December 1, 2017
Tonight Nikolaj Hübbe appointed Soloist Caroline Baldwin to Principal dancer, following her performance as Sugar Plum Fairy in Balanchine´s “The Nutcracker”.The appointments follow a strong streak from Baldwin in roles in her primary employ: Balanchine, Petipa and Tchaikovsky.
Following her very fine “Diamonds” in Jewels I wrote, “During this season, Baldwin has gone from strength to strength as Odette/Odile, The peasant Pas de deux in “Giselle”, the title role in “Alice”, Victorine in “La Conservatoire”, “Theme & Variations” and finally a very fine “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux”. The three word defining her as a dancer is Petipa, Tchaikovsky and Balanchine. It may be a niche, but it is a very attractive niche.”
American Caroline Baldwin is born in USA and educated privately at The Faubourg School of Ballet in. Chicago. As her parents wanted her to follow a normal School education, she attended summer school at School of American Ballet, San Francisco Ballet School, Houston Ballet and Royal Ballet School in London. Following participation in Youth America Grand Prix in New York, she earned a stay at the Royal Danish School, which lead to an apprenticeship with RDB under the tutelage of the late great teacher, Truman Finney. In August 2009, she became a member of the corps and four years later appointed soloist.
Caroline Baldwin is a very good example of good integration in the RDB repertoire and company life. She has managed to make an almost perfect mix of her American schooling and the RDB repertoire. Her most recent role is Clémence in Nikolaj Hübbe´s new production of “Raymonda”.
Together with Ida Praetorius and Holly Jean Dorger, she will be the next generation of Danish Ballerina, taking over more and more roles from the senior team of ballerinas, who are all in their mid-thirties.
Her repertoire includes: Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, The Ballerina in Theme & Variations, Terpsichore in Apollo, Aurora in Christopher Wheeldon´s Sleeping Beauty, Sugar Plum Fairy in Balanchine´s Nutcracker, Hilda in August Bournonville´s: “A Folk´s Tale”.
Photo by Costin Radu from "Theme & Variations" (Copyright(c) Royal Danish Ballet)
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