Sangeun Lee

Birthplace
Seoul, South Korea

Training
Sunhwa Arts School and Sunhwa Arts High school in Seoul

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

English National Ballet
Joined 2023

Repertoire
Includes Sugar Plum Fairy in Watkin and Smith’s Nutcracker; Odette/Odile in Deane’s Swan Lake in-the-round and Watkin’s Swan Lake; Nikiya in Watkin’s La Bayadere; Principal couple in Balanchine’s Diamonds, Theme and Variations and 2nd movement Symphony in C. Soloist roles in Forsythe’s In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Impressing the Czar, The Second Detail and Enemy in the Figure; Kylián’s Forgotten Land; Naharin’s Minus 16; Dawson’s Giselle and Four Last Songs; Bausch’s Iphigenie auf Tauris; Inger’s Carmen. Created roles include: Doña Dulcinea in Watkin’s Don Quixote; Dawson’s The Four Seasons; Ekman’s COW; Shechter’s Corpse de Ballet