Yasmine Naghdi, Principal, The Royal Ballet
Monday 15 April, 7.30pm at the Civil Service Club 13-15 Great Scotland Yard, London, SW1A 2HJ
Payment at the door, members £5, guests £8
Born in London, Yasmine was a Junior Associate before entering full-time
training at The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge and Upper School. In 2009 she
won the Young British Dancer of the Year Competition.
Her major roles with the Company include Gamzatti (La Bayadère),
Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Giselle, Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Sugar Plum Fairy
(The Nutcracker), Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty), Irina (Winter Dreams),
Florence Billington (The Unknown Soldier) Mathilde Kschessinska (Anastasia), Stop Time
Rag and Bethena Waltz (Elite Syncopations), the Girl (The Invitation), Olga
(Onegin), Pas de deux Act III (Sylvia), Symphony in C (Balanchine) and, as Principal, role in Jeux. She is currently starring as Kitri in Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote and also guesting as Aurora in San Francisco.
Yasmine was nominated for Best Female Dancer at the 2018 Critics’ Circle National
Dance Awards.
