Julia Conway
First Soloist
Birthplace
London, UK
Training
Originally with Olga Semenova and Young Dancers Academy, further training with Magaly Suárez, Ayako Yamada, Isabelle Guérin and Royal Ballet Upper School
English National Ballet
Joined 2017, promoted to First Artist 2019, Junior Soloist 2020, Soloist 2022, First Soloist 2023. Notable and leading roles with the Company include Princess Florine in Kenneth MacMillan’s Sleeping Beauty, the Pas de Trois in Derek Deane’s Swan Lake, Stepsister Clementine in Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella, Clara/Sugar Plum Fairy in Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker, Gulnare in Le Corsaire and roles in Arielle Smith’s Jolly Folly and William Forsythe’s Blake Works I and Playlist (EP). Winner of English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer 2019.
Repertoire
Notable and leading roles with the Company include Sugar Plum Fairy in Watkin and Smith’s Nutcracker; Myrtha in Skeaping’s Giselle; Raymonda and Henriette in Rojo’s Raymonda; Princess Florine in MacMillan’s Sleeping Beauty; the Pas de Trois in Deane’s Swan Lake; Stepsister Clementine in Wheeldon’s Cinderella; Clara/Sugar Plum Fairy in Eagling’s Nutcracker; Gulnare in Le Corsaire; and roles in Inger’s Carmen, Smith’s Jolly Folly, Quagebeur’s Take Five Blues and Forsythe’s Blake Works I and Playlist (EP).
