Russian dancer Vadim Muntagirov is a Principal of The Royal Ballet. He trained at The Royal Ballet Upper School and joined the Company from English National Ballet as a Principal in March 2014. His roles with the Company include Basilio (Don Quixote), Albrecht (Giselle), Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake), Aminta (Sylvia), Prince Florimund (The Sleeping Beauty), Prince (The Nutcracker), Colas (La Fille mal gardée), Franz (Coppélia), Apollo, the Girl’s Cousin (The Invitation), Young Man (Two Pigeons), Onegin and Lensky (Onegin), Romeo (Romeo and Juliet), Des Grieux (Manon), Jack/Knave of Hearts (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), Florizel (The Winter’s Tale), Don José (Carmen), Lt Colonel Vershinin (Winter Dreams), Beliaev (A Month in the Country) and in The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, ‘Diamonds’ (Jewels), The Human Seasons, Symphonic Variations, Asphodel Meadows, The Four Temperaments, Afternoon of a Faun, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Raymonda Act III and Within the Golden Hour. Vadim regularly teaches masterclasses at Danceworks.
Yolandi
South African born Yolandi started her ballet training at age four. From age twelve she was taught by Martin Schonberg’s Ballet Theatre Afrikan Academy of Dance and attended the National School of the Arts from 1996-1999. She completed her schooling at Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto. In 1998 Yolandi won the Prix de l’association pour de l’Opera National de Paris at the 8th concours international De Danse de Paris. In 1999, she was a semi-finalist the the Prix de Lausanne winning her scholarship to train in Canada. In 2001, she participated in the Helsinki International Ballet Competition and won the South African leg of the International Cecchetti competition. Later that year she won second prize in the international leg of the same competition in Melbourne, Australia. She returned to Helsinki in 2005 where she was a semi-finalist at the Helsinki International Ballet Competition. In 2000, upon her return to South Africa, she joined the Ballet Theatre Afrikan Company (BTA) as a principal dancer. Whilst with BTA she toured South Africa performing a number of principal roles including Paquita, Aurora in the Sleeping Beauty, Grand Pas Classique as well as Odette/Odile from in Swan Lake. Yolandi teaches PBT and Classical Ballet at Danceworks, and is a valued member of our mentorship faculty.