J'aime Crandall

J'aime Crandall (born April 28, 1982) is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at Royal Danish Ballet.

Early life and education
Born in Virginia, she grew up in Arizona, and trained in a ballet school in Phoenix. When she was 13, she was admitted to the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C.

Career
In 2001, she joined Universal Ballet in Seoul, South Korea and was promoted to demi-soloist the following year. Her repertoire there where her repertoire included works by Petipa, Balanchine, Brian Yoo and Oleg Vinogradov. In 2003, she became a member of the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. In 2008, she joined the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen as member of the corps de ballet, becoming a soloist in February 2011 and a principal dancer in December the same year. She has danced leading roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Études, La Sylphide and The Nutcracker.

Selected repertoire

 * Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
 * The Ballerina in Theme and Variations
 * Odette/Odile in Swan Lake
 * Manon in Manon
 * Sylph in La Sylphide
 * Manon in Lady of the Camellias
 * Tchaikovsky Pas de deux
 * Sugar Plum Fairy and Dewdrop in The Nutcracker
 * The Ballerina in Etudes
 * Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty


 * Ballerina in Other Dances
 * 3rd Movement in Symphony in C
 * Nikiya in La Bayadere
 * Pas de six in Napoli
 * Russian Girl in Serenade
 * Pas de deux in Agon
 * Mercedes in Don Quixote
 * Bella Figura
 * Apollo

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