Dancer Biographies

American Ballet Theatre

Gennadi Saveliev

Gennadi Saveliev was trained at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and the School of American Ballet. He has studied with such distinguished teachers and coaches as Sergei Berezhnoi, Pyotr Pestov, Mikhail Lavrovsky, Stanley Williams, Eleanor D'Antuono and Cynthia Gregory.

Mr. Saveliev was a member of Bolshoi Ballet before he joined American Ballet Theater in 1996. He has appeared as a guest artist throughout the United States and has toured in Russia, Europe, Egypt, Brazil, Argentina, Japan and China, and has worked with such choreographers as Yuri Grigorovich, Lar Lubovich, Kevin McKenzie, Ben Stevenson, John Nieumeier and Twyla Tharp. Mr. Saveliev's repertoire includes leading roles in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Raymonda, Coppélia, Les Sylphides, Le Corsaire, Eugene Onegin and Don Quixote.

As the winner of the 1996 New York International Ballet Competition, Mr. Saveliev continues to perform with American Ballet Theater and to appear as a guest artist and master teacher in the United States and abroad.

Ballet Frankfurt

Christopher Roman

Christopher Roman began his dance training at the age of 16 at the School of the Cleveland Ballet under the direction of Nicole Sowinska and Daniel Job and began his professional career the following year with The Cleveland Ballet under the direction of Dennis Nahat. With a desire to continue his dance education he left The Cleveland Ballet to study at the School of American Ballet and later joined Pacific Northwest Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, and as a soloist and principal with Miami City Ballet under the direction of Edward Vilella, and The Pennsylvania Ballet. in 1999 he joined William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt where currently remains. His background and repertoire range from the classical to the contemporary and from the improvisational and theatrical to the traditional. His career has allowed him the opportunity to dance on the greatest and most prestigious stages in the world and to perform and create with an assortment of renowned choreographers, most notably William Forsythe.

BalletMet

Jimmy Orrante

A native of Los Angeles, Jimmy Orrante returns to BalletMet Columbus for his ninth season. He began his training at the Los Angeles County High School for the Performing Arts, under Don Hewitt, and is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts. He has attended international summer workshops in Budapest, Hungary, studied modern dance in London, and toured with Nevada Dance Theatre. Since joining BalletMet, Mr. Orrante has danced a variety of title roles including Cavalier in The Nutcracker, Albrecht in Giselle, the Young Don in Stanton Welch’s Don Quixote, Count Von RothBart in David Nixon’s Swan Lake, as well as originating the leading roles in Mr. Nixon’s Dangerous Liaisons and Dracula. In the summer of 2002 Mr. Orrante was asked to perform with the Northern Ballet Theatre in Leeds, England, as principle artist and tour throughout England in Mr. Nixon’s Evening of Gershwin. He recently returned in the spring of 2003 to tour with NBT as the character of Death in Birgit Scherzer’s Requiem!!

Additionally, Mr. Orrante was a guest artist in Dance Kaleidoscope in Los Angeles. Through the years he has enjoyed working with such choreographers as James Kudelka, Alonzo King, Mark Godden, Peter Pucci and Julia Adam.

Olivia Clark

Olivia Clark was born in Bellville, Ohio, and received her training as a scholarship student with the Professional Training Program at the BalletMet Dance Academy. Olivia has danced professionally with Festival Ballet of Rhode Island and Nashville Ballet. This is her fifth season with BalletMet. Olivia is the recipient of the 1994 Lucy Porter Scholarship and was a guest artist in 2001's Dance Project The Move in Pittsburgh.

Boston Ballet

Sarah Lamb

A native of Boston, Sarah Lamb trained with Madame Tatiana Nicolaevna Legat at the Boston Ballet School. After only four years with Mme Legat, Sarah was a finalist in the Junior Division at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi and the following year, at the Third International Ballet and Modern Dance Competition in Nagoya, Japan, she won the Silver Medal. Sarah’s strong and polished technique has won her numerous other awards and honors including the highest medal awarded at the 2000 New York International Ballet Competition; and recently, in 2002, she won the Silver Medal in the Senior Division at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson. Sarah has also been recognized for her artistic excellence by receiving the Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts prize and the Presidential Scholar in the Arts award.

Ms. Lamb combines refined elegance with a sparkling stage personality, bringing vitality to all her performances. After spending only two years in the corps de ballet, Sarah was promoted to Soloist in 2001. In March 2003, following her remarkable debut as Lise in the company premiere of Sir Frederick Ashton’s La Fille Mal Gardee, Sarah was promoted to Principal. Her lyrical phrasing and dramatic nuances make her excel as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Olga in John Cranko’s Eugene Onegin, Myrta, Queen of the Wilis in Giselle, Mercedes in Don Quixote, Gamzatti in La Bayadere, and as Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Sarah’s pure classical line is revealed in the many roles she performs in the Company’s classical repertory including the Peasant Pas de Deux from Giselle, Sugarplum Fairy, Snow Queen, and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Queen of the Dryads in Don Quixote, and the Fairy of the Enchanted Garden in The Sleeping Beauty, among many others.

Displaying her versatility and musicality, Sarah is equally impressive in neoclassical and contemporary works. Her varied repertoire with Boston Ballet also include leading roles in Balanchine’s Ballo de la Regina, Forsythe’s In the middle….Somewhat elevated, Rudi Van Dantzig’s Four Last Songs and Ginastera, and in Jerome Robbins’ Interplay. Most recently, Sarah created leading roles in the Company’s premiere of Jorma Elo’s Sharp Side of Dark, in David Dawson’s The Grey Area, and in Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camelias. Additionally, this season she made a stunning debut as Odette/Odile in Mikko Nissinem’s Swan Lake.

Ms. Lamb approaches all her roles with great respect for style and she has developed into one of the Company’s most outstanding and admired young artists. Sarah will be taking her dancing career to new heights when she joins London’s Royal Ballet as a First Solist in August, 2004.

“a distinctive blend of American energy and Kirov refinement” Renee Renouf Ballet.co Magazine

The finest dancing of the entire evening came from Sarah Lamb as Dew Drop... Lamb's line reflected Tchaikovsky's glowing music in every way, making this a true waltz of the flowers.” Theodore Bale Boston Herald

The star that outshines them all, however, is Sarah Lamb, who completely dominates the second act as the Queen of the Wilis. Her light step and fluid, smooth movements gives the eerie impression of her character being, well, a ghost.” Bence Olveczky The Tech, MIT

Raul Salamanca

Raul Salamanca studied ballet at Magda Aunon School of Classical Ballet and Arizona Ballet School. In 1996, he was awarded a full scholarship to study at Pennsylvania Ballet and earned full scholarships to study at Boston Ballet School in 1997 and in 2001. Salamanca received an honorable mention in 1997 at the “Arts & Letters Competition,” in Boca Raton and represented the United States at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi in 1998. ““In the Chinese dance, Raul Salamanca offered a thrilling set of turns.” Theodore Bale Boston Herald

Dance Theatre of Harlem

KELLYE A. SAUNDERS

Kellye A. Saunders

Kellye Saunders is a principal dancer with the Dance Theatre of Harlem. She began her dance training at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet in Washington, D.C. Ms. Saunders continued her dance education at Le Centre de Danse International in Cannes, France under the tutelage of Rosella Hightower, before joining DTH. Some of Ms. Saunders’ featured roles include Firebird, Giselle, A Song for Dead Warriors, Signs and Wonders, Adrian (Angel on Earth), The Four Temperaments, The Moor’s Pavane, Allegro Brillante and Fancy Free. Ms. Saunders has appeared as a guest artist dancing the role of “The Stripper” in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue in a collaborative project with The New York City Ballet. Some of her other guest appearances include performances with the Washington Ballet, Maryland Ballet, Ballethnic Dance Company, DC Artworks and Complexions.

“Ms. Saunders is a restless, driven Firebird. With pointe work like a hummingbird and an incredibly sharp first solo” Terry Hollis Dance Insider

Donald Williams

Donald Williams joined DTH as an apprentice in 1977 and was promoted to principal dancer in 1983. He first studied with Larry Long at Chicago's Ruth Page Foundation, then, at age 12, accepted a scholarship to complete his training at DTH. Mr. Williams has performed many leading roles including Giselle, Swan Lake, Le Corsaire pas de deux, The Moor's Pavane, Fancy Free, Allegro Brillante, Agon, Who Cares, The Four Temperaments, Voluntaries Dialogues and Geoffrey Holder's Banda and Dougla. As a guest artist, he has performed with London's Royal Ballet and at the International Ballet Festival in Cuba. He partnered Cynthia Gregory in the Gala of the Stars in Bilbao, Spain. Mr. Williams also dances frequently with Complexions, Dance Galaxy and Dances Patrelle. Television credits include the role of the Young Man in PBS' Peabody Award-winning "Kennedy Center Tonight: Stravinsky's Firebird," Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire and Motown's 30th Anniversary Special. Mr. Williams appeared in the film Cotton Club, and in 1998, made his Broadway debut in the Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime.

“Tall and imposing, Donald, who is a Principal Dancer of The Dance Theatre of Harlem, has his own special way of moving, and he always delivers with a performance that’s out of the ordinary. He is certainly one of America’s top dancers. “ Finis Jhung Dance Art

Dutch National Ballet

Larissa Lezhnina

Larissa Lezhnina was born in St Petersburg in 1969. She studied at the Vaganova School in St Petersburg from 1979 to 1987. Joined the Mariinsky Ballet in 1987 and was appointed soloist in 1990. She left the Mariinsky in 1994 to join Het Nationale Ballet (Dutch National Ballet) in the Netherlands.

Repertoire with Dutch National Ballet includes:
Cinderella (Ashton), Giselle (version by Wright), Nutcracker and Mouseking (Eagling and Van Schayk), Onegin (Cranko), Romeo and Juliet (Van Dantzig), The Sleeping Beauty (version by Wright), La Sylphide (version by Bjørn) and Swan Lake (version by Van Dantzig)

“Her performances in The Sleeping Beauty and Romeo and Juliet, together with numerous variations in the Petipa ballets, caused Western critics to praise her performances as ideal examples of Kirov classicism. Audiences admired her girlish, somewhat timid charm, her gentle, yet engaging and honest characterizations, and the purity of her style.” Marc Haegeman

English National Ballet

Thomas Edur

Birthplace - Estonia

Training - Estonian State Ballet School

Previous Companies

Estonia Opera Ballet BRB

Joined English National Ballet 1990 as Principal Dancer

Other info

Best Couple Prize, International Ballet Competition (1990), Evening Standard Outstanding Performance Award for Ballet (1994), Third Class Order of the White Star (Estonia), Unique Partnership Award - Critics' Circle (2002) with Agnes Oaks, Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance (2004), Patron of British Ballet Organisation (2004), nominated for Benois de la Dance 2004

“Thomas Edur as Prince Siegfried… the finest and noblest interpreter of the role in Britain – and arguably the world " Financial Times

“With his erect carriage and inherent nobility, Thomas Edur is a demi-god of classicism” Debra Crane

The Times

Agnes Oaks

Birthplace -Estonia

Training - Estonian State Ballet School, Bolshoi Ballet School

Previous Companies

Estonia Opera Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet (Guest Artist)

Joined English National Ballet 1990 as Principal Dancer

Other info

Best Couple Prize, International Ballet Competition (1990), Third Class Order of the White Star (Estonia), one of Dance International Magazine's Dancers of the Year (2000 and 2001), Unique Partnership Award – Critics' Circle (2002) with Thomas Edur, Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dancer (2004), Patron of British Ballet Organisation (2004), nominated for Benois de la Dance (2004)

“… she proved yet again that she is one of the finest classical dancers in Britain today… she is an artist”

Mail on Sunday

Houston Ballet

Principal Couple TBA

LINES Ballet

Prince Credell

Prince Credell

Prince Credell began his studies at the Dance Theatre of Harlem and the Ailey School (Judith Jamison Scholar). He worked with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet while attending the New York City H.S. for Performing Arts. Upon graduation, Mr. Credell received the Greg Burge Award and is a 2000 NFAA/Arts 1st Level recipient and Presidential Scholar nominee. His training concluded at ABT (NYC) and the San Francisco Ballet School. He is a former member of Ailey II.

Chiharu Shibata

Was born in Japan and studied at the Kikuchi Ballet School in Sapporo. She performed in the National Ballet Festival in Tokyo, representing her home city of Sapporo. She has performed a wide range of the classical repertoire. She came to the United States in 1987 to broaden her knowledge of ballet and performed with San Francisco Ballet that year. In 1989 she joined Alonzo King's LINES Ballet. In the fall of 1998 she performed as a principal dancer for the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. She has been a member since 1989.

