Anna Rose O'Sullivan (born 16 April 1994) is an English ballet dancer and is a principal dancer at the Royal Ballet.[1] Her promotion to principal dancer took effect in September 2021.
Early life
O'Sullivan was born in Harrow, London and raised in Ickenham. Her father is a construction contracts manager and her mother works in the NHS. She has two younger brothers and a younger sister. She started dance at age two, and performed with London Children's Ballet. She has also performed in musical theatre, and appeared as Cosette in Les Misérables and in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on the West End.[1][2] She entered The Royal Ballet School at age 11.[3]
Career
O'Sullivan graduated into The Royal Ballet in 2012. In 2015, she danced her first major role, Clara in The Nutcracker. Her performance was endorsed by Peter Wright, the production's choreographer.[4] She was named First Artist in 2016, Soloist in 2017, First Soloist in 2019, and Principal in 2021. Her first principal role was Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and she went on to portray other lead roles such as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty and Swanida in Coppelia.[1][5] In May 2021, the Royal Ballet announced that O'Sullivan's promotion to principal dancer will take effect in September 2021.[6] In March 2022, she debuted as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake. [7]
Selected repertoire
O'Sullivan's repertoire with The Royal Ballet includes:[1]
- Princess Aurora, Princess Florine, Florestan’s Sister, Fairy of the Golden Vine, Fairy of the Song Bird and White Cat in The Sleeping Beauty
- Swanilda in Coppelia
- 1st Movement Concerto
- Dorabella Enigma Variations
- Alice Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker
- Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
- Olga in Onegin
- Kitri and Amour in Don Quixote
- Pas de six and Moyna in Giselle
- Odette/Odile, Neapolitan, Cygnet and pas de trois in Swan Lake
- Princess Louise and Princess Stephanie in Mayerling
- Vera in A Month in the Country
- Calliope in Apollo
- Apricot girl and Blue girl in Dances at a Gathering
- Blue Girl in Les Patineurs
- 4th Movement in Symphony in C
- Infra
- ‘Emeralds’ in Jewels
- After the Rain
- Within the Golden Hour,
- La Bayadère
- Tchaikovsky Pas de deux
- Voices of spring
Created roles
- Multiverse
- Woolf Works
- Symphonic Dances
References
- ^ a b c d "Anna Rose O'Sullivan". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Anna Rose O'Sullivan interview: 'There's a difference between wanting to reach your full potential and getting to the top'". Evening Standard. 27 November 2020.
- ^ "A day in the life: Anna Rose O'Sullivan". Bloch. 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Anna Rose O'Sullivan: I dreamed of dancing in Darcey Bussell's shoes... now I'm the Royal Ballet lead in The Nutcracker". Evening Standard. 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Cupcakes & Conversation with Anna Rose O'Sullivan, Soloist, The Royal Ballet". Ballet News. 19 April 2018.
- ^ Woodfield, Ashley (18 May 2021). "The Royal Ballet announces Company promotions". Royal Opera House.
- ^ "Swan Lake | Cast List | 09.03.2022 19:30".