Following her debut as Odette/Odile in RDB’s production of “Swan Lake”.Kizzy Matiakis, was appointed Principal Dancer at the RDB by Artistic Director Nikolaj Hübbe.
It was a surprise announcement, as RDB normally appoints principals in their mid-twenties and Kizzy Matiakis, who is born in 1981, will get a comparatively short run as the retirement age is 40. The English dancer was educated at Central School of Ballet and joined RDB in 2003 following employment at the Swedish Royal Ballet. In 2008 she was appointed soloist at RDB.
She has danced a broad repertoire of classical and modern ballets, including Christopher Wheeldon’s “Sleeping Beauty”. Last season Natalia Horecna created the main role in “The Death That Best Preserves” on her.
This is the third Principal appointment at RDB in 2016. Earlier this year Holly Jean Dorger and Ida Praetorius were made principals. J'ime Crandall, Amy Watson and Susanne Grinder, all in the same age bracket as Matiakis, fill out the group of female principal dancers in the company.
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