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Class of 2018
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- Class of 2018 Modals
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Zara Brent
Zara was born in Newcastle, Australia and began dancing at the age of three. She developed a great passion for Classical Ballet when she was selected for the Australian Ballet School’s Interstate Training Program in 2011.
In 2016, Zara moved to Sydney to commence full-time Classical Ballet training at the Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy, under the coaching and artistic direction of Lucinda Dunn OAM. In December 2016, she enjoyed performing with the Sydney City Youth Ballet Company in The Nutcracker, in the roles of the Snow Queen and the Arabian, choreographed by Paul Boyd and Tanya Pearson.
Preceding this, she was awarded her Diploma of Dance (Elite Performance) from the National College of Dance, in Newcastle, Australia, where she trained full-time in 2014 and 2015.
In September 2017, Zara relocated to Scotland to join the third year of the BA Modern Ballet Programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Shortly after moving to Glasgow, Zara felt very privileged to have had the opportunity to work with Scottish Ballet, joining the company on their tour of the Stravinsky Season and performing with the corps de ballet as a village lady, in Sir Kenneth MacMillion’s Le Baiser de la Fée (The Fairy’s Kiss). Zara was fortunate enough to have the opportunity of touring to London with Scottish Ballet, participating in classes with the Royal Ballet Company and performing in Le Baiser de la Fée at the Royal Opera House, as a part of ‘Kenneth Macmillan: A National Celebration’.
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Jaimee-Lee Camkin
Born in Cronulla, Australia, Jaimee-lee previously trained fulltime in Sydney under the guidance of Hilary Kaplan (Royal Ballet) and Archibald McKenzie at Alegria Dance Studios.
Since Arriving in Scotland, Jaimee-lee was selected to be part of Scottish Ballet’s Youth Exchange Program in 2016/17. This allowed her to travel to New York to Perform alongside TISCH, NYU’s Performing arts department at The Joyce Theatre, where she also had the opportunity to attend workshops with leading dance companies such as New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey and Mark Morris.
Soon after she travelled with the second year students to Montreal, Canada, to perform a piece choreographed by director of company CAS Public, Helen Blackburn, alongside the students of Ballet Divertimento. This piece was later performed in the Graduation Performance 2017. Jaimee-lee was cast in Ewan Hambleton’s winning piece Vision for the choreography competition, which was then performed in the graduation show and at SWG3’s Grand Opening in Glasgow.
In 2017 she attended Summer Schools at The Royal Ballet School, English National Ballet School and in Prague where she was taught by world class teachers such as Daria Klimentova (ENB), Darcy Bussell (Royal Ballet), Monique Loudieres (Paris Opera Ballet), Ernst Meisner (Director Dutch National Junior Co.), Alexander Campbell (Royal Ballet), Zenaida Yanowsky (Royal Ballet), Liam Scarlett (Royal Ballet Choreographer) and many more.
After Summer, Jaimee-lee was invited to join Scottish Ballet in their Autumn Tour, performing Sir Kenneth McMillan’s Le Baiser De La Fee (The Fairy’s Kiss), which was performed at the Royal Opera House, London for a National Celebration of Sir Kenneth McMillan. This gave Jaimee-lee the opportunity to attend company class with The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet.
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Erin Crowley
Erin was born in Welwyn Garden City and started dancing at the age of five at Carter School of Dance. It was there she found her love of classical ballet and was accepted as an Associate with Tring Park Classical Ballet Academy at eleven. After a year at secondary school she left to train full time and went on to study at Anna Du Boisson’s school, Young Dancers Academy in London. Here she trained in classical ballet, tap, jazz and singing. Each year she performed in The Nutcracker at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London. Erin came to Glasgow in 2015 after being awarded a place on the BA in Modern Ballet.
