Lauren Cuthbertson

Lauren was born in Devon and began dancing with the Junior Associates, Royal Ballet School, White Lodge and Upper School from Sept 1995 - Feb 2002. She gained 2nd place in Young British Dancer of the Year in 2000 and in 2001 she was the Silver Medallist at the Adeline Genée Award. She joined The Royal Ballet in February 2002 as an Artist, was promoted to Soloist in September 2003, First Soloist in September 2006 and Principal in June 2008.

Her repertory with the Company includes Juliet in MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet, Mitzi Casper in Mayerling, a courtesan in Manon, Odette/Odile in Anthony Dowell’s production of Swan Lake, the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Aurora in Coppélia, Don Quixote, the Lilac Fairy, Fairy of Vitality, Sapphire Fairy and Princess Florine in Natalia Makarova’s The Sleeping Beauty, the Lilac Fairy, Fairy of the Enchanted Garden, Diamond Fairy and Princess Aurora in Monica Mason and Christopher Newton’s production of The Sleeping Beauty, L’Ĕte in David Bintley’s Les Saisons, the lead female role in Tombeaux, Cathy Marston’s Traces, Gamzatti in Markarova’s production of La Bayadère, Christopher Wheeldon’s Polyphonia, Jiří Kylían’s Sinfonietta, Peter Wright’s production of Giselle, the Pas de trois in George Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial, Myrtha in his Giselle, Polyhymnia in Apollo, Agon in Symphony in C, the First Sylph in Johan Kobborg’s production of August Bournonville’s La Sylphide, the Pas de deux from Wayne McGregor’s Qualia, and side Neapolitan couple in Ashton’s Ondine, Symphonic Variations, Summer and Winter Fairy in Ashton’s Cinderella, the Pas de trois in Les Rendezvous, Napoli Divertissements, the female role in Rubies as part of George Balanchine’s Jewels and the title role in Sylvia.

She has created roles in Cathy Marston’s Between Shadows (2002), Christopher Wheeldon’s Tryst (2002), David Bintley’s Les Saisons (2003), Wayne McGregor’s Qualia (2002), Robert Garland’s Spring Rites (2004), Cathy Marston’s Venetian Requiem (2004), Matjash Mrozewski’s Castle Nowhere (2006), Wayne McGregor’s Chroma (2006) and Christopher Wheeldon’s DGV (2006).

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