Laurretta Summerscales

Laurretta Summerscales

Laurretta is a priincipal dancer with Bayerisches Staatsballett  in Munich and also with English National Ballet in London. She joined English National Ballet in 2009, became First Soloist 2013, Principal 2016 and then joined Bayerisches Staatsballett in 2017.

She has won numerous awards including the Joyce Percy Memorial Award, Stella Mann Award, Baines-Hewitt Award, Young Dancer of the Year 2007-2009 and Molly Lake Award. The people’s Choice Award in 2013 and in 2015 was ENBs Emerging Dancer. She also won Gold at the Beijing International Ballet Competition in 2013.

Roles include:

Giselle and Myrtha, in Giselle.

Odette/Odile in Swan Lake.

Madora and Gulnara in Le Corsaire.

Clara/Sugar Plum Fairy in the Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker.

Swanhilda in Coppelia.

Juliet in Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet.

Nikiya in La Bayadere.

Alice in Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice and Wonderland.

Kitty in Christian Spuck’s Anna Karenina.

Phrygia in Spartacus.

Kitri in Don Quixote.

Helena in John Neumier’s A midsummer nights dream.

Olga in Onegin.

Firebird in George Williamson’s Firebird.

Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty.

Pas de Trois in Suite en Blanc.

In the Middle Somewhat elevated.

Petite Mort.