Jenna Roberts

Jenna Roberts is a retired Australian ballet dancer, formerly a principal dancer with Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB)

Biography Roberts was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, and trained at the Marie Walton-Mahon Dance Academy in Newcastle, Australia, and the Royal Ballet Upper School. Joining Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2003, she quickly rose through the company. She suffered a setback after a severe injury in 2007, returning to achieve a promotion to company principal at the end of the 2011–12 season. Roberts has been acclaimed as a masterful Balanchine interpreter, credited for combining ethereal elegance with outstanding stamina to craft leading roles.

Roberts has recently created roles in a number of short ballets, working with the contemporary American choreographer Jessica Lang in Lyric Pieces, and dancing as the Fairy in Michael Corder's Le Baiser de la fée.

Having retired from dancing, she now teaches Pilates, and she and husband Joseph Caley relocated to Australia in 2022, where Caley has become a principal artist with The Australian Ballet

General repertory Ballet Role Choreographer Agon Principal couple George Balanchine Allegri diversi David Bintley Apollo Terpsichore George Balanchine Beauty and the Beast Belle David Bintley Checkmate Ninette de Valois Cinderella Summer David Bintley Concerto pas de deux Kenneth MacMillan Coppélia Swanilda's Friends and Prayer Peter Wright The Dance House David Bintley Dante Sonata Frederick Ashton Daphnis and Chloë Chloë Frederick Ashton Dumbarton Oaks Michael Kopisnki E=mc² Mass David Bintley Elite Syncopations Bethena Concert Waltz Kenneth MacMillan La Fille mal gardée Lise's Friends Frederick Ashton Five Tangos Hans van Manen The Four Seasons Oliver Hindle Giselle Harvest pas de deux David Bintley Hobson's Choice Salvation Army David Bintley Kin Alexander Whitley The Lady and the Fool John Cranko Lyric Pieces Jessica Lang Monotones II Frederick Ashton The Nutcracker Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Fairy Peter Wright The Nutcracker Sweeties Chinoiserie David Bintley The Orpheus Suite David Bintley The Rite of Spring Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer (reconstruction) Romeo and Juliet Juliet Kenneth MacMillan Scènes de ballet Frederick Ashton The Shakespeare Suite Juliet David Bintley Solitaire Girl Kenneth MacMillan The Sleeping Beauty Princess Aurora Peter Wright The Sons of Horus David Bintley Symphonic Variations Frederick Ashton Symphony in Three Movements George Balanchine The Two Pigeons Frederick Ashton Western Symphony First movement George Balanchine