In Conversation with Yuhui Choe and Nehemiah Kish … (via Zoom)

Photo credits: 

black and white - Mayumi Hirata

Alice in Wonderland - Bill Cooper

Join us at 7pm on Tuesday 2nd August 2022 to hear Royal Ballet couple Yuhui Choe and Nehemiah Kish in conversation with professional dance writer, Deborah Weiss.

Yuhui Choe has been a first soloist of the Royal Ballet since 2008, having joined the company as a Prix de Lausanne apprentice in 2002.  She trained first in Japan and then in Paris from age 14 before winning first prize and the contemporary prize at the Prix de Lausanne.  Her first principal role was Nikiya in La Bayadere, and she has since performed many lead roles including Gamzatti, Cinderella, Aurora, Alice, Lise, Swanhilda, Sugar Plum Fairy and more.  She is also a hard-working soloist, having been cast in the recent season of Swan Lake as Siegfried's sister, Lead Swan, Italian Princess and Neapolitan Dance.

Yuhui bio   Two Pigeons rehearsal

Nehemiah Kish was a principal dancer of the Royal Ballet from 2010 to 2019, having previously been a principal at Royal Danish Ballet since 2008 and before that at National Ballet of Canada from 2005.  He trained in America and at the National Ballet School in Canada before joining NBC in 2001.  As a principal Nehemiah performed all the Princes in the classics, plus Albrecht, Romeo, Onegin, Solor, Des Grieux and more.  He has since completed a MA in Arts Administration and Cultural Policy, and is currently the Artistic Director of the upcoming series of Nureyev Legend & Legacy Galas .

Nehemiah bio   Bayadere rehearsal

ZOOM INFO

This Zoom event is free to LBC Members who do not need to book.

The link will be sent by email a few days in advance of the event.

Non LBC members wishing to attend, should please book below.

Alternatively non members could consider joining the LBC (go to JOIN page) to access all our Zoom talks for £20 annually.  There are other benefits to being a member … such as visits to watch classes and rehearsals, access to recordings of prior Zoom interviews, and more.

If you have not received the Zoom link within 24 hours of the event, please email [email protected]

Members can also find the link in the Members Only section of the website.