National Ballet of Canada

Sonia Rodriguez

Toronto-born Sonia Rodriguez moved to Madrid, Spain, at the age of five. She received her dance training at Princess Grace Academy in Monaco and with Pedro de la Cruz in Madrid. In 1989 Ms. Rodriguez won the Enrico Cecchetti award (Grand Prix) at the international competition in Capri.

Ms. Rodriguez joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1990. She was promoted to Second Soloist in 1995 and to First Soloist in 1997. In 2000 she was promoted to Principal Dancer.

Ms. Rodriguez’ many principal roles include Odette/Odile in James Kudelka’s Swan Lake, the title role in Giselle, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Lise in La Fille mal gardée, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Kitri in Don Quixote, Swanilda in Coppélia, Cio-Cio San in Madame Butterfly, Princess Vasilisa in The Firebird, Vera in A Month in the Country, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Bianca in The Taming of a Shrew, Olga in Onegin, Lescaut’s Mistress in Manon, as well numerous Balanchine ballets including the lead in Diamonds in Jewels, Calliope in Apollo and the leads in Divertimento No. 15 , Mozartiana and Serenade.

Ms. Rodriguez created the title role in Kudelka’s Cinderella (2004), as well as roles in Matjash Mrozewski’s A Delicate Battle (2001) and Jean-Pierre Perreault’s The Comforts of Solitude (2001) as well as featured roles in Kudelka’s The Four Seasons and A Disembodied Voice (1999). She has danced in the company premieres of Kudelka’s there, below (2003), Désir (1998), Cruel World (1996) and Terra Firma (1997). In 1995, Ms. Rodriguez performed “Rum and Cola Cola” in the company premiere of Paul Taylor’s Company B, a role she reprised when the National Ballet performed to over 30,000 people at a Toronto Raptors/Orlando Magic Basketball game in March 1996 at Skydome.

Ms. Rodriguez danced the lead role in Canadian premiere of The Red Shoes for the Karen Kain Farewell Tour in 1997.

Ms. Rodriguez has also performed Child Alice in Glen Tetley’s Alice, the Red Couple in Kylian’s Forgotten Land, The Sweet Young Thing in Glen Tetley’s La Ronde and principal roles in Kudelka’s Pastorale, Eliot Feld’s Intermezzo and Makarova’s Paquita.

She also performed featured roles in Kudelka's Musings, Christopher House's Cafe Dances, Glen Tetley's The Rite of Spring, Alice and Voluntaries, Antony Tudor’s The Leaves Are Fading as well as roles in La Sylphide, Etudes, Symphony in C, The Four Temperaments, Theme and Variations and Les Sylphides.

In 1995 Ms. Rodriguez performed the balcony pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet and the pas de deux from Sylvia at an international ballet gala in Madrid, Spain. In 2004, Ms. Rodriguez performed at Stars of the 21st Century, performing The Sleeping Beauty pas de deux, and excerpts from Cinderella.

Ms. Rodriquez has performed in films such as The Planets and The Four Seasons, as well as television specials including Gotta Skate I and II, and hosted the Toronto Olympic bid concert at Roy Thomson Hall in 2001.

“Sonia Rodriguez danced with special sparkle, wit and abandon that flits across the stage.”
The Montreal Gazette, 1999

“the darkly beautiful Rodriguez, dances with rapturous abandon, investing her flirtatious character with just the right dollop of sauce” The Hamilton Spectator, 2001

Aleksandar Antonijevic

Born in Yugoslavia, Aleksandar Antonijevic attended the National Ballet School in Novi Sad where he studied under Ksenija Dinjaski and was coached by renowned Russian teachers Natalia Dudinskaya and Konstantin Sergeyev.

In 1988 Mr. Antonijevic received a Certificate of Honour for reaching the final round in the 13th International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria. In 1989 Mr. Antonijevic joined the Zurich Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet under the direction of Uwe Scholz. Within 10 months he was promoted to Demi-Soloist.

In 1991 Mr. Antonijevic joined The National Ballet of Canada as a Second Soloist. He was promoted to First Soloist in 1993 and to Principal Dancer in 1995.

Since joining The National Ballet of Canada, Mr. Antonijevic has danced the roles of Albrecht in Giselle, Basilio in Don Quixote, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Eugene Onegin and Lensky in Onegin, Danilo and Camille in The Merry Widow, Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty, Peter/ Nutcracker in The Nutcracker, Prince Charming in Cinderella, Colas in La Fille mal gardée, James in La Sylphide, Oberon in The Dream, Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly, Beliaev in A Month in the Country, Des Grieux in Manon, Solor in La Bayadère, Act II and the Poet in Les Sylphides, the Young Gentleman in La Ronde and Oedipus in Sphinx. He has performed the lead in several Balanchine ballets, including the title role in Apollo, the lead role in Diamonds in Jewels, and the principal male roles in Theme and Variations, Mozartiana, Serenade and The Four Temperaments.

Mr. Antonijevic has created several lead roles in ballets by James Kudelka, including the role of the Father in The Contract (2002), Prince Ivan in The Firebird (2000), Glenn 4 in A Disembodied Voice (1999), and the role of Siegfried in Swan Lake (1999). Mr. Antonijevic has also created roles in Jean-Pierre Perreault’s The Comforts of Solitude (2001) and Matjash Mrozewski’s A Delicate Battle (2001).

Mr. Antonijevic has danced the roles of The Man in James Kudelka’s The Four Seasons as well as the lead roles in the company premieres of Kudelka’s there, below (2003), The Fairy’s Kiss (1999), Désir (1998) and Cruel World (1996). He has also danced lead roles in Kudelka’s Musings and Pastarole as well as Makarova’s Paquita, Glen Tetley’s Voluntaries and the role of Lewis Carroll in Alice, Eliot Feld’s Intermezzo, Kenneth Macmillan’s Solitaire and Michel Fokine’s Le Spectre de la Rose.

Other ballets Mr. Antonijevic has performed include William Forsythe's the second detail and Herman Schmerman, Christopher House's Café Dances, John Alleyne’s Septet and Tristan and Isolde, Jiri Kylian’s Forgotten Land, Paul Taylor's Company B and Glen Tetley's The Rite of Spring and Oracle.

In April 2000 Mr. Antonijevic performed Manon for Santiago Ballet in Chile in 2000.

He has travelled to Tokyo Japan to perform with the Inoue Ballet in The Nutcracker in 1995, the role of Franz in Coppélia in 2000.

In December 1999, Mr. Antonijevic received critical acclaim when he danced the opening night performance of Giselle with the Singapore Dance Theatre

In January 1998, Mr. Antonijevic was a guest artist with English National Ballet. He performed the lead role in Derek Deane’s new production of The Nutcracker at the Coliseum in Covent Garden, London. In October 1998, Mr. Antonijevic performed in the Stars of the 21st Century gala performance in Paris, France. Also in October 1998, Mr. Antonijevic received praise for his performance in Désir during the company’s tour to New York City.

In 1996, Mr. Antonijevic performed a pas deux from The Sleeping Beauty at the Dancers for Life Gala in Vancouver. He also performed the grand pas de deux from Don Quixote at Ballet British Columbia’s 10th Anniversary Gala.

In June 1993, Mr. Antonijevic performed in Johannesburg, South Africa where he danced in Balanchine's Agon and Ballet Imperial with PACT Ballet.

“Aleksandar Antonijevic, as Prince Seigfried, easily executes the spectacular jumps that we’ve come to expect in the role. He has great ballon - the prowess to suggest his jumps pause, briefly, in mid-air.” The Ottawa Citizen, 1999

"Antonijevic's Florimund was one of those bolts of lightning that strikes only once or twice in a decade, announcing that there is magic in the air....Antonijevic must be one of the most exciting dancer-actors anywhere." The Globe and Mail, 1994

"His Romeo presented a perfect picture of Renaissance Italian youth, swept up by star crossed destiny. (Antonijevic is) an elegantly centred dancer able to toss off pirouettes with patrician ease...truly a Romeo in the making, blessed with impressive promise.” The Toronto Star

“(Antonijevic) has a soft springy jump that a gazelle would envy – though this leaper lands in perfect fifth and deep plié each time. He possesses high extension and excellent lines, making an elegant and supportive partner.” Dance Magazine, 1999

Royal Ballet

Viacheslav Samodurov

Born in Talinn, he trained at the Vaganova Ballet Academy and joined the Kirov Ballet in 1992, being promoted to Principal, 1998. His repertory included lead roles in Don Quixote, La Bayadère, La Sylphide, Le Corsaire, Nutcracker, Giselle, Laurencia, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Grand pas classique, Le Jeune Homme et la mort, Petrushka, Le Spectre de la rose, Schéhérazade, Tchaikovsky pas de deux, Symphony in C, Capriccio, The Fairy’s Kiss, Middle Duet and Poem of Ecstasy. In 2000 he joined Dutch National Ballet as a Principal, where his repertory included La Sylphide, Sleeping Beauty, Apollo, Duo Concertante, Symphony in Three Movements, Violin Concerto, Brahms Schoenberg Quartet, The Four Temperaments, Les Noces, Choreartium, Symphonic Variations, Adagio Hammerklavier, Black Cake, Five Tangos, Andante Festivo, Four Last Songs, Approximate Sonata and The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude. He joined The Royal Ballet this Season; his repertory includes Romeo and The Four Temperaments.

