The Dancers

cormac

Cormac Murphy

Cormac was born in Cork and trained at CSN Firkin Crane, Millennium and Rambert School.  Whilst at Rambert he performed lead roles in Martha Graham’s ‘Diversion of Angels’. Cormac has performed with Cork City Ballet for 3 seasons as well as Ballet Russe and, most recently, with Ballet Theatre UK, dancing the principal role of [...]

helena

Helena Casado Cortes

Helena graduated from the Real Conservatorio de Danze de Madrid (Spain) with a degree in Professional Classical Dance. After graduating in 2009, she joined the New England Contemporary Ballet in Nottingham where she performed as a soloist in ‘The Nutcracker’. She also worked with English National Ballet for their production of ‘Swan Lake’ in The [...]

Sam

Sam Bishop

Sam was born in Guildford, Surrey, and trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts (formerly Arts Educational School). Whilst at Tring, Sam danced ‘Graduation Ball’ at the Gothenburg Opera House and re-created the title role from Northern Ballet Theatre’s ‘Dracula’.  He has previously worked with English National Ballet and Ballet Theatre UK, performing [...]

Mandev

Mandev Sokhi

Mandev trained at Kate Simmons Dance Ltd in Warrington, Cheshire, and holds the Enrico Cecchetti Diploma. After graduating in 2007, he has performed in ‘The Nutcracker’ with the National Ballet Company in America and with the Flamenco company, Simpatico Flamenco, under the alias El Nino Fuego. Mandev joined Ballet Cymru in 2008 and his roles [...]

Richard

Richard Read

Richard graduated from the Central School of Ballet in 2005 with a BA (hons) degree.  He joined Vienna Festival Ballet’s tour from 2005/6 performing in ‘The Nutcracker’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Giselle’, ‘La Sylphide’ and ‘Rhapsody in Blue’.  Richard joined Ballet Cymru in 2008 and has since danced the roles of Romeo and Tybalt from ‘Romeo and [...]

Lauren

Lauren Poulton

Lauren graduated from the Central School of Ballet in 2005 with a BA (hons) degree. Since graduating she has toured with Christopher Hampson’s ‘Johann Strauss Gala’ and Anya Ison-Wallace Dance Company. Other credits include ‘Firebird’ with Dance Theatre of Harlem, ‘Giselle’ with Cuban National Ballet, ‘Demise’ with Inspired Pictures, and ‘Mozartiana’ with Birmingham Royal Ballet. [...]

Emily

Emily Pimm

Emily trained at the Susan Robinson School of Ballet and Rambert School. Since graduating she has been an apprentice with Cathy Marston on ‘The Tempest’ at ROH2 and has toured the UK and Switzerland with Vienna Festival Ballet in ‘Swan Lake’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Coppelia’, ‘Giselle’ and ‘The Nutcracker’. Emily joined Ballet Cymru in 2007 and [...]

Olga

Olga Petiteau

Olga trained at the Academie Americaine de danse de Paris in France where, in 2005, she performed Cinderella at the Palais des Congres. In 2007 she was in the final of the YAGP in New York and subsequently went to Princeton Ballet School in the USA where she performed Clara in ‘The Nutcracker’. Olga joined [...]

Daisuke

Daisuke Miura

Daisuke left Japan at 16 to undertake his GCSE’s in the UK. He trained at Ballet West and Kate Simmons Dance Ltd, graduating in 2007. Daisuke went on to work for The Serbian National Ballet before joining Ballet Cymru in September 2008. During his time with the company Daisuke has danced a variety of roles [...]

iselin

Iselin Eie Bowen

Iselin trained with Frederic Jahn and Patricia Ruanne, in Guadeloupe. She has also trained and performed with Ballet Laura Alonso, Cuba, and at London Studio Centre, where she took part in the Images of Dance tour, dancing in ‘Othello’, ‘Pineapple Poll’ and ‘Game Over’. Her roles with Ballet Cymru include Juliet and Lady Capulet in [...]