Ella Newton Severgnini

The Royal Ballet

Classical BalletNeoclassical BalletNarrative BalletMixed Repertoire

Company Profile

Training

SJ Academy of Dance, Winchester (from age 3)
The Royal Ballet School (Junior Associates age 9; White Lodge 2014; Upper School 2019)

Repertoire

Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2024)
Tita in Like Water for Chocolate (2025)

Promotions

2022Aud Jebsen Young Dancer
2023Artist
2025First Artist

Awards

2022Valerie Adams Award for Exceptional Musicality — The Royal Ballet School
2022Ashton Award — The Royal Ballet School

Biography

Ella Newton Severgnini is a British Coryphée of The Royal Ballet, promoted to First Artist in 2025. She trained from the age of three at SJ Academy of Dance in Winchester and joined the Royal Ballet Junior Associates at nine, progressing through White Lodge and the Upper School. She joined the company in 2022.

A dancer of exceptional musicality — recognised with the Valerie Adams Award and the Ashton Award at graduation — she made notable company debuts as Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 2024 and as Tita in Like Water for Chocolate in 2025.