Erin has had the pleasure of being taught by Ayako Yamada-Beagley (English National Ballet) and Vanessa Palmer (Royal Ballet). She has always loved to travel and has attended International summer programs, including the Royal Danish Ballet and Ballet Master Class in Prague allowing her to be taught by well known artists such as, Daria Klemontova and Sarah Lamb. Whilst at RCS she has had the opportunity to have worked with great choreographers such as, Christopher Hampson, Kerry Nicholls and Helene Blackburn and to take company class with Scottish Ballet.
She has enjoyed the opportunity to perform at the Royal Opera House, Plas des Arts, Canada and at the National Theatre of Cuba alongside company members of Laura Alonzo Ballet and Prodanza. Erin has secured a contract as a Corps de Ballet dancer with Ruse State Ballet Opera in Bulgaria and has begun rehearsals and performances of Swan Lake.
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Jake Davies
Jake started dancing at the Dianne Bonner Theatre Dance School from the age of 4. He then went on to join the Royal Ballet Junior Associates in Leeds at the age of 7 under the mentorship of Melanie Agar. It was here that he learnt the foundations of his classical ballet technique and found his passion for dancing. Then from the age of 11 he joined Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham where he stayed for 3 years before attending the Northern Ballet Academy’s Centre for Advanced Training where he was taught by Yoko Ichino and Douglas Thorpe.
During his time at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland he has had the opportunities to work very closely with Scottish Ballet. In first year he worked with Jamiel Laurence for an all-boys Scottish inspired choreography named Wits Fir YE! for the end of year show, this was also performed for HRH Prince Charles for a collaboration between RCS and Dumfries house. It was also performed for the Scottish Ballet fundraiser in 2017 where Jake performed the solo. Jake also had the amazing chance to go on tour with Scottish Ballet, performing The Fairy’s Kiss (le Baiser de la fee) for the company’s Autumn tour. This production also toured to the Royal Opera House for the anniversary of Sir Kenneth MacMillan. Jake has also been asked to travel to Canada to represent RCS and work with ballet divertimento. It is in Canada that he has built his relationship with Montréal based company Cas public directed by Helene Blackburn. He has performed in the place des arts one of Helene Blackburn’s choreographies a hero’s lullaby. Jake also was a part of the Scottish Ballet youth exchange, here he had the opportunity to travel to New York to work with NYU dance department Tisch and perform a piece inspired by Brian Arius motion of displacement in the Joyce theatre. Now the first step of his professional career will take him to Ballet Theatre UK where he has been offered a full-time contract as a company dancer, he will perform works such as sleeping beauty, Swan Lake and Beauty and the Beast.
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Keenan Fletcher
Keenan was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He started his dance training in fusion modern at the end of high school with his school troupe and went on to join a local dance group in Jamaica where he danced for two years while earning his RAD certification at the local Vickers Dance studio.
He applied for the BAMB course in 2016 and was accepted into the 2nd year where he began his first full-time ballet and contemporary training.
Since joining BA Modern Ballet, Keenan has performed with Jamaican born recording artiste Brina Murray, in Jamiel Laurence’s Whit’s Fir Ye! at Scottish Ballet’s 2017 Fundraising Gala and performed with the Peter Darrell’s The Nutcracker on the Scottish Ballet Tour 2018.
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Lucy MacPhail
Born and raised in Scotland, Lucy began dancing at the age of 9 at Dansarena Studios in Ayr. Scottish Ballet’s Mid then Senior Associate Scheme as well as the Junior Conservatoire, provided a thorough grounding in classical and contemporary technique as well as kindling future aspiration.
Since joining the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland BA Modern Ballet, from the daily class work, workshops and expert feedback, as well as her additional independent program of cardio and strength exercise, Lucy has developed her technique and worked to widen her performance repertoire. Encouraged to fully participate not just in the performance aspect of dance, but in the creative process itself, she has developed a greater appreciation of different choreographic styles and collaboration with other fellow artists beyond the world of dance.
Having gained a distinction in her Royal Academy of Dance Advanced 2 examination, Lucy is preparing for her Solo Seal examination.
