Michele Jimenez

Michele is a former principal dancer with The Dutch National Ballet and The Washington Ballet in Washington DC. Ms. Jiménez was born in America and raised in the Dominican Republic, where she began her training at the Ballet Clasico Nacional de Santo Domingo, where she was discovered by a talent scout for Washington School of Ballet, Lorraine Spiegler. Michele Jimenez auditioned for and joined the Dutch National Ballet in 2006 after dancing for approximately 9 years with the Washington Ballet as a principal dancer. She joined Dutch National as a Grand Sujet and later promoted to second soloist in April 2008. She was recently awarded the Alexadra Radius Award for 2008, an award established by the Friends of The National Ballet and former first soloist of The National Ballet. The honor goes to the most outstanding dancer(s) from it tableau The National Ballet. She danced main roles in many ballets like: Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Coppelia, Carmen, Don Giovanni, The Nutcracker and in many contemporary pieces from choreographers such as George Balanchine, William Fortsythe, Hans van Manen, Krzysztof Pastor,Spetime Webre, Wayne Eagling, Ted Brandsen, Alexei Ratmansky, Mark Morris and Christopher Wheeldon. Jimenez lives in Amstelveen and works as a guest ballet master and repetiteur. She is a registered teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance and a Progressing Ballet Technique instructor.