Michael O'Hare, Ballet Master, Birmingham Royal Ballet; photo: Andrew Ross
2011 summer school faculty includes:
Desmond Kelly OBE, Artistic Director, Elmhurst School of Dance
Marion Tait CBE, Ballet Mistress, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Robert Parker, Principal, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Ambra Vallo, Principal, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Victoria Marr, First Soloist, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Laëtitia Lo Sardo, First Soloist, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Michael O'Hare, Ballet Master, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Dominic Antonucci, Ballet Master, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Rachel Peppin, Former Principal, Birmingham Royal Ballet, teaching Pilates
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Michael O'Hare
Born in Hull, Michael O'Hare, Ballet Master, trained with Louise Browne OBE before joining the
Royal Ballet School. He joined Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet in 1980, rose through the ranks to become
Principal in 1987,
and relocated to Birmingham in 1990. He danced leading classical and character roles in the Company's
repertory over 20 years
and in 1987 was the first person the three principal male roles in La Fille mal gardée. He has
created roles in a number
of David Bintley's ballet's including Hobson's Choice (Will Mossop), Far from the Madding Crowd
(Gabriel Oak), Sylvia (Eros),
The Nutcracker Sweeties (Buttons), Flowers of the Forest, Brahms Handel Variations,
Choros, The Snow Queen and Carmina burana and in Corder's Wand of
Youth, Kudelka's Baiser de la fée and Hindle's Dark Horizons. He re-created the role
of the Joker in MacMillan's The Burrow. He has appeared as a guest with the companies of Essen, Turin
and Karlsruhe. He was appointed Assistant Ballet Master in 2002 and Ballet Master in 2008. He continues to
perform character roles with the Company including La Fille mal gardée (Widow Simone), The
Firebird
(Kastchei), The Nutcracker (Drosselmeyer), Coppélia (Dr Coppélius), Romeo and
Juliet (Lord Capulet) and Cyrano (Capuchin).
Last updated September 2009.
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