University of Florida Performing Arts
presents
Scottish BalletA Streetcar Named Desire
Thursday, October 10, 7:30 p.m.
Phillips Center
This performance is funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs.
Artist Direction: Nancy MecklerChoreography: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Music and Sound: Peter SalemDesign: Niki Turner
Lighting Design: Tim Mitchell
Supported by the Scottish Government’s International Touring Fund. Presented through special arrangement with The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
DancersSophie MartinErik Cavallari
Eve MutsoChristopher Harrison
Laura JoffreLuciana RavizziDaniel Davidson
Constance DevernayNathalie DupouyBrenda Lee Grech
Amy HadleyQuenby Hersh
Bethany Kingsley-GarnerSophie LaplaneRemi AndreoniLewis Landini
Jamiel LaurenceRimbaud Patron
Andrew PeasgoodNicholas Shoesmith
Owen ThorneConstant VigierVictor Zarallo
A Streetcar Named Desire
Original play by Tennessee Williams.
BiographiesSophie Martin Born in the French city of Cherbourg, Sophie Martin trained at the Conservatory National Supérieur of Paris under the tuition of Noëlla Auguste, and performed with the Junior Ballet. She has also worked with leading dancers and choreographers in France.She joined Scottish Ballet in 2003 and has danced in Page’s The Nutcracker (Marie), Acrid Avid Jam, Nightswimming into day, 32 Cryptograms, The Pump Room, Cinderella (Cinderella), Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora and Cinderella), Pennies From Heaven, Cheating, Lying,
Stealing and Alice (Alice, Queen of Hearts), Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Apollo, Agon, Episodes and Rubies (lead couple), Richard Alston’s Dangerous Liaisons (which she also performed as part of the Dance Umbrella Gala) and Carmen (Carmen), Darrell’s Othello (Desdemona), Loosmore’s Chasing Ghosts, van Manen’s Two Pieces For Het, Forsythe’s Artifact Suite (Duet I and II) and Workwithinwork, Ashton’s Façade and Scènes de Ballet, Spink’s Petrushka, Petronio’s MiddleSexGorge and Ride The Beast, Pastor’s In Light and Shadow and Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Val Caniparoli’s Still Life, Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella) and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.Martin was promoted to principal in August 2008, and was No. 20 in The List magazine’s Hot 100 poll of influential figures in Scottish culture in December 2008. She received the award for outstanding female performance (classical) at the 2011 Critic’s Circle National Dance Awards.
Erik Cavallari Erik Cavallari was born in Brescia, Italy and trained at the Associazione Balletto Classico under the guidance of Marinel Stefanescu. He joined the company in 1997 and performed as a soloist, dancing in classic and neoclassic repertory. In 1999, he appeared with the Ballet de Victor Ullate in Madrid and joined Scottish Ballet in 2001. Since joining the company, Cavallari has danced in Page’s Acrid Avid Jam, Cheating, Lying, Stealing, The Nutcracker (The Nutcracker Prince, Drosselmeyer), 32 Cryptograms, Soft Underbelly, Room Of Cooks, Nightswimming into day,
The Pump Room, Walking In The Heat, Cinderella (The Prince), Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (The Prince), Pennies From Heaven and Alice (Charles Dodgson), Alston’s Dangerous Liaisons, Darrell’s Five Rückert Songs and Othello (Othello), Loosmore’s Sirocco, Chasing Ghosts and Lull, Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments (Third Variation — Phlegmatic), Rubies, Agon and the title role in Apollo, van Manen’s Two Pieces For Het, Forsythe’s Artifact Suite and Workwithinwork, Ashton’s Façade, Petronio’s MiddleSexGorge and Ride The Beast, Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Benvolio), Ian Spink’s Petrushka (Magician), Val Caniparoli’s Still Life, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth (lead man), Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Stanley), Martin Lawrance’s Run For It and Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling.
