez Promoted to Principal in 2002 Cinderella, Act II Variaiton 26:59 ~ Natalia Osipova Joined the company as Principal in 2013 Giselle Act II 28:29 ~ Anna Rose O’Sullivan Promoted to Principal in 2021 Romeo & Juliet, Juliet Act I 30:38 ~ Calvin Richardson Promoted to Principal in 2024 Don Quixote Act III Espada Variation 33:21 ~ Marcelino Sambè Promoted to Principal in 2019 Rhapsody 35:54 ~ Joseph Sissens Promoted to Principal in 2024 The Sleeping Beauty, Bluebird 36:57 ~ Akane Takada Promoted to Principal in 2016 Swan Lake Act II Coda Congratulations to these amazing dancers and to another year of watching these magnificent performers taking to the stage! Special congratulations to the newest Principals, Calvin Richardson & Joseph Sissens! It’s going to be an exciting season of ballet! 📸 Andrej Uspenski (DancersDiary) 🎥 The Royal Ballet and Opera / BBC COPYRIGHT I DO NOT OWN THE COPYRIGHT FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY