Welcome! To celebrate our tenth Masterclass Sessions we are very pleased to be able to welcome some new friends and some old ones.

We are very proud to have with us Nicolas Le Riche who has been one of the leading lights at Paris Opera for twenty years, and one of the most filmed ballet stars ever. We are also very happy to have Clairemarie Osta, another Etoile from Paris Opera, joining us for the first time this year. From ABT we have the amazing Herman Cornejo who has been a principal dancer with them since 2003. From Hungary we have the fantastic dancer Tamas Solymosi, who is also since September 2011 the Artistic Director of Hungarian National Ballet. Of course we have our very own Christopher Hampson and Daria Klimentová, you may be interested to know that from September 2012 Christopher will be the new Artistic Director of Scottish Ballet. From the world reknowned Kirov-Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersberg we have the beautiful Senior Principal dancer Daria Pavlenko, and from the Czech Republic we have the former NDT star, Natasa Novotna. Just back from choreographing with the BALLET BOYZ we have Jarek Cemerek and the former pricipal dancer from the National Theatre Jiri Horak along with the our regular class teacher Vaclav Janecek. Breaking news 23/01/2012, Daria Klimentová awarded Dancer of the Year by the Dance Critics Circle.

Nicolas Le Riche	Daria Klimentová	Herman Conejo	Christopher Hampson	Clairemarie Osta
Tamas Solymosi	Natasa Novotna	Daria Pavlenko	Jarek Cemerek	Jiri Horak