Iana Salenko, principal of Staatsballett Berlin, and Evgenia Obraztsova, principal of the Bolshoi Ballet, will perform as Guest Artists with the Royal Ballet this autumn.
Iana Salenko will dance the role of Kitri in two performances of Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote with Steven McRae as Basilio on Saturday 5 and Tuesday 8 October. Evgenia Obraztsova will dance the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet on Tuesday 22 October and Thursday 14 November, also partnered by Steven McRae.
Currently a principal dancer with the Dutch National Ballet, Canadian Mathew Golding is to join The Royal Ballet as Principal in February 2014. His first performance will be on 27 March 2014, dancing alongside Natalia Osipova in The Sleeping Beauty. Recently he partnered Tamara Rojo in ENB's Swan Lake in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall.