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Jonathan Chmelensky is a French ballet dancer, currently a principal with the Royal Danish Ballet. Born in Paris (France) in 1988, Chmelensky started his professional training at "Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse" (CNSMDP) where his teachers were Sergei Soloviev, Cyril Atanassoff among others. He was subsequently offered a scholarship in La Havana (Cuba) with the School of "The Nacional Ballet de Cuba" where he studied with Ramona De Sàa and Marta-Iris Fernandez. In 2007 he was recruited to Join the Royal Danish Ballet as a corps de Ballet member. Chmelensky was promoted to Soloist in 2012 during the company's tour to Muscat (Oman). He made his debut as a Principal following his premiere of Swan Lake, in which he performed the role of Siegfried, choreographed by Nikolaj Hübbe & Silja Schandorff His Roles with the Royal Danish Ballet include: Gennaro, in Napoli by August Bournonville (Music- E. Helsted, Gade, and Paulli) Theme and Variation, by G. Balanchine (Music- P.I.Tchaikovsky) Siegried, in Swan Lake by M.Petipa (Music- P.I. Tchaikovsky) Basilio, Don Quixote by M.Petipa (Music- L.Minkus) His modern repertoire includes: 27'52 choreographed by Jirì Kylian (Music: Dirk Haubrich based on Gustav Mahler) Lead in "Come Fly Away" conceived, directed, and choreographed by Twyla Tharp, who has used the music of Frank Sinatra as an inspiration for many years. Short Time Together choreographed by P. Lightfoot and Sol Leon (Music: Max Richter and Ludwig van Beethoven) Chroma choreographed by Wayne McGregor ( Music: Joby Talbot on themes by the White Stripes) Chmelensky currently resides in Copenhagen, Denmark