Natasha Oughtred

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Natasha Oughtred
NationalityEnglish
Occupationballet dancer

Natasha Oughtred is an English ballerina and retired principal dancer with the Birmingham Royal Ballet.

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Biography

Natasha Oughtred was born in North Cave, a village near Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. [1] She began to study dance at the age of 3 [2] with the Skelton Hooper School of Dance [3] in Hull, under the guidance of the Principal Vanessa Hooper, a former soloist of The Royal Ballet. She has achieved examination passes with the Royal Academy of Dance and the International Dance Teachers' Association. She later received additional coaching in ballet from Niall McMahon, a former dancer with the Scottish Ballet and artistic director of New English Contemporary Ballet. After reaching the semi-finals of the prestigious Prix de Lausanne, she received a scholarship to continue her training at the upper school of the Royal Ballet School [4] and joined The Royal Ballet company in 2000, eventually being promoted to the rank of Soloist. Oughtred joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet as a Soloist in 2007. She was promoted to First Soloist rank in 2008 and was promoted to the most senior rank of Principal in 2009. [5] [6]

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