Nadja Sellrup (born 1977) is a Swedish ballet dancer. After terms with the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich and the Spanish National Dance Company in Madrid, she returned to Stockholm in 2007 to join the Royal Swedish Ballet where she is a principal dancer. [1]
Sellrup attended the Royal Swedish Ballet School, graduating in 1994. In 1995, she won the silver medal at the Eurovision Young Dancers Contest. After joining the Royal Swedish Ballet, she spent a short period with the Bavarian State Ballet (1995–96) as a soloist. In 2001, she joined the Spanish National Dance Company but returned to Sweden in 2007, soon becoming a principal dancer. [2]
She has danced the leading roles in Swan Lake , Giselle , Romeo and Juliet and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty as well as Esmeralda in Pär Isberg's The Bellringer of Notre Dame and Hermia in John Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream. [1]
The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in 1931 by Dame Ninette de Valois, it became the resident ballet company of the Royal Opera House in 1946, and has purpose built facilities within these premises and was granted a royal charter in 1956, becoming recognised as Britain's flagship ballet company.
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The Royal Swedish Ballet is one of the oldest ballet companies in Europe. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, King Gustav III founded the ballet in 1773 as a part of his national cultural project in response to the French and Italian dominance in this field; he also founded the Royal Swedish Opera and the Royal Dramatic Theatre. All of these were initially located in the old theatre of Bollhuset. The troupe was founded with the opening of the Royal Swedish Opera, which has served as its home since that time.
The Royal New Zealand Ballet is a ballet company based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was originally known as The New Zealand Ballet Company.
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