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Emma Hawes

Lead Principal
The company Dancers Emma Hawes
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Birthplace
Delaware, Ohio, USA

Training
BalletMet Dance Academy, Columbus Ohio; Canada’s National Ballet School

Previous Companies
The National Ballet of Canada

English National Ballet
Joined in 2018, promoted to Principal 2022, Lead Principal 2023.

Repertoire
Title roles with the Company have included Giselle in Skeaping’s Giselle; Raymonda in Rojo’s Raymonda; Manon and Lescaut’s Mistress in MacMillan’s Manon; Odette/Odile in Deane’s Swan Lake; Cinderella in Wheeldon’s Cinderella; as well as Myrtha in Khan’s Giselle; Possokhov’s Senseless Kindness; Dawson’s Four Last Songs; Balanchine’s Theme and Variations. Originated the role of Sugar Plum Fairy in Watkin and Smith’s Nutcracker. Has also created corps de ballet roles in Ratmansky’s Romeo and Juliet and was in the original cast of Binet’s Unearth, Terra Incognita and The Dreamers Ever Leave You; Côté’s Enkeli; Kudelka’s Dark Night’s Bright Day .

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Nutcracker: Sugar Plum Fairy and Sugar Plum Cavalier Extract | English National Ballet
Extract: Sugar Plum Fairy pas de deux
In Pictures: David Dawson's Four Last Songs
Our Voices: Teaser | English National Ballet
Our Voices: Teaser
Cinderella in-the-round: Stepsisters (extract) | English National Ballet
Stepsisters Edwina and Clementine (danced by Emma Hawes and Katja Khaniukova) in Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella in-the-round.
Cinderella in-the-round: Stepsisters (extract)
Aitor Arrieta as Creautre and Emily Suzuki as Marie in Creature by Akram Khan © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: Creature
English National Ballet dancers in Blake Works I for The Forsythe Evening © Laurent Liotardo
In Pictures: Blake Works I
Blake Works I: I Hope My Life (extract) | English National Ballet
Emma Hawes and Artists of English National Ballet performing William Forsythe's Blake Works I, set to music by James Blake.
Blake Works I: I Hope My Life (extract)
Rhys Antoni Yeomans and Georgia Bould in Arielle Smith's Joly Folly as part of ENB's Reunion © Laurent Liotardo
On Stage: Reunion at Sadler's Wells
Raymonda: Rehearsal Insight | English National Ballet
Loipa Araújo leads this short insight into Raymonda. Featuring dancers Emma Hawes, Aitor Arrieta and Fernando Carratalá Coloma, with Julia Richter on piano.
Raymonda: Rehearsal Insight
Alison McWhinney and Isaac Hernández in rehearsals for Yuri Possokhov's Senseless Kindness © Laurent Liotardo
In rehearsals: Yuri Possokhov's Senseless Kindness
Cinderella in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall © Ian Gavan
In Pictures: Cinderella in-the-round
Cinderella: Teaser | English National Ballet
A romantic moment during the photoshoot for Cinderella in-the-round with dancers Emma Hawes and Francesco Gabriele Frola.
Cinderella in-the-round: Teaser
Isaac Hernandez and Jurgita Dronina in rehearsals for Manon © Laurent Liotardo.
Manon rehearsal images
Nutcracker - January 2025 - Sugar Plum pas de deux