EunWon Lee

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EunWon Lee
Born
Seoul, South Korea
Education Korea National University of Arts
Occupation Ballet dancer
Years active2010 – Present
Career
Current group The Washington Ballet
Former groups Korea National Ballet
Korean name
Hangul
이은원
Revised Romanization I Eun-won
McCune–Reischauer Yi Ŭnwŏn
Website www.eunwon-lee.com

EunWon Lee is a South Korean ballet dancer. She was a former principal dancer with the Korea National Ballet and currently dances with The Washington Ballet.

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Early life and education

Lee was born and raised in South Korea. She discovered ballet at the age of seven, after attending a performance of The Nutcracker with her parents. [1] She enrolled in ballet classes and later became a student at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts, a competitive arts middle school, and at Ye Won Art School. She skipped high school and entered university at the age of sixteen. Lee received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Korea National University of Arts in Seoul. [2]

Career

Lee joined the Korea National Ballet as an apprentice in 2010. [2] She injured her knee when she was eighteen years old and had to take time off from the company. [3] [1] She was promoted to principal dancer at the age of twenty-one in 2012, making her the youngest principal dancer at the Korea National Ballet. She was a principal dancer for six years. [4] As a principal, Lee became a celebrity in South Korea, even throwing the first pitch at a professional base ball game. [5] She danced the role of Katherina in John Cranko's Taming of the Shrew as her last performance with Korea National Ballet. [2] In 2016 she moved to the United States and joined The Washington Ballet under the new artistic leadership of Julie Kent. [2] [6] Her debut with The Washington Ballet was in the ballet Giselle . [1]

She has danced the leading roles in Romeo and Juliet , The Taming of the Shrew, Giselle, Swan Lake , Don Quixote , La Bayadère , Spartacus , Raymonda , L'Arlésienne, The Nutcracker , The Seventh Symphony, The Sleeping Beauty , Prince Ho Dong , Holberg Pas de deux, Tchaikovsky and Poise. [7] [8] [9] [3] [10] [11]

Awards

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Don't Let Your Floor Become a Slippery Slope!". Pointe . 2018-08-06.
  3. 1 2 "EunWon Lee: Latest Ballet Exploits Of South Korea's Former Ballerina In Newfound US Home". koreaportal. 2017-10-07. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  4. ↑ Kaufman, Sarah, L. (2017-10-05). "She was South Korea's superstar ballerina. Now, she's given it up to try to make it in America". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2019-10-21.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Farris, Danny. "Ballerina Lee Eun-won's First Pitch". MLB.com. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "About EunWon Lee". EunWon Lee. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  7. 1 2 "Eun Won Lee". Washington Ballet. 2016-07-13. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  8. 1 2 Kaufman, Sarah, L. (2016-07-13). "Washington Ballet hires Korean National Ballet principal". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-10-21.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Star-crossed Lovers". Fjord Review. 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  10. ↑ "The Washington Ballet: John Cranko's Romeo & Juliet - CriticalDance". criticaldance.org. 2018-02-15. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
  11. ↑ "Washington Ballet – Les Sylphides, Le Corsaire pdd, Bolero, Prodigal Son". Washington Ballet. 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
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