JU LY 2012 FOR IM M ED IA T E RELEA SE

T H E R O Y A L B A LLET A N N O U N C ES G U EST A R T IST S FO R 2012/13 SEA SO N

Principal of the M ikhailovsky Ballet, , will m ake her Royal Ballet debut in later this year. She will join the C om pany for three perform ances on 10, 13 and 25 October, dancing alongside regular Royal Ballet Principal G uest A rtist C arlos A costa.

T am ara R ojo and Sergei P olunin will return to House for three perform ances on 12, 15 and 21 February 2013. Rojo, who leaves the C om pany at the end of the current season, will dance three farewell perform ances of M arguerite and A rm and partnered by Polunin, both having danced the ballet to critical acclaim in October ’11.

D irector D esignate of , K evin O’H are said: “I am delighted to be able to invite N atalia Osipova to appear with the C om pany for the first tim e next season and I know that she is very m uch looking forward to appearing in our production of Swan Lake and to working with C arlos A costa.

I am also delighted that, after her long and distinguished career with the C om pany, T am ara Rojo is able to accept m y invitation to return to m ake a

For all press releases visit www.roh.org.uk/press final farewell to C ovent G arden audiences and reprise her perform ance of M arguerite partnered, as before, by .”

Tickets for Swan Lake are already on sale at www.roh.org.uk. Public booking for M arguerite and A rm and opens on 17 October.

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