Simone Clarke
Simone Clarke (* 1970 in Leeds , Yorkshire ) is an English ballet - dancer and first soloist of the English National Ballet .
biography
Simone Clarke was taught at the Royal Ballet School , then joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet and, in 1988, the English National Ballet . During a tour of China in 2000 she danced the role of Odile / Odette in the ballet " Swan Lake " as a guest dancer.
Her life partner is the dancer Yat-Sen Chang , with whom she has the 4-year-old daughter Olivia.
In the course of an undercover investigation, The Guardian newspaper reported in December 2006 that Simone Clarke was a member of the right-wing British National Party .
Web links
- Right lunges of a ballerina , article in the FAZ
- Dance the Immigration Freeze! , Article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- Diversely illiberal , article in the Junge Freiheit
- Private website
- Profile on the pages of the English National Ballet
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Clarke, Simone |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English ballet dancer and soloist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leeds , Yorkshire |