Sangeun Lee

Birthplace
Seoul, South Korea

Age began dancing
Ten years old

Training
Sunhwa Arts School and Sunhwa Arts High school in Seoul

English National Ballet
Joined as Lead Principal 2023

Previous companies
Universal Ballet, South Korea 2005 – 2010 (Soloist)
Semperoper Ballett Dresden, Germany, 2010 – 2023 (Principal since 2016)

Favourite role
Iphigenie in Iphigenie auf Tauris by Pina Bausch

Repertoire includes
Odette/Odile in Swan Lake (Watkin) and Swan Lake in-the-round (Deane); Nikiya in La Bayadere (Watkin); Principal couple in Diamonds and 2nd movement Symphony in C (Balanchine). Soloist roles in In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Impressing the Czar, The Second Detail and Enemy in the Figure (Forsythe); Forgotten Land (Kylián); Minus 16 (Naharin); Giselle and Four Last Songs (Dawson); Iphigenie auf Tauris (Bausch)

Created roles include
Doña Dulcinea in Don Quixote (Watkin); The Four Seasons (Dawson); COW (Ekman); Corpse de Ballet (Shechter)

Career highlight
Dancing Swan Lake as Odette/Odile at the National Arts Center in Ottawa in 2017; dancing Impressing the Czar by William Forsythe at the Paris Opera Palais Garnier in 2017; the premiere of The Four Seasons by David Dawson in 2018

Other information
Featured in the documentary film Dancing Pina by Florian Heinzen Ziob.
3rd Prize, Varna International Ballet Competition (2008); 2nd Prize, Shanghai International Ballet Competition (2007); New Artist Award, Korean Ballet Association (2006); Grand Prix, Seoul International Ballet Competition (2005); Gold Medal, Korean Ballet Competition (2004); Finalist, Prix de Lausanne (2004)