J'aime Crandall

American ballet dancer

J'aime Crandall
Born	(1982-04-28) April 28, 1982 (age 42) Virginia, U.S.
Education	Kirov Academy of Ballet
Occupation	ballet dancer
Years active	2001–present
Career
Current group	Royal Danish Ballet
Former groups	Universal Ballet Dutch National Ballet

J'aime Crandall (born April 28, 1982) is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at Royal Danish Ballet.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in Virginia, she grew up in Arizona, and trained in a ballet school in Phoenix. When she was 13, she was admitted to the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C.

Career

In 2001, she joined Universal Ballet in Seoul, South Korea and was promoted to demi-soloist the following year. Her repertoire there where her repertoire included works by Petipa, Balanchine, Brian Yoo and Oleg Vinogradov. In 2003, she became a member of the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. In 2008, she joined the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen as member of the corps de ballet, becoming a soloist in February 2011 and a principal dancer in December the same year. She has danced leading roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Études, La Sylphide and The Nutcracker.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Selected repertoire

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
The Ballerina in Theme and Variations
Odette/Odile in Swan Lake
Manon in Manon
Sylph in La Sylphide
Manon in Lady of the Camellias
Tchaikovsky Pas de deux
Sugar Plum Fairy and Dewdrop in The Nutcracker
The Ballerina in Etudes
Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty

Ballerina in Other Dances
3rd Movement in Symphony in C
Nikiya in La Bayadere
Pas de six in Napoli
Russian Girl in Serenade
Pas de deux in Agon
Mercedes in Don Quixote
Bella Figura
Apollo

Source:^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "J'aime Crandall". Det Kongelige Teater. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
^ "J'aime Crandall". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved May 1, 2014.
^ Peter Thygesen (April 27, 2012). "Danmarks nyeste primaballerina mestrer den forfinede, slebne lethed". Politken. Retrieved May 1, 2014.