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 April 28, 1982) is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at Royal Danish Ballet.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c "J'aime Crandall". Det Kongelige Teater. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ "J'aime Crandall". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- ^ Peter Thygesen (April 27, 2012). "Danmarks nyeste primaballerina mestrer den forfinede, slebne lethed". Politken. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
- Royal Danish Ballet principal dancers
- Dutch National Ballet dancers
- American prima ballerinas
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Dancers from Virginia
- 21st-century American ballet dancers
- Dancers from Arizona
- American expatriates in South Korea
- American expatriates in the Netherlands
- American expatriates in Denmark
- 21st-century American women