Joseph Caley is an English ballet dancer. He joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet and became a principal dancer in 2011. He left in 2017 to join the English National Ballet and was promoted to lead principal months later. Caley joined the Australian Ballet in 2022 as a principal artist.
Joseph Caley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hull, England |
| Education | The Royal Ballet School |
| Occupation | ballet dancer |
| Years active | 2005-present |
| Career | |
| Current group | English National Ballet |
| Former groups | Birmingham Royal Ballet |
Early life
editCaley was born in Hull.[1] He started dancing when his mother sent him to the same dance school his sister went, and had two afternoon sessions per week.[2] He was then sent to audition for the Royal Ballet Lower School and was accepted. He later progressed to the Upper School.[2]
Career
editIn his second year at the Royal Ballet Upper School, Caley was invited by Birmingham Royal Ballet's then-artistic director David Bintley to join the company, but the school's director at the time Gailene Stock convinced him to have one more year of training,[2] before he joined the company in 2005, and became a principal dancer in 2011.[1] Among the ballets he danced lead roles in are Giselle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Cinderella.[1]
In July 2017, Caley announced that he would join the London-based English National Ballet as a principal for "diversity of repertoire."[2] In the first few months in the company, the roles he danced included Romeo in Nureyev's Romeo and Juliet, James in La Sylphide, The Man in Song of the Earth.[3] In December that year, his promotion to lead principal was announced at backstage, following a performance of The Nutcracker, in which he danced The Nephew. The promotion was effective the following month.[3] One of the lead roles he had danced since was Des Grieux in Manon.[4]
He made an appearance with the Birmingham Royal Ballet in June 2018.[5] Other guest appearances he made includes Miyako Yoshida's Stars Dancer Ballet in Japan, The Australian Ballet, and at the opening of Hull UK City of Culture 2017.[3]
In 2022, Caley left the English National Ballet to join the Australian Ballet as a principal artist.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Joseph Caley is to join English National Ballet as Principal". Gramilano. 3 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Interview with Joseph Caley, English National Ballet's new Principal Dancer". Gramilano. 22 October 2017.
- ^ a b c "Joseph Caley promoted to Lead Principal of English National Ballet". Gramilano. 17 December 2017.
- ^ Levene, Louise (18 January 2019). "Manon, London Coliseum, review — every step has been fine-tuned". Financial Times.
- ^ Guerreino, Tess (16 June 2018). "BRB, Polarity and Proximity Review". Cultural Whisperer.
- ^ "English National Ballet announces promotions and new company members". Gramilano. 31 May 2022.