Melanie Hamrick | |
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Born | Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. | July 17, 1987
Citizenship | USA |
Occupation(s) | Choreographer, ballerina |
Partner | Mick Jagger (2014–present) |
Children | 1 |
Melanie Hamrick (born July 17, 1987) is an American choreographer and former ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre, from which she retired in 2019 after fifteen years. [1] [2] In 2014, she began a relationship with Mick Jagger, [3] with whom she has one child, born in 2016. [4] [5] Hamrick was born in Williamsburg, Virginia and attended the Kirov Academy of Ballet. [6] In 2023, her debut novel, First Position, was published by Penguin Random House. [7] [8] [9]
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