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Insights: In conversation with Anna Rose O’Sullivan and William Bracewell 

23 May 2025, 7pm

Insights: In conversation with Anna Rose O’Sullivan and William Bracewell 

23 May 2025, 7pm

Insights: In conversation with Anna Rose O’Sullivan and William Bracewell 

23 May 2025, 7pm
Linbury Theatre
Ballet and dance

Join Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet Anna Rose O’Sullivan and William Bracewell as they discuss their careers and life at The Royal Ballet.

Two ballet dancers wearing shorts and a leotard stand on stage facing the audience. Their left arms are stretched straight and their right arm is curved above their heads. They are principal dancers of The Royal Ballet William Bracewell and Anna Rose O'Sullivan.

Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet, Anna Rose O’Sullivan and William Bracewell, discuss some of their career highlights, both as individual performers and as frequent dance partners.

Running time
This event will last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes, without an interval
Guidance
Suitable for all
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Background

Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet William Bracewell and Anna Rose O'Sullivan join us to discuss their career, inspirations and life at The Royal Ballet.

English dancer Anna Rose O’Sullivan is a Principal of The Royal Ballet. She trained at The Royal Ballet School and joined the Company in December 2012 as an Artist, promoted to First Artist in 2016, Soloist in 2017, First Soloist in 2019 and Principal in 2021. O’Sullivan’s roles with the Company have included Lescaut's Mistress (Manon), Kitri (Don Quixote), Fairy Spring (Cinderella), Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Princess Aurora and Princess Florine (The Sleeping Beauty), Swanilda (Coppélia), Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Olga (Onegin), Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), La Fille mal gardée pas de deux, pas de six and Moyna (Giselle), Princess Louise and Princess Stephanie (Mayerling), Dorabella (Enigma Variations), Vera (Month in the Country), Calliope (Apollo), Florence Billington (The Unknown Soldier) and Blue Girl (Les Patineurs).a

Welsh dancer William Bracewell is a Principal of The Royal Ballet. He joined The Royal Ballet as a Soloist in 2017 and was promoted to First Soloist in 2018, Principal, 2022. His repertory with The Royal Ballet and BRB includes Des Grieux, Oberon, Polixenes and Florizel (The Winter's Tale) Lead roles in Requiem, The Dante Project, Hamlet and Ophelia, Romeo, Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake), Prince (The Nutcracker), Franz (Coppélia), Oberon (The Dream), The Prince (Cinderella), Ferdinand (The Tempest), Salamander Prince (David Bintley’s The Prince of the Pagodas), First Seminarian (Carmina Burana), Prince Florimund (The Sleeping Beauty) pas de six (Giselle), Rajah/Caterpillar (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), Ted Feltham (The Unknown Soldier), Kulygin (Winter Dreams), Beliaev (A Month in the Country), and Dr John Brown (Like Water for Chocolate).

Accessibility

There are six wheelchair spaces and step-free routes to seats on the right-hand side of the auditorium only. If you have a mobility impairment, you should book tickets for the right-hand side. An Assisted Hearing Facility is available.

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