Adji Cissoko

Ballet dancer born in Munich from a German mother and a Senegalese father. Se began with ballet at 7 years old and trained in Vaganova technique at the Ballet Academy Munich. At the age of 18, she attended the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at The American Ballet Theatre of New York. In 2010, she joined the the National Ballet of Canada, which honored her two years later with the Patron Award of Merit. Since 2014 she's been working as a principal dancer with Alonzo King's Lines Ballet. In 2020, she became certified in American Ballet Theatre's National Training Curriculum.