18 & 26 Mar 2010

Born in Bucharest, Alina Cojocaru trained in Kiev for seven years before joining The Royal Ballet School in 1997 on a Prix de Lausanne scholarship. She joined The Royal Ballet in November 1999 and at the end of the Season was promoted from Artist to First Soloist. She was promoted to Principal after her performance of Giselle on 17 April 2001.

Her classical repertory includes Odette/Odile in ‘The Swan Lake’, the title role in ‘Giselle’, The Sugar Plum Fairy in ‘The Nutcracker’, Kitri in ‘Don Quixote’, Nikiya in ‘La Bayadère’ and Princess Aurora in ‘The Sleeping Beauty’. Alina’s repertory also include ‘Romeo & Juliet’, ‘Mayerling’, ‘Manon’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘La Fille mal gardée’, ‘Ondine’, ‘La Sylphide’ and ‘The Sleeping Beauty’, among many others.
Alina also appeared as a guest with the Kirov Ballet, the American Ballet Theater, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Hungarian National Ballet and at Vienna State Opera.

This spring, Alina Cojocaru stars in the following productions at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden:

- ‘La Fille mal gardée’ on 18 & 26 March, and 3 April 2010
- ‘Cinderella’ on 10 & 22 April 2010.
For details and tickets, please visit the website of the Royal Opera House.