Sergiu Pobereznic Romanian

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 born retired English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 ballet

Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...

 principal dancer.

Dancing career

Born in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, Sergiu Pobereznic moved to England at 11 and trained at the Royal Ballet School

Royal Ballet School

The Royal Ballet School is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the Royal Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in London...

. He joined The Royal Ballet in 1986, becoming a Soloist in 1990. He transferred to Birmingham Royal Ballet

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Birmingham Royal Ballet is one of the three major ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet....

 in 1993 and was promoted to Principal in 1997.

As well as possessing a beautiful classical line, demonstrated in performances as Siegfried in Swan Lake

Swan Lake

Swan Lake ballet, op. 20, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composed 1875–1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger...

, Franz in Coppélia

Coppélia

Coppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes. It was based upon two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann , and Die Puppe...

 and the Prince in The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...

, Sergiu's versatile dynamism sees him also excelling in more modern repertory. His many notable roles include Balanchine's Agon, The Four Temperaments and Serenade, Troyte Griffith in Enigma Variations, Colas in La Fille Mal Gardée and Oberon in The Dream.

Repertory: with The Royal Ballet: Bluebird (The Sleeping Beauty), Jester (Beauty and the Beast), Bronze Idol (La Bayadère), Libera me (Requiem), King of the West (The Prince of the Pagodas), Prince (The Nutcracker), Oberon (The Dream); with BRB: Amynta (Sylvia), Siegfried ([Swan Lake]), Franz (Coppélia), Troyte Griffith (Enigma Variations), Mercutio, Romeo (Romeo and Juliet), Prince (The Nutcracker), Troy (Far from the Madding Crowd), Lancaster (Edward II), Colas (La Fille mal gardée), Brazilian Woolly Monkey ('Still Life' at the Penguin Café), Captain Peanut (The Nutcracker Sweeties), Romeo (The Shakespeare Suite) and