Tamara Rojo Bio - Biography

Name Tamara Rojo
Height
Naionality Canadian
Date of Birth 17-May-1974
Place of Birth Montreal, Canada
Famous for Acting
Tamara Rojo is a Spanish Actress . She is the Artistic Director of the English National Ballet as well as performing with the company as a Principal dancer. She was previously noted as a Principal dancer with the Royal Ballet and continues to perform with the company as a guest artist.
Rojo was born in Montreal, Canada, to Spanish parents who moved back to Spain when she was four months old. She started dancing at the age of 10 in Víctor Ullate Dance Centre in Madrid (1983–1991), and completed her training under David Howard and Renato Paroni. Rojo began her professional career as a dancer with the Ballet de la Comunidad, under the direction of Victor Ullate. After winning the gold medal at the Paris International Ballet Competition, aged 20, she was offered a contract with the Scottish Ballet, by Galina Samsova. Of her arrival at Scottish Ballet Rojo has jokingly said "I spoke no English at this time but it did not matter; neither did they." She would dance with them until her move to the English National Ballet in June 1997. There she was promoted to Principal Dancer in January 1998. She officially joined Royal Ballet as a Principal Dancer at the start of the 2000/2001 season, although she danced Giselle with the Royal Ballet at the end of the previous season in July 2000, at short notice and as a replacement for Darcey Bussell, who was injured.

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