Alina Cojocaru

Alina is a former Principal of The Royal Ballet and English National Ballet. She joined The Royal Ballet School on a Lausanne scholarship and on graduation joined the Kiev Ballet as a principal dancer. After one season with Kiev, she entered the corps of The Royal Ballet in 1999, was promoted to Soloist at the end of her first season and in April 2001 was promoted to Principal at the age of 19.

With Royal Ballet Principal Johan Kobborg, she forged an iconic dance partnership, celebrated in their performances with The Royal Ballet and as guest artists around the world.

Cojocaru left The Royal Ballet at the end of the 2012/13 Season to dance with English National Ballet, where she performed the leading roles in ballets including Akram Khan’s iconic reimagining of Giselle. Among her numerous awards are Best Female Dancer at the 2002 Critics’ Circle Awards and the 2004 and 2012 Benois de la Danse awards. Cojocaru’s charity work includes hosting two gala performances in 2008 and 2013 at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in support of the charity Hospices of Hope, a palliative care charity dedicated to improving the lives of the terminally ill in Romania and surrounding countries.

Alina Cojocaru is a permanent Guest Artist with John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet and continues to dance as a Guest Artist with the world’s foremost ballet companies.

In 2019 she founded her production company Acworkroom Ltd and in 2022 The Alina CojocaruFoundation.

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