Born in Winnipeg, Canada, and brought up in Fife, Scotland, Carol-Anne Millar trained at the Royal Ballet School. In 1997 she created the role of the Mayfly in David Bintley's The Spider's Feast for the Royal Ballet School's annual performance. She joined BRB as an Artist in 1997; Soloist, 2001; First Soloist 2005; Principal 2009.

REPERTORY INCLUDES
Frederick Ashton: La Fille mal gardée (Lise), Enigma Variations (Dorabella), Façade (Polka) and Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Alice)
George Balanchine: Apollo (Polyhymnia) and Western Symphony (First movement, Third movement)
David Bintley: Beauty and the Beast (Wild Girl), Far from the Madding Crowd (Fanny), Hobson's Choice (Vickey Hobson, Salvation Army), The Nutcracker Sweeties (Candy Kane), The Seasons ('Winter'), 'Still Life' at the Penguin Café (Great Auk, Humboldt's Hog-nosed Skunk Flea), Tombeaux (lead role), The Sons of Horus and David Bintley and Galina Samsova's production of Giselle (Myrtha, Zulme)
John Cranko: Pineapple Poll (title role)
Mikhail Fokine: The Firebird (title role)
Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer's reconstruction of The Rite of Spring (Chosen One)
Kenneth MacMillan: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) and Solitaire (Polka Girl)
Twyla Tharp: In the Upper Room
Peter Wright's productions of Coppélia (Swanilda, 'Dawn'), The Nutcracker (Clara, Rose Fairy), The Sleeping Beauty (Fairy of Temperament, Fairy of Song, White Cat, pas de quatre, Enchanted Princess) and Peter Wright and Galina Samsova's production of Swan Lake (pas de trois, Italian Princess, Polish Princess)

CREATED ROLES
David Bintley: The Shakespeare Suite (Kate)

AWARDS
Female Classical Spotlight award, Critics' Circle National Dance Awards, 2008.


Last updated January 2008.