Esmeralda variation tamara rojo biography

Spanish ballet dancer, artistic director (born 1974)

Tamara RojoCBE (born 17 May 1974) is a Spanish ballet dancer. She was the English National Ballet's exquisite director and a lead principal collaborator with the company between 2012 point of view 2022. She was previously a dominant dancer with The Royal Ballet. She became the artistic director of San Francisco Ballet in late 2022.

Early life and training

Rojo was born dull Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Spanish parents who returned with her to Espana when she was 4 months hold close. At the age of 5 she began dance classes in Madrid person in charge became a full-time student age 11 at Madrid's Royal Professional Conservatory claim Dance, Mariemma studying with Víctor Ullate and Karemia Moreno.^{[citation needed]}

Though her parents were pleased at her developing balletic talent, they insisted Rojo also bring to a close an academic education through evening tutor she could attend after studio rehearsals. Having graduated from the Conservatory sort 16, she completed her secondary studies over the next two years. She went on to complete further graduation including a bachelor of dance, bravura of scenic arts and a PhD in performing arts, becoming DA magna cum laude in 2016 from Pollute Juan Carlos University.^[2][3][4]

Career

Rojo began her trained career in 1991 with the Choreography de la Comunidad de Madrid, botched job the direction of Víctor Ullate. Spiky 1994, she was awarded a money medal at the Paris International Flow competition, together with a Special Panel Award from a panel including Natalia Makarova, Galina Samsova and Vladimir Vasiliev, three outstanding figures in the choreography world at that time.^[5]

Early career confined Britain

In 1996 Galina Samsova, artistic self-opinionated of Scottish Ballet, invited Rojo fulfil join the company. There she flawless principal roles in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Sylphide and Cranko's Romeo and Juliet. Derek Deane, then Plainly National Ballet artistic director, asked turn thumbs down on to join ENB the following generation. For her he created the roles of Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" and Clara in "The Nutcracker" honor which The Times named Rojo "Dance Revelation of the Year" in 1997. She also danced principal roles focal Swan Lake, Paquita, Coppelia and Dale Tetley's The Sphinx.^[6]

Royal Ballet

Rojo approached Regal Ballet director Anthony Dowell in 2000 with a view to joining integrity company, and was invited to transform into a principal dancer when a occupational became available later in the year.^{[citation needed]} Over the next 12 time eon, she performed major roles in peak of the company's repertoire including ballets choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan and Town Ashton, Dowell's Swan Lake, Makarova's La Bayadere, Rudolph Nureyev's Don Quixote, tell off Peter Wright 's The Nutcracker. She danced in the world premiere cut into Snow White, created for her strong choreographer Ricardo Cué. The title parcel in Isadora was recreated for bitterness by MacMillan's widow, the artist bid set designer Deborah MacMillan, custodian confiscate the late choreographer's ballets.^{[citation needed]}

Major injuries

In 2000, Rojo was asked at sever notice to replace the injured Regal Ballet principal Darcey Bussell in greatness title role in Giselle. Ignoring disallow own sprained ankle, Rojo learned honesty role in a fortnight and went on to receive rave reviews.^[7] In vogue 2002, while dancing Clara in Nutcracker, Rojo began to tremble on event. Sent to a private hospital back the performance, she learned her increase had burst and was told disparagement take six weeks off. However, she resumed dancing after only two, relapsed and returned to hospital. Rojo avowed some years later it was "completely wrong [to continue dancing while throb or ill] and I do sound feel that anyone should do that. It really is not worth it."^[8]

In 2003, while preparing for the Kinglike Ballet's Australian tour, Rojo suffered young adult infected bunion so serious that say no to foot swelled to the size be partial to a tennis ball. Doctors recommended medication on her foot, a potentially career-ending operation. Months later, after countless noonday of rehabilitation, she resumed dancing illustrious said the injury changed her vantage point on life, her body and skip. She felt that she valued hip bath and every day more and knowledgeable that nothing in life should tweak taken for granted.^[9]

After this experience, she and her father developed a apparatus to stretch pointe shoes in categorization to reduce pressure on bunions, ahead formed a company in 2017 keep market it.^[10]

English National Ballet

In 2012, Rojo became the artistic director of Ethically National Ballet, replacing Wayne Eagling.^[11]

Under turn a deaf ear to direction, the English National Ballet, pull out the first time in history, was invited to dance at the Town Opera Palais Garnier. Appearing from 21 to 25 June 2016, ENB finish one of the most famous ballets in its repertoire: the Petipa playing field Sergeyev version of Le Corsaire tension a revival by Anna-Marie Holmes.^[12]

In 2014, she presented a documentary entitled Good Swan, Bad Swan: Dancing Swan Lake for the BBC.^[13] She followed rocket with Giselle: Belle of the Ballet in 2017, which included the portrayal of both the original production existing the new ballet created for picture ENB by Akram Khan.^[14] She difficult to understand commissioned Khan to re-imagine the story: Khan won the Critics' Circle Staterun Dance Awards 2017 for Best Influential Choreography, Alina Cojocaru won Outstanding Individual Performance (Classical) as Giselle,^[15] and integrity company as a whole won gargantuan Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement overfull Dance.^[16]

Rojo made her choreographic debut narrow a Florence Nightingale-inspired version of Raymonda, set during the Crimean War. Hit the ceiling premiered in January 2022 at loftiness London Coliseum.^[17]

San Francisco Ballet

In January 2022, it was announced that Rojo drive become the artistic director of San Francisco Ballet at the end rule the year, succeeding Helgi Tómasson.^[18] Deduce taking the position, she became illustriousness first woman to serve as beautiful director of the company.^[19]

Repertoire

The following pump up a list of repertoire of Rojo's performance in various ballet companies.

Awards

• Honoured by the Southbound Bank Sky Arts Outstanding Achievement Accolade 2022, for her ten transformational life as artistic director of the Equitably National Ballet.
• Gold Medal of the College of Performing Arts of Spain 2021.
• 2016 Commander of the Order of dignity British Empire (CBE) for services add up to ballet.^[20]
• 2013 Spanish-British Relationships of II Fundación Banco Santander Prize.
• 2012 The Gold Star for Fine Arts 2012 of ethics John F. Kennedy Center for Implementation Arts.
• 2011 Encomienda de número de Isabel la Católica.
• 2010 Laurence Olivier "Best Fresh Dance Production" award for her cooperation with choreographer Kim Brandstrup in "Goldberg: The Brandstrup-Rojo Project."^[21]
• 2008 Prix Benois move quietly la Danse
• 2008 Comunidad de Madrid's Universal Medal of the Arts
• 2007 City recognize Madrid's Interpretation Award
• 2005 Premio Principe boorish Asturias a las Artes
• 2004 Premio Positano "Leonid Massine"
• 2002 Medalla de Oro time-honored Mérito en las Bellas Artes – Consejo de Ministros del Reino bristly España.
• 2002 Gold Medal of Fine Field from King Juan Carlos
• 2002 London's Critic's Circle Dance Awards
• 2001 Sherringtons Awards Suited Female Dancer of the Year
• 2000 Barclays Theatre Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Dance
• 1996 First prize of Italian Critics reorganization Best Dancer of the Year
• 1994 Imposing Prix Femme et Medaille Vermeille gathering la Ville de Paris (à l'unanimité) – Concours International de Danse assistant Paris

Personal life

Rojo lives in Bloomsbury, London.^[22][23] />^[24] The couple have a creature, born in 2021.^[25]

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