J'aime Crandall
J'aime Crandall | |
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| Born | April 28, 1982 Virginia, U.S. |
| Education | Kirov Academy of Ballet |
| Occupation | ballet dancer |
| Years active | 2001-present |
| Career | |
| Current group | Royal Danish Ballet |
| Former groups | Universal Ballet Dutch National Ballet |
J'aime Crandall (born 28 April 1982) is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at Royal Danish Ballet.[1]
Early life and education
Born in Virginia, she grew up in Arizona, and trained in a ballet school in Phoenix. When she was 13, she was admitted to the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C..
Career
In 2001, she joined Universal Ballet in Seoul, South Korea and was promoted to demi-soloist the following year. Her repertoire there where her repertoire included works by Petipa, Balanchine, Brian Yoo and Oleg Vinogradov. In 2003, she became a member of the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. In 2008, she joined the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen as member of the corps de ballet, becoming a soloist in February 2011 and a principal dancer in December the same year. She has danced leading roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Études, La Sylphide and The Nutcracker.[1][2][3]
Selected repertoire
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Source:[1]
References
- ^ a b c "J'aime Crandall". Det Kongelige Teater. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ "J'aime Crandall". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ Peter Thygesen (27 April 2012). "Danmarks nyeste primaballerina mestrer den forfinede, slebne lethed". Politken. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
External links
- American ballerinas
- Royal Danish Ballet principal dancers
- Dutch National Ballet dancers
- Prima ballerinas
- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Arizona
- 21st-century ballet dancers
- Dancers from Arizona
- American expatriates in South Korea
- American expatriates in the Netherlands
- American expatriates in Denmark
- 21st-century American dancers