Principal Dancer
A Kenyan-born British principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, Francesca Hayward has become one of the company's most celebrated interpreters of the classical repertoire, earning particular acclaim for her luminous Juliet and ethereal Giselle.
Defining moments and milestones
From her childhood discovery of ballet through a Nutcracker video, Francesca Hayward rose through the ranks of The Royal Ballet School to join the company professionally in 2010, establishing herself as a dancer of rare sensitivity and technical mastery. Her promotion to Principal Dancer in 2016 marked the culmination of a meteoric ascent, and she has since become the company's most compelling interpreter of the classical and contemporary repertoire, with her Juliet in MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet standing as a defining performance of her generation.
Promoted to Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet in 2016
Le Serve School of Ballet and Theatre Dance, Worthing, West Sussex; The Royal Ballet School (White Lodge, 2003; Royal Ballet Upper School, 2008–2011)
Recordings featuring Francesca Hayward in the Society index
Additional recordings will appear here as the catalog expands.