James Hay

James Hay (born ) is a British dancer, and a first soloist with the Royal Ballet in London.

Biography James was born in Berkshire and began his training at the Linda Butler School of Dance. He later joined Royal Ballet School as a Junior Associate at age eight and then effectively at age 11.

In the summer of 1999 he first performed on stage with the Royal Ballet, at the reopening of the Royal Opera House after refurbishment, at the age of nine, he was one of the children who took part in the ballet The Sleeping Beauty , in the version of Kirov Ballet, after the ballet was reconstructed. As a student he won the Young British Dancer of the Year 2006 award and the Lynn Seymour Award for expressive dance in 2007, that year also becoming the winner of the Prix de Lausanne. Upon his graduation he was awarded the Dame Ninette de Valois prize as best graduate. Further accolades include the Audience Award at the 2012 Erik Bruhn Award, when he danced with Francesca Hayward. They were trained by Johan Kobborg in the double step of the Genzano Flower Festival.

He debuted in the ballets of Sir Frederick Ashton, Monotones on 24 November 2015 and The Two Pigeons on 5 December as the Young.

Repertoire His repertoire includes:

Rhapsody Prince Florimund (The Sleeping Beauty) Young Man (The Two Pigeons) Hans-Peter / Nutcracker (The Nutcracker) Lewis Carroll / The White Rabbit (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) Florizel (The Winter's Tale) Henry Clerval (Frankenstein) Bratfisch (Mayerling) Alain (La Fille mal gardée) Symphony in C Concert Kshchessinska's Partner (Anastasia) Fool (The Prince of the Pagodas) Jester (Cinderella) Puck (The Dream) Beggar Chief (Manon) Polyphonia Symphonic Variations Ceremony of Innocence Vertiginous Thirll of Exactitude Woolf Works Within The Golden Hour Benvolio, Mercutio and Lead Mandolin (Romeo and Juliet) Bluebird and Florestan (The Sleeping Beauty) lead pas de six (Giselle) Texan Kangaroo Rat ('Still Life' at the Penguin Café) Kolia (A Month in the Country) Rhapsody Les Patineurs 'Emeralds' (Jewels) Multiverse Obsidian Tear Woolf Works Monotones I

He has created roles in Asphodel Meadows, Sweet Violets, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Hansel and Gretel, Aeternum, Untouchable and Symphonic Dances.

Awards

2006, Young British Dancer of the Year 2007, Lynn Seymour Award for expressive dance 2007, Prix de Lausanne. Dame Ninette de Valois, as the best graduate 2012, Audience Award at the Erik Bruhn Award