DancersHannah O'Neill
Guest Artist
Hannah O'Neill
Classical BalletNeoclassical BalletNarrative BalletMixed Repertoire
Training
- Kishibe Ballet Studio, Tokyo (from age 3)
- Mt Eden Ballet Academy, Auckland
- Australian Ballet School, Melbourne (graduated as Dux, 2011)
Repertoire
- Giselle (title role) — Royal Ballet debut, first POB dancer at Covent Garden in 20+ years
- Odette/Odile in Swan Lake
- Paquita (title role, Grand Pas) — Benois de la Danse winning role
- Kitri in Don Quichotte
- La Sylphide (title role)
Promotions
- 2011Quadrille (Paris Opéra Ballet)
- 2014Coryphée (Paris Opéra Ballet)
- 2015Sujet (Paris Opéra Ballet)
- 2016Première Danseuse (Paris Opéra Ballet)
- 2023Danseuse Étoile (Paris Opéra Ballet)
Awards
- 2009Prix de Lausanne (laureate) — Prix de Lausanne
- 2010Youth America Grand Prix (winner) — YAGP
- 2014Silver Medal — Varna International Ballet Competition
- 2016Benois de la Danse — Best Female Dancer — Benois de la Danse
Biography
Hannah O'Neill is a New Zealand ballet dancer and Étoile of the Paris Opéra Ballet, and has appeared as a Guest Artist with The Royal Ballet. She joined the Paris Opéra Ballet in 2011 and was awarded a permanent contract in 2013. In 2023, she was promoted to Danseuse Étoile—one of the few non-French dancers to achieve this distinction. O'Neill made her debut with The Royal Ballet as Giselle, becoming the first Paris Opéra Ballet dancer to perform at Covent Garden since Sylvie Guillem more than twenty years earlier. She performed in partnership with Royal Ballet Principal Reece Clark. Her presence as a guest artist exemplifies the international collaboration that defines contemporary ballet at the highest level.
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