Eve Mutso Eve Mutso studied at the Tallinn Ballet School, Estonia, in 1999. She went on to join the Estonian National Ballet, dancing Olympia in Bigonzetti’s Coppélia, Helen in Cannito’s Cassandra and solo roles in Anna Karenina, Esmeralda, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Giselle.Mutso joined Scottish Ballet in 2003 and has danced in Page’s Cheating, Lying, Stealing (second lead role), The Nutcracker (Frau Stahlbaum, lead waltz girl), Acrid Avid Jam, 32 Cryptograms, Nightswimming into
day, Pennies from Heaven, Cinderella (Stepmother/Godmother), Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (The Queen, The Lilac Fairy) and Alice (Queen of Hearts), Loosmore’s Sirocco and Chasing Ghosts, Balanchine’s Agon (pas de deux), The Four Temperaments, Apollo (Therpsichore), Episodes and Rubies (solo girl), Forsythe’s Artifact Suite (Single Female Figure) and Workwithinwork, Pastor’s In Light and Shadow, Ashton’s Façade, Petronio’s MiddleSexGorge and Ride The Beast, Val Caniparoli’s Still Life, Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche) and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.Mutso was nominated by the Critics Circle National Dance Awards for the Richard Sherrington Award for best female dancer in 2005. In 2011, Eve performed as a guest artist with Estonian National Ballet dancing the title role in Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon.
Christopher Harrison Christopher Harrison trained at The Dance School of Scotland, and The Royal Ballet Upper School. Harrison joined Dresden State Opera, Germany, in 2001 and danced solo roles in Neumeier’s The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as Derevianko’s Giselle and Don Quixote, and Lazzini’s La Fille mal gardée. He joined Scottish Ballet in summer 2005, and was promoted to Coryphée in July 2007. He has danced in Page’s Cinderella (The Prince), The Nutcracker (The Prince), Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird and The Prince), Pennies
From Heaven, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (Knave of Hearts, Mad Hatter), Darrell’s Othello (Cassio), Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Pastor’s In Light And Shadow and Romeo and Juliet, Robbins’ Afternoon Of A Faun, Balanchine’s Epsiodes, Agon and Rubies, Petronio’s Ride the Beast, Forsythe’s Artifact Suite, Spink’s Petrushka, Alston’s Carmen, Paul Liburd’s From Where, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth (lead man), Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire, Martin Lawrance’s Run For It and Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling. Harrison was named No. 36 in the Daily Record’s Hot 100 in December 2008.
Laura Joffre Laura Joffre was born in 1986 in Perpinan in the south of France. She trained at Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse in Marseilles (director Marie Claude Pietragalla), then in Paris Opera Ballet School (director Claude Bessy). During this time, she danced in Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments with the Ballet National de Marseille.Joffre went on to join Paris Opera Ballet, where she danced many roles including Grigorovitch’s Ivan le Terrible, Carlson’s Signes, Bombana’s La Septième Lune, Nureyev’s Le Lac des Cygnes and Lacotte’s La Sylphide.
She has also peformed with Ballet de l’Opéra de Bordeaux in Swan Lake, Nutcracker and Don Quichotte (all by C. Jude after Petipa), and in 2005-06 she joined Zurich Ballet.She joined Leipzig Ballet in September 2006, and was promoted to soloist in 2009. Here, she danced roles including Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker (Petipa/Ivanov), Grand pas Classique (Gsovsky), Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements and Concerto Barocco, and Grosse Messe, The Creation, Beethoven 7th Symphony, Rachmaninov Klavierkonzert, Air, Sonata Pas de Deux (Uwe Scholz). Further roles include Cranko’s The Taming of the Shrew, Tetley’s Le Sacre du printemps, Balanchine’s Agon, and Swan Lake — Pas de Trois, Little Swans, Russian Princess (Petipa/Ivanov).Joffre has also worked with choreographer Marco Goecke who created solos for her in Sonett (2007) and Le Chant du Rossignol (2009) as well as with James Bailey for his piece The Tempest, and was invited to dance Sugar Plum Fairy in Nutcracker with Rome Opera in December 2008.
