Yasmine Naghdi

Yasmine Naghdi is a Prima Ballerina of The Royal Ballet, London, UK. She is the first London-born Principal Ballerina at The Royal Ballet since Darcey Bussell. In 2009 she won the "Young British Dancer of the Year" Competition. In 2018, she was nominated for Best Female Dancer at the Critic's Circle National Dance Awards. Her performances at the Royal Opera House have received high critical acclaim and praise by various dance critics in the UK press, in UK and international dance magazines. Her classical style of dancing has been described as exceptionally pure and crystal clear, she combines her artistry and musicality with an extraordinary ease of dancing, her outstanding technique always executed with immense control and strength. Internationally renowned, she has danced in China, Tokyo, Okinawa, Osaka, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Taiwan, Shanghai, Barcelona, Milan, Madrid, Monaco, Bogota, Colombia, New York, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Bermuda, Bahrain, Sydney, Brisbane, Toronto, and Denmark. She was invited in 2014 to perform in Bogota, Colombia, on the occasion of the re-opening of the restored Teatro Cristobal, in the presence of the Colombian president. She has appeared on BBC and ITV, and her live performance of "Romeo&Juliet" from the Royal Opera House stage in Covent Garden was relayed in cinemas worldwide. Her performances have been recorded for DVD by Opus Arte: "Symphonic Variations", "Corybantic Games", "Giselle" (pas de six), "Swan Lake " (Four Cygnets)