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Gary Avis
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A soloist and one of the company's best actors. His Monsieur G.M. (in Manon) stands comparison with Derek Rencher's (who created the role and a real benchmark in playing it).

If he has a fault, it's that he sometimes overacts - was a noticeably camp Chief Brahmin in La Bayadere. However, is also a good dancer, and tends to be a very attentive partner. {other mentions}
 

 
Larissa Bamber
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A First Artist. Remembered for smiling like no other and for excellence in flower selling (Don Q). {other mentions}
 
 
Sandra Conley
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Once a lovely Natalia in 'Month in the Country', and did 'Swan Lake' in the old touring company - still lovely, but she's hung up her pointe shoes now and is usually seen as someone's mother. {other mentions}
 
 
Chloe Davies
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Really noticed on the 1996 Dance Bites tour where she danced in a piece by Christopher Wheeldon. Everything, and I mean everything, was well defined, well executed and looked so very smooth - smooth above all. Chloe also danced Darcey Bussell's role in Wheeldon's "Pavane pour une infante defunte"; a major opportunity which she seized wholeheartedly.

Here is what the critic Clive Barnes said when he saw her in New York, "... Davies, an interesting dancer who I hadn't noticed much before, looks, at some angles, oddly like the fabled Fonteyn, and dances with a svelte couthness, a little like the also fabled Berisova. It's a Royal Ballet lineage worth following". One of my (BM) tips for the very top in a few years (remember you heard it here first!). {other mentions}
 

 
Matthew Dibble
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A First Artist. A powerhouse on legs - gets a lot of virtuoso roles. Was one of the high points of the de Valois revival, in Wayne Sleep's solo Every Goose can. Has a jump and speed to rival Sleep and a strong stage personality. {other mentions}
 
 
David Drew
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By far the longest-serving company member (joined in 1955!), Drew does a vast range of character parts and has also taught several generations of RBS boys the basics of partnering. An ambassador for ballet and a very good supporter of the Ballet Association. He is also great fun! {other mentions}
 
 
Sara Gallie
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Lovely feet and lots of guts - she stands out in any of her solos. Very fast and light - catch her (if you can!) as the Spring Fairy in Ashton's Cinderella. Shows the others how it should be done. {other mentions}
 
 
Shi-Ning Liu
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A Soloist who gets better and better. A bit shy and unassuming - but his confidence is building all the time. {other mentions}
 
 
Natalie McCann
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An RB Soloist. Good in the traditional stuff (neat and tidy etc) but a revelation in the new Forsythe pieces which she attacks with gusto. {other mentions}
 
 
Leire Ortueta
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A Soloist. Long legs that are under control and look the part in old stuff and new. {other mentions}
 
 
Ashley Page
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Better known for his choreography these days, Page was a fine dancer - he did Romeo and even Bluebird, but then seemed to be rather overlooked until he re-emerged as a character dancer. A stunning Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet but still getting into his Carabosse (Sleeping Beauty). His King of the South in "Prince of the Pagodas" was chilling in the extreme. Beware his wigs - for reasons best known to themselves, the costume department have a genius for producing astonishingly unattractive wigs. Apparently the notion of a bald Tybalt is too radical for them. The best bullying Ugly Sister they have in Cinderella, he's genuinely funny in a role that can easily be pushed over to embarrassing ham.
Has also choreographed a piece in Doc Martens - much appreciated by one member of ballet.co! {other mentions}
 
 
Genesia Rosato
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A principal character artist, but somebody who is far from ready to hang up her pointes yet. Memorable as the Siren in "Prodigal Son", Natalia in "Month in the Country" and Lady Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet" (and also for striking me (BM) dumb at a Ballet Association do). {other mentions}
 
 
Christopher Saunders
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Like Rosato, a Principal Character Artist, and like her, far from stopping dancing yet. One of the taller men in the company, he partners Darcey Bussell frequently. He's a reliable partner, looks good in most things - and is outstanding as Monsieur G.M. in Manon. High points include a cameo as Wellington in Cinderella (particularly if he's partnering Ashley Page) and as the friend in the Rake's Progress, as well as one of the clients in Manon. Dunno what it is, but stick him in a brothel scene and he has a whale of a time. (Yes, this is probably libellous, please don't sue, Christopher!) {other mentions}
 
 
William Tuckett
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Unusual in being an excellent character dancer whilst still very young - but then he's a choreographer, and the two often go together. Watch him as the drunken tutor in Swan Lake; marvellous stuff. As a choreographer he does not seem to be doing quite so much and his early promise is not being fulfilled.

Choreographed "The Magpie's Tower" for the 1997 Dance Bites tour, an utterly incomprehensible piece about three times too long, even if it did have Adam Cooper in a white tennis dress , albeit also wearing a hat described by Sylvie Guillem as a "condom". However, he redeemed himself the following year with "Puirt a Beul", which is being revived at Sadler's Wells. {other mentions}
 
 
Anna De Vos
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A Soloist. Striking with Irek in Fearful Symmetries but injury seems to have stopped her from doing so much recently. {other mentions}
 
 
Zenaida Yanowsky
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Joined from the Paris Opera - tall, technically strong, and the best of the current flight of Lilac Fairies - she's serenely benevolent and intelligent in the role. Also dazzled in the new pieces on display in the 1997 Dance Bites tour. The potential to be a principal, and she is finding her feet in the company. While it's still disconcerting to see her towering over her colleagues, she has been used far more this year and to good effect. Also superb as the Winter Fairy in Ashton's Cinderella. {other mentions}
 


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