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Alina Cojocaru
Alina Cojocaru OBE is a former Principal of The Royal Ballet and English National Ballet. After studying at the Royal Ballet School on a Prix de Lausanne scholarship she joined the Kiev Ballet in Ukraine as a principal dancer. Following one season with Kiev, she entered the corps of the Royal Ballet in 1999, was promoted to Soloist at the end of her first season and in April 2001 was promoted to Principal at the age of 19. With Royal Ballet Principal Johan Kobborg, she forged an iconic dance partnership, celebrated in their performances with The Royal Ballet and as guest artists around the world.
Alina left The Royal Ballet at the end of the 2012/13 season to join English National Ballet, where she performed lead roles in ballets including Akram Khan’s acclaimed reimagining of “Giselle”. Among her numerous awards are Best Female Dancer at the 2002 Critic’s Circle Awards and the 2004 and 2012 Benois de la Danse awards. Alina is a permanent Guest Artist with John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet and continues to dance as a Guest Artist with the world’s foremost ballet companies.
In 2019 she founded her production company Acworkroom Ltd and in 2022 The Alina Cojocaru Foundation.
UPCOMING PROJECTS
To be funded by The Alina Cojocaru Foundation
La Strada
Choreography – Natália Horečná
Set & Costume design – Otto Bubeníček
Music – Nino Rota
An Acworkroom Ltd production.
AC Workroom was founded in 2019 by its director Alina Cojocaru OBE. With a primary focus dedicated to live performances, the company strives to develop and commission ambitious new original ballet and contemporary dance works for the stage that will inspire, entertain, and captivate audiences in the UK and Internationally.
Commissions to date include creations by Juliano Nunes, Tim Rushton, Kim Brandstrup and Natalia Horecna.
Acworkroom is also passionate about developing dance and movement based cinematic work and has so far produced and premiered KIEV, a short-film directed and choreographed by Kim Brandstrup.
The company’s inaugural performances were at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre in February 2020.
A London based independent Ballet & Dance company.
Supporting the creation and development of new ballet and dance works.
The Alina Cojocaru Foundation is a registered charity established in May 2022 by its Founder Alina Cojocaru OBE. The aim of the Foundation is to support the creation and development of new ballet and dance works and to inspire wide and diverse audiences with new and innovative dance productions.
The Foundation works with Alina and her production company, Acworkroom Ltd, through providing financial support for the charitable activities related to their work. The Foundation also intends to support an outreach programme linked to the creation, development and performance of ballet and dance works produced by Alina and Acworkroom Ltd.