Lucy has embraced a number of performance opportunities, such as the end of year Degree Shows, Piano and dance festivals. These have offered invaluable experiences to work with a range renowned creative talents such as Matthew Robinson, Christopher Hampson and Kerry Nicholls but also to develop her own ability to layer an internal emotional connection with their works. Lucy is really looking forward to her next steps as a professional dancer.
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Lucy Shaw
Lucy was born in Perth, Scotland and began her dance training at the age of 4. She is very grateful to Julie Young Dance Studios where she was trained and encouraged to join both the Scottish Ballet Junior Associate Programme in Glasgow and The Royal Ballet Mid Associate Programme in Covent Garden, London. In April 2011, Lucy won the Scottish Junior Ballet Championships and in September 2011, Lucy moved to Birmingham to train full time at Elmhurst Ballet School. In her 4 years there Lucy trained in classical ballet, contemporary, flamenco and jazz and performed for HRH Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Darcey Bussell, David Bintley and Desmond Kelly, amongst others.
Throughout her training, Lucy has attended the Yorkshire Ballet Summer School, Ballet Cymru International Summer School, Northern Ballet International Summer School and RCS Summer School.
In 2015, Lucy chose to train at RCS on the BA Modern Ballet Programme. In 2017, Lucy thoroughly enjoyed performing with her year group at the Place des Arts in Montreal, Canada. Lucy has passed all her RAD ballet exams with Distinction which entitled her to compete at the Genée International Ballet competition in August 2017 held in Lisbon, Portugal where she performed her own choreography.
In December 2017, Lucy successfully auditioned for a 2-year contract at Plovdiv State Opera Ballet, Bulgaria and in February 2018 she commenced her post as a ballet dancer. Lucy is very grateful to RCS for making it possible for her to complete all her assessments and commitments before she left and is looking forward to becoming a graduate of RCS.
Lucy is enjoying her new working life in Plovdiv and has had the opportunity to perform in a new production of Alice in Wonderland as well as perform in the Grand Pas de Quatre in the April Ballet Gala. Lucy is looking forward to performing in Giselle at the Ancient Theatre in July.
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Nuno Tauber
Nuno was born in Porto, Portugal and started training at the age of seven at Estúdio de Dança Margarida Valle. He joined Ginasiano Escola de Dança where he had the chance to perform with KALE Dance Company at the age of fourteen.
Since joining RCS, Nuno has taken part in a few dance competitions, where he won 1st Prize Ballet Category at CIB Porto 2017. He was also awarded full Scholarships for Summer Schools at the Royal Ballet School Antwerp and Palucca Hochschule für Tanz Dresden. This year Nuno had the opportunity to take part in the Winter Tour of The Nutcracker with Scottish Ballet.
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Rhys Thomas
Rhys started dancing at the age of 10 when he joined Northern Ballet as part of their advanced training program. He trained for a total of seven years there under the careful watch of Yoko Ichino and David Nixon. Upon graduating in 2015, Rhys joined The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Since joining the RCS, Rhys has had many different opportunities to explore new types of dance and work with many different choreographers. In his second year, Rhys had the chance to join the Scottish Ballet Youth Exchange. Through this programme, he travelled to New York to perform and also to explore dance culture in America. Rhys says that his personal favourite experiences have been his trip to New York, performing with his year group in Canada and also performing for HRH Prince Charles.
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Anna Williams
Anna started dancing in Sheffield at a local dance school and was accepted onto The Northern Ballet Academy CAT programme from the age of 10. She continued her training there under Yoko Ichino for six years and then was offered a place at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Anna had the opportunity to go on tour this year with Scottish Ballet for two seasons including The Fairy’s Kiss which toured to the Royal Opera House for the 25th anniversary of Kenneth Macmillan and The Nutcracker which toured all over Scotland. She will be joining them as an Artist as of August this year.
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