She joined Scottish Ballet in July 2010 and has danced in Frederick Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Ashley Page’s Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (Fairy of Grace, Snow White), Cinderella (Autumn), Pennies from Heaven and Alice (White Rabbit, Bread and Butterfly), Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Luciana Ravizzi Luciana Ravizzi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and trained at the Royal Ballet School, going on tour with the Royal Ballet and dancing in Swan Lake and Giselle. She joined Scottish Ballet in 2002.Since joining the Company, Ravizzi has danced in Page’s The Nutcracker (Snowflake, Courgette Flower), Cinderella (Godmother, Winter), Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (The Lilac Fairy, Snow White), Pennies From Heaven, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (Duchess, Cheshire Cat), Alston’s Dangerous Liaisons, Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Apollo,
Episodes, Rubies and Agon, Darrell’s Five Rückert Songs and Othello (Emilia), Forsythe’s Artifact Suite and Workwithinwork, Spink’s Petrushka, Petronio’s Ride the Beast, Ashton’s Façade and Scènes de Ballet, Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet (Juliet’s friend) and In Light and Shadow, Alston’s Carmen (Mercedes), Caniparoli’s Still Life, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche) and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Daniel Davidson Daniel Davidson graduated from Millennium Dance 2000 in July 2005. Prior to this Davidson attended The Dance School of Scotland.He has appeared in The Royal Opera House production, Maskerade, as well as soloist in Matthew Hart’s Solo, and featured dancer in Adam Cooper’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Japan 2004. He has also presented workshops with Arc Dance Company, in association with London Contemporary Dance Theatre.Davidson joined Scottish Ballet in 2005 and was promoted to Coryphée
in 2009. He has danced in Page’s The Nutcracker (Fritz), Cinderella, Room of Cooks, Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird), Pennies From Heaven and Cheating, Lying, Stealing, Pastor’s In Light And Shadow and Romeo and Juliet, Darrell’s Othello (Cassio), Forsythe’s Artifact Suite and Workwithinwork, Balanchine’s Rubies, Brown’s For MG: The Movie, Petronio’s Ride The Beast, Dean’s Träume, Spink’s Petrushka (Petrushka), Alston’s Carmen (Don José), Caniparoli’s Still Life, Liburd’s From Where, Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire (The Lover) and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Constance Devernay Constance Devernay trained at the English National Ballet School. She appeared in the end of year performances in Lichine’s bal des cadets and Eagling’s Troppo Allegro and also in the annual show at Rosella Hightower School. Here, she appeared in the school’s productions of Giselle and Don Quixote. Devernay joined Scottish Ballet as a guest artist in autumn 2008, and joined the company permanently in June 2009. She has danced in Page’s Pennies From Heaven, Cinderella (Spring), The Nutcracker (Bad Snowflake),
The Sleeping Beauty (Pina, Red Riding Hood), Fearful Symmetries and Cheating, Lying, Stealing, Forsythe’s Workwithinwork, Balanchine’s Rubies, Pastor’s In Light and Shadow, Ashton’s Scènes
de Ballet, Alston’s Carmen, MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Nathalie Dupouy Nathalie Dupouy trained at L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Marseille and prior to this, studied at the Conservatoire National de Région de Boulogne Billancourt where she was unanimously awarded the Gold Medal.In 2000, Dupouy danced with Europa Dance and between 2001 and 2003, she danced with the Ballet National de Bordeaux. In 2004, she danced as a soloist with Nathalie Buy in classical and neo-classical roles.Dupouy joined Scottish Ballet in summer 2005, and danced in Page’s
Cinderella (Stepsister), The Nutcracker (Maid), Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (The Queen, Fairy of Beauty and Belle), Pennies from Heaven, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (Cook), Balanchine’s Rubies, Episodes and Agon, Forsythe’s Artifact Suite, Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Spink’s Petrushka, Darrell’s Othello (Emilia), Brown’s For MG: The Movie, Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet, Alston’s Carmen, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Brenda Lee Grech Born in Malta, Brenda Lee Grech trained at what is now called the Johane Casabene Dance Conservatoire before joining the Scuola di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala (Milan) for full-time training.In 2005, Grech was awarded the outstanding achievement award by the Malta Dance Council and was invited by Jean Charles Jil to join Ballet d’Europe (Marseille) as an apprentice. She toured with Ballet d’Europe to Spain and France, performing Mozart Requiem, before joining Ballet Central for their national tour of Capriole Suite (Christopher Hampson),
