Shevelle Dynott

Birthplace
London, UK

Age started dancing
7

Training
Royal Ballet School

English National Ballet
Joined 2005

Career highlights
Performing as The Moor in Petrushka; being part of the creation process of Akram Khan’s Giselle (“I feel this piece is a game changer for the ballet world, and dance in general”); performing the role of The Mouse King in Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker

Favourite production
Etudes

Role would love to dance
Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet

Other info
Won Bronze Medal at Adeline Genée awards in Herod Atticus Theatre in Greece, 2004.
His portrait is part of the National Portrait Gallery collection: “it is probably one of my biggest achievements in dance, as this portrait will in the NPG archive for generations to come”.  In 2018 he was invited by the RAD as Ambassador to their Project B programme (Project B is a range of initiatives that aim to widen access to dance for boys and to encourage them to take up ballet)