Announcing new dancers for the 2026/27 season

We are delighted to welcome a host of new dancers to the Company and BRB2 for the 2026/27 season.

Following the successful completion of their time with BRB2, Sophie Walters and Ixan Ferrer join the main Company as Artists. They are joined by Airi Kobayashi and Gillian Whittall, who performed with BRB during the 2025/26 season, and Luciano Ghidoli, who joins the Company as an Artist from Finnish National Ballet.

BRB2 continues to grow this season with the addition of Noah Campbell, Sophia Koo, Addison Partlow, Martha Savin, and Denis Teixeira, all joining from The Royal Ballet School.

Also joining BRB2 are Mikel Arana Arzak and Samuel Pereira from Conservatorio Internacional de Ballet y Danza Annarella Sánchez, and Jacopo Biancucci, who trained at the John Cranko School and Accademia Teatro alla Scala and performed with Birmingham Royal Ballet during the 2025/26 season.

Alfie-Lee Hall joins BRB2 after completing his apprenticeship year with the Company.

We are also pleased to welcome this season's Apprentice, Ted (Heng-Yu) Peng, from Elmhurst Ballet School.

Congratulations to all of our new dancers as they begin this exciting new chapter. We look forward to seeing them on stage throughout the 2026/27 season!