Natalia Osipova and Guests (2016) (Assistant Choreographer & Rehearsal Director)

Multi award-winning Russian classical ballerina Natalia Osipova is a major star in the dance world. She started formal ballet training at age 8, joining the Bolshoi Ballet at age 18 and dancing many of the art form’s biggest roles. After leaving the Bolshoi in 2011, she joined American Ballet Theatre as a guest dancer and later the Mikhailovsky Ballet. She joined The Royal Ballet as a principal in 2013

For this brand new production, Natalia Osipova experiments with the contemporary genre as she strives for new ways of artistic expression. The programme, the first ever to be commissioned by her, features new work inspired by this unique dancer, by three contemporary choreographers: Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Russell Maliphant, alongside Opera House regular Arthur Pita.

Jennifer White assisted Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui on the creation of his trio ‘Qutb’ She went on tour with the show as Rehearsal Director. Composer Felix Buxrton (Basement Jaxx) joins Larbi’s creative team on the score for Qutb.