Emerging Dancer 2024: Free Full Performance | English National Ballet

Enjoy a free stream of our Emerging Dancer competition – a fantastic opportunity to watch our rising stars flourish, and witness how far their dedication has taken them. Filmed at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, on 24th May and available to view until 28th July at 6pm BST. Download the free digital programme for Emerging Dance 2024 here ⟶ More Info ⟶ Support English National Ballet ⟶ Subscribe for more videos ⟶ Success in ballet requires talent and a huge amount of hard work, commitment and creative curiosity. Through Emerging Dancer, English National Ballet recognises the excellence of its artists. Selected by their colleagues, six of our most promising dancers receive individual coaching and mentoring from their peers, before performing in front of an eminent panel of expert judges. One will receive the 2024 Emerging Dancer Award. This year’s finalists are Anna Ciriano, Breanna Foad, Shunhei Fuchiyama, Jose María Lorca Menchón, Thiago Pereira, and Anna-Babette Winkler. They will each perform a classical pas de deux and a contemporary piece, featuring new works by Rentaro Nakaaki and Ching-Ying Chien, and Dust by Akram Khan. Learn more about our finalists here ⟶ During this special event hosted by Aaron S. Watkin, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, the recipient of the People’s Choice Award, selected by members of the public, and the Corps de Ballet Award, acknowledging the work on and off-stage of an Artist of the Company, will also be revealed. Emerging Dancer provides a great opportunity for talent and skill development for the performers and their mentors. Emerging Dancer supported by CHANEL. The People’s Choice Award is supported by Alexis and Frances Prenn. The Corps de Ballet Award is supported by Sue and Graeme Sloan. Subscribe for regular ENB films ► Watch more ENB films ► Ballet on Demand ► BalletActive ► What’s On ► #EnglishNationalBallet _________________________ 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 Sign up to our monthly newsletter ⟶ Subscribe on YouTube ⟶ ENB on Facebook ⟶ ENB on X ⟶ ENB on Instagram ⟶ ENB on Spotify ⟶ _________________________ 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗧 English National Ballet has a long and distinguished history. Founded in 1950 as London Festival Ballet by the great English dancers Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin, it has been at the forefront of ballet’s growth and evolution ever since. English National Ballet brings world class ballet to the widest possible audience through performances across the UK and on eminent international stages; its distinguished orchestra, English National Ballet Philharmonic; its digital platforms; as a leader in creative learning and engagement practice, building innovative partnerships to deliver flagship programmes such as Dance for Parkinson’s; and through talent development initiatives including Ballet Futures which looks to create a more diverse future for the artform. English National Ballet continues to add ground-breaking new works to its repertoire whilst celebrating the tradition of great classical ballet, gaining acclaim for artistic excellence and creativity. 2019 saw the Company enter a new chapter with a move to a purpose-built state-of-the-art home in east London, allowing a renewed commitment to creativity, ambition, and connection to more people, near and far, than ever before. Website ⟶