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Yasmine Naghdi
Principal Dancer
Born March 25, 1992 in London, United Kingdom (34 years old)
Ballet
Yasmine Naghdi is a British ballerina and a principal ballerina of The Royal Ballet, London. She joined The Royal Ballet's corps de ballet in April 2010 while she was a graduate student at The Royal Ballet School. She made her way up through all the five ranks of The Royal Ballet and reached the highest rank aged 24, when she was promoted to principal ballerina.
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Career Trajectory
Beginning her training at age six in West London, Naghdi progressed through The Royal Ballet School's elite junior and senior programmes before joining the company's corps de ballet in 2010. Her ascent accelerated following her transformative 2015 debut as Juliet, which led to her promotion to Principal Dancer by 2017—a meteoric rise that established her as one of the company's most luminous classical interpreters. Today, she commands the full spectrum of the classical and contemporary repertoire, from the dual demands of Swan Lake to the dramatic intensity of MacMillan's masterworks, cementing her status as a defining artist of The Royal Ballet.
Career Highlight
Promoted to Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet at age 24 (2017), following her acclaimed debut as Juliet in Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet (2015)
At a Glance
- Voice
- Principal Dancer
- Nationality
- British
- Born
- 1992 · London, United Kingdom
- Active since
- 2015
Training & Education
Royal Ballet School
Principal Houses
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Career Arc
A chronological journey through key moments
1992Born in London, United Kingdom
2015Following her acclaimed debut as Juliet in Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet
2017Promoted to Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet at age 24
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