About Claire Calvert
Born 1988. Claire Calvert is a British ballet dancer.
Claire Louise Calvert (born 1988) is an English ballet dancer and is a first soloist at the Royal Ballet.
Early life and training Calvert started ballet training at the age of three. She started attending The Royal Ballet School when she was 11, where she was coached by Darcey Bussell. She danced lead roles Raymonda Act III and Jabula on her graduation year.
Career Calvert graduated into The Royal Ballet in 2007. In 2009, while she was still an Artist, she made her principal role debut, as The Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. She was subsequently named First Artist in 2010, Soloist in 2012 and First Soloist in 2016.
Personal life In 2022, Calvert married Royal Ballet principal dancer Alexander Campbell. The couple has a daughter, born in 2023.
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Who is Claire Calvert?
British ballet dancer
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Claire Calvert was born on 2 February 1988 in Bath.
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Claire Calvert is a ballet dancer.
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