Cinderella (Fireside pas de deux — Christopher Gable), Choice (Russell Maliphant) and Silverlight on water (Sarah Matthews).Grech joined Scottish Ballet for the company’s autumn and winter seasons, after graduating in July 2008. She has danced in Page’s Cinderella (Stepsister and Summer), Pennies From Heaven, The Nutcracker (Dame Mouserink), The Sleeping Beauty (Fairy of Angelic Temperament, Cinderella), Fearful Symmetries, Room of Cooks, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (Tweedledum, Tigerlily), Balanchine’s Rubies, Forsythe’s Workwithinwork, Spink’s Petrushka, Pastor’s In Light and Shadow, Alston’s Carmen, Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Caniparoli’s Still Life, MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella) and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Amy Hadley Born in the West Midlands, Amy Hadley began her training as a junior associate with Birmingham Royal Ballet before graduating from the Royal Ballet Upper School. Throughout her time at the Royal Ballet School, Hadley appeared in numerous productions including soloist roles in Raymonda, and Christopher Wheeldon’s Schubertiade, as well as participating in the re-opening gala of The Royal Opera House.Professionally, Hadley has appeared with Birmingham Royal Ballet in their productions of The Nutcracker and Still Life at The Penguin Café, and
with The Royal Ballet productions The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Coppélia.Hadley joined Scottish Ballet in 2006 and has danced in Page’s The Nutcracker (Mice, Bad Snowflake), Cinderella (Stepsister and Autumn), Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty
(Lucinda, Fairy of Grace), Pennies From Heaven, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (Dormouse, Mock Turtle), Forsythe’s Artifact Suite and Workwithinwork, Balanchine’s Rubies, Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet and In Light and Shadow, Dean’s Träume, Spink’s Petrushka, Alston’s Carmen, Val Caniparoli’s Still Life, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Quenby Hersh Quenby Hersh trained at Southland Ballet Academy for 12 years. In 2005, she was awarded a scholarship with the Royal Ballet School, where she worked with Gailene Stock.In addition to dancing the role of Angel in the Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker, Hersh has performed in Swan Lake, Giselle and Don Quixote during her time with Festival Ballet Theatre. Quenby has also worked with Kaatsbaan International Dance Center and American Ballet Theatre, and has won several awards, including an Inspiring
Achievement award at the Helsinki International Ballet Competition and the silver medal at the Youth America Grand Prix in New York.Hersh joined Scottish Ballet in 2006, and was promoted to Coryphée in July 2011. She has danced in Page’s The Nutcracker (Marie), Cinderella, Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy, Fairy of Wisdom, Cinderella), Pennies From Heaven, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (Cheshire Cat, Duchess), Pastor’s In Light and Shadow (Aria) and Romeo and Juliet, Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Balanchine’s Rubies, Spink’s Petrushka, Dean’s Träume, Loosmore’s Chasing Ghosts, Caniparoli’s Still Life and Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth.
Bethany Kingsley-Garner Born in England, Bethany Kingsley-Garner trained as a Bristol Junior Associate with the Royal Ballet School, before moving onto both the Lower and Upper Royal Ballet Schools. During this time, she danced in The Royal Ballet’s productions of The Nutcracker, Coppélia, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, as well as winning the April Oldrich Award for most dynamic performer in 1994 and receiving First Commendation and Young British Dancer of the Year in 2006. Graduating with honors in 2007, Kingsley-Garner received the Wyre Drawer company leavers
prize. Kingsley-Garner joined Scottish Ballet in 2007 and has danced in Page’s The Nutcracker (Bad Snowflake), The Sleeping Beauty (Pina, Fairy of Song/Lady Bluebird, Cinderella), Cinderella (Summer), Pennies From Heaven, Fearful Symmetries, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (Tweedledee, Bread and Butterfly), Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Balanchine’s Rubies, Forsythe’s Workwithinwork, Spink’s Petrushka, Brown’s For M.G.: The Movie, Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet and In Light and Shadow, Dean’s Träume, Alston’s Carmen (Frasquita), Liburd’s From Where, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Sophie Laplane Sophie Laplane trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris winning the Prize of the CNSMDP Mention Bien. Prior to this, she trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School. She danced with Le Ballet de Lorraine from 2003-04, appearing in Brumachon’s L’Héroïne, ou La Gloire Imprudente, Limon’s Missa Brévis, Armitage’s Rave and Prejlocaj’s La Stravaganza.Between 2002 and 2003, Laplane was a member of The Junior Ballet Classique du Conservatoire de Paris and performed in Balanchine’s Agon,
North’s Figures Courantes, Bombana’s Petite Suite en Noir and Fonte’s Everyday Incarnation.
Laplane joined Scottish Ballet in winter 2004, and was promoted to Coryphée in July 2011. She has appeared in Page’s The Nutcracker (Dame Mouserink, Bad Snowflake), Cinderella (Stepmother and Stepsister), Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (Carabosse, Red Riding Hood, Lucinda), Pennies From Heaven, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (Mock Turtle, Tweedledee), Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, Episodes, Agon and Rubies, Ashton’s Façade, Spink’s Petrushka, Petronio’s Ride the Beast, Brown’s For M.G.: The Movie, Forsythe’s Artifact Suite, Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet (Juliet’s Friend), Alston’s Carmen (Mercedes), MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Stella) and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Remi Andreoni Remi Andreoni was born in Toulouse and studied dance at a private school in the area. He has danced with Leipzig Ballet and Zurich Ballet.Andreoni joined Scottish Ballet in summer 2010 and has danced in Ashley Page’s Pennies from Heaven, The Sleeping Beauty (Elfin Prince, Austrian Prince), Cinderella (Chevalier), Fearful Symmetries, Pennies from Heaven and Alice (Daisy, House of Cards), Paul Liburd’s From Where, Frederick Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Lewis Landini Lewis Landini began his training as a Northern Ballet Theatre Associate, performing in Wuthering Heights and A Christmas Carol. He then trained at Central School of Ballet (BA Hons).He appeared as a principal with London Children’s Ballet and, as a member of Ballet Central, worked with choreographers Rafael Bonachela, Will Tuckett and Christopher Bruce. He subsequently joined Northern Ballet Theatre as an apprentice, performing in Nixon’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Nutcracker.
Landini has performed with Scottish Ballet in Page’s The Nutcracker (Drosselmeyer), Cinderella (Equerry), The Sleeping Beauty (Russian Prince, Doctor, Elfin Prince), Fearful Symmetries, Pennies from Heaven, Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (Humpty Dumpty), Forsythe’s Workwithinwork, Spink’s Petrushka, Brown’s For M.G.: The Movie, Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet and In Light and Shadow, Balanchine’s Rubies, Alston’s Carmen, Caniparoli’s Still Life, MacMillan’s Song of the Earth and Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire.
Jamiel Laurence Born in London, Jamiel Laurence was trained from birth by his mother Janet Viola in many forms of dance and music including tap, ballet and jazz and contemporary, and went on to full time training in 2001 at The Arts Educational School Tring Park, as well as receiving two years of musical training in 2006-07 at the Trinity College of Music in Greenwich, with the Junior Conservatoire as a woodwind specialist.Laurence went on to focus on classical ballet in the Christmas of 2007 at The Central School of Ballet in London where he received a strong
training from a varied range of outstanding teachers, of both classical and contemporary dance forms. He toured with the school’s graduate company Ballet Central in 2007-08 as a foundation student, and in 2008-09 as a degree student where he was given great opportunities to dance roles in new works as well as in established repertoire from great choreographers including; Christopher Gable’s Five Lullabies, Richard Alston’s Brisk Singing, Matthew Hart’s Whodunit?, Matthew Bourne’s Cygnets and David Bintley Flowers of the Forest.
Laurence joined Scottish Ballet for the company’s Winter Season after graduating from Central with a BA hons Degree in July 2009, and joined the company permanently in August 2010. He has danced in Page’s The Nutcracker (Soldiers, Chinese Divert), Pennies from Heaven, The Sleeping Beauty (Elfin Prince, Romanian Prince), Cinderella and Alice (Humpty Dumpty),
Val Caniparoli’s Still Life, Krzysztof Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Rimbaud PatronBorn in France, Rimbaud Patron trained at National Conservatory of Paris, Paris Opera Ballet School, Boulonge Conservatory Paris and English National Ballet School. With English National Ballet, he has performed in The Nutcracker, Raymonda, Napoli, Solitaire and Coppelia as well as Christopher Hampson’s Strauss Gala in 2010.
Andrew Peasgood Born in England, Andrew Peasgood trained as a Leeds Junior Associate with the Royal Ballet School, before moving onto both the Lower and Upper Royal Ballet Schools. During this time, he danced in The Royal Ballet’s productions of The Nutcracker, This house will burn, Coppélia and The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production of Swan Lake as well as winning third prize at the Young British Dancer of the Year 2006 and two choreographic awards. In his graduation year, Peasgood performed in Ashton’s Swan Lake (pas de quatre), Bintley’s Galentries (pas de trois)
and Natalie Wier’s The Unwritten (lead male).Upon graduation, Peasgood joined the Ballet de L’Opera National du Rhin where the role of Peter in Bertrand D’At’s Peter and the Wolf was created on him. Other solo roles include Lucinda Child’s Le Mandarin Merveilleux (Étudiant), Hervé Maigret’s Retour a Rogville (Jardinier) and D’At/Guilhaumon’s Danseurs et Magiciens (Bangor). Peasgood has also danced in Maurice Béjart’s Le Marteau sans Maitre and Variations pour une porte et un soupir, Alexander Ekman’s FlockWork, Bertrand D’At’s Papillons, Jo Strømgren’s Coppélia and Gary Stewart’s Un Black.Peasgood joined Scottish Ballet in July 2010 and has danced in Ashley Page’s Pennies from Heaven, The Sleeping Beauty (Russian Prince, Elfin Prince), Cinderella (Ambassador) and Alice
(Gryphon), Frederick Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Nicholas ShoesmithBorn in Swindon, Nicholas Shoesmith trained at the Australian Ballet School. His favorite roles to date include Sancho Panza in Don Quixote (Australian Ballet) and Puss in Boots in The Sleeping Beauty (Stanton Welsh). Shoesmith joined Scottish Ballet in 2012.
Owen ThorneBorn in New Orleans, La., Owen Thorne was invited by Helgi Tomasson to join the San Francisco Ballet School where he trained under Parish Maynard, Ricardo Bustamante and Jorge Esquivel. During this time, he performed with the company in productions including Possokhov’s Firebird and Don Quixote and Tomassion’s Sleeping Beauty. He also trained under Marica Dale Weary and Richard Cook at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, and trained on merit scholarship at Julliard, Kirov Ballet in Washington D.C. and Miami City Ballet.
Thorne joined Houston Ballet in 2007 where he performed in the company’s productions of Kylian’s Soldiers Mass, Balanchine’s Symphony In C, van Manen’s 5 Tangos, Cranko’s Onegin, Bourneville’s La Sylphide, Hynd’s Merry Widow, Stevenson’s Nutcracker, and Welch’s Marie, Cinderella, Bolero and Five Seasons.Thorne was invited by Ashley Page to join Scottish Ballet in 2009, and was promoted to Coryphée in July 2011. He has danced featured roles in Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt and Lord Capulet) and In Light and Shadow, and Page’s The Nutcracker (Dr. Stahlbaum and the Russian variation), The Sleeping Beauty (The King, Elfin Prince), Cinderella (Father) and Alice (Jabberwock, Caterpillar). He has also performed in Page’s Fearful Symmetries, Pennies from Heaven and Room of Cooks, Forsythe’s Workwithinwork, Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Caniparoli’s Still Life, MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, Elo’s Kings 2 Ends, Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar
Named Desire (Stanley) and Martin Lawrance’s Run For It.
Constant VigierBorn in Quimper, France, Constant Vigier trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School from 2004-09 before joining Hamburg Ballet in 2010 dancing roles in The Lady of the Camellias, Mahlers 3rd Symphony, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nijinsky, Death in Venice, Liliom, The Little Mermaid, Purgatorio, Saint Matthews Passion, La Sacre du Printemps and Renku. Vigier joined Scottish Ballet in 2013.
Victor Zarallo Victor Zarallo was born in Barcelona, Spain. He trained at the Institut del Teatre, the John Cranko School, and graduated from the Royal Ballet Upper School in July 2008.He has danced in La Bayadère and Romeo and Juliet with the Royal Ballet and Christopher Ray’s Poems with the Royal Ballet School. In 2008, he also danced in Natalie Wier’s The Unwritten (solo boy) and Le Corsaire, as well as the Bluebird pas de duex from Coda. Victor also performed his own choreography Nunca digas at The Royal Ballet School’s solo evening in 2007.
Zarallo was a finalist in the competition Ribroja Valencia and had the chance to work for one month with the national ballet of Cuba.He joined Scottish Ballet in autumn 2008, and has danced in Page’s Pennies From Heaven, The Nutcracker (Grandfather), Fearful Symmetries, The Sleeping Beauty (Bluebird, Romanian Prince, Elfin Prince), Cheating, Lying, Stealing and Alice (March Hare), Balanchine’s Rubies, Pastor’s In Light and Shadow, Forsyth’s Workwithinwork, Spink’s Petrushka, Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet, Alston’s Carmen, Liburd’s From Where, Loosmore’s Chasing Ghosts, Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth (Messenger of Death), Jorma Elo’s Kings 2 Ends and Meckler/Lopez Ochoa’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Alan).