”The gifted Viacheslav Samodurov was a startlingly exciting first-night Faune, sniffing a nymph's discarded dress, tail pricked and skin trembling with sensual discovery.” Ismene Brown Arts Telegraph.co.UK

Stuttgart Ballet

Bridget Breiner

Bridget Breiner was born in Connecticut, USA. She received her training at the BalletMet Dance Academy in Columbus, Ohio, and subsequently at the Heinz Bosl Foundation in Munich. She had her first engagement at the Bavarian State Ballet (Munich), where she was a Corps de ballet dancer from 1992 to 1995 and a Demi Soloist from 1995 to 1996. In Munich, she danced solo roles in Swan Lake (Ray Barra), Sleeping Beauty (Sir Peter Wright), Grosse Fuge (Hans van Manen), Concerto Barocco (George Balanchine), Sinfonietta (Jirí Kylián), Luigi Nono Project (Davide Bombana), Before Nightfall (Nils Christe), The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (John Neumeier).

Bridget Breiner joined the Stuttgart Ballet in the 1996/97 season as a Corps de ballet dancer, was promoted to Soloist one year later and to Principal Dancer in 2001.

Since joining the Stuttgart Ballet, the following roles have been added to her repertoire: Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Tatiana in Onegin, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, the Diva in Poème de l’Exstase (John Cranko), Terpsichore in Apollo (George Balanchine), the Novice in The Cage, the Ballerina in The Concert as well as the leading role in Afternoon of a Faun (Jerome Robbins), the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée), Manon in The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier), Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Jean Christophe Blavier), Columbine in Pierrot Lunaire (Glen Tetley), Blanche du Bois in Endstation Sehnsucht and Queen Isabella in David Bintley’s Edward II. In addition, she has danced leading roles in: Symphony in C (Second Movement) and Stravinsky Violin Concerto (George Balanchine), Love Songs, Herman Schmerman, Approximate Sonata and the Pas de Deux from In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (William Forsythe), 5 Tangos, Twilight, Kleines Requiem (Hans van Manen), Initials R.B.M.E., Opus I, Brouillards (John Cranko), Monotones (Sir Frederick Ashton), The Rite of Spring (Glen Tetley), Forgotten Land (Jirí Kylián), Suite (Uwe Scholz), Vers un Pays Sage (Jean-Christophe Maillot), Désir (James Kudelka), and Now and Then (John Neumeier). In November 2002, she made her début as Role in Mauve in Dances at a Gathering by Jerome Robbins. Furthermore, she danced Jiří Kylián’s Pas de deux Nuages.

Roles have been created for her in Delta Inserts, dreamdeepdown (Kevin O’Day), Kazimir’s Colours (Mauro Bigonzetti), Passacaglia, dos amores, the seventh blue, Carlotta’s Portrait, Songs and nocturne (Christian Spuck), One to Another and Cindys Gift (Douglas Lee), still.nest (Dominique Dumais), R.A.M. (Martino Müller), Double Music (Jean Christophe Blavier), Fishy (Ivan Cavallari), Jupiter (Pascal Touzeau), Exilium (Jean Gran-Maître) and Aubade (Douglas Lee). In December 2003 she danced the second female title role of the countess Geschwitz in Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy by resident choreographer Christian Spuck, who created the role of Geschwitz especially for her. In John Neumerier's A Streetcar named Desire, Bridget Breiner danced the role of Blanche du Bois. In April 04, Bridget Breiner performed in Orma (Mauro Bigonzetti) and Lachrymal (Douglas Lee).

Bridget Breiner has danced in various international galas and festivals in the United States, Italy, England, Hungary, France and Germany. She has toured world wide with the Stuttgart Ballet.

“Miss Breiner is a wonderful dancer who is both nimble of body and fleet of foot.” Don Kolman, Showmag.com

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