James Grundy
PDTC
Ballet
Born in Dunstable, James trained at Elmhurst School of Ballet and
Central School of Ballet. He joined Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1997; he was promoted to First Artist in 2000, and to Soloist in 2002.
His repertory includes
Hilarion (
Giselle),
Benno (
Swan Lake),
Mercutio (
Romeo and Juliet),
Alain (
La Fille mal gardée),
Will Mossop, Albert Prosser (
Hobson's Choice),
Monsieur Cochon, Bailiff (
Beauty and the Beast),
Red Dragon, Kay (
Arthur),
Warwick (
Edward II),
First Red Knight (
Checkmate),
Moondog, Signor Midas (
The Lady and the Fool),
'Feuilles mortes', 'Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq.' (
Brouillards),
Texas Kangaroo Rat (
'Still
Life' at the Penguin Café),
Hamlet, Bottom (
The Shakespeare Suite),
Ivan, Floreador (
The Nutcracker Sweeties),
Aristeus (
The Orpheus Suite),
Hapi (
The Sons of Horus),
Troyte Griffith, Meath Baker (
Enigma Variations),
'Friday Night', 'The Golden Hours' (
Elite Syncopations),
pas de quatre (
Five Tangos),
Second movement, Fourth movement (
Western Symphony),
Sailor (
Fancy Free),
Solitaire, In the Upper Room, Monotones II, The Nutcracker, Coppélia and
The Sleeping Beauty. In 2011 he left the Company to teach at Elmhurst.
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