Heather Ogden

Heather Ogden is a Canadian ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at the National Ballet of Canada.

Early life Ogden was born in Toronto, Ontario. She and her family moved to Richmond, British Columbia when she was 6. After seeing her babysitter dance, Ogden started training at the Richmond Academy of Dance. She graduated in 1998.

Career In 1998, Ogden joined the National Ballet of Canada as an apprentice, and was promoted to the corps de ballet the following year. She has danced principal roles in productions such as Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. On Nijinsky, The Globe and Mail called Ogden's dancing "full of tenderness and pathos" as her character's "marriage (and her husband's mind) falls apart later on."

Outside of the National Ballet, Ogden has also made guest appearances with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Hamburg Ballet, Munich Ballet and multiple galas. In 2014, she became an ambassador for Rolex Canada.

Selected repertoire

Odette-Odile in Swan Lake Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker Romola in Nijinsky

Cinderella and Fairy Godmother in Cinderella Hermione in The Winter’s Tale Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Anna Karenina in Anna Karenina Carmen in Carmen

Personal life In 2010, Ogden married fellow National Ballet principal dancer Guillaume Côté. The couple has two children. They separated in 2022.

Ogden grew up playing softball, but gave up to focus on ballet. In 2017, she threw a ceremonial first pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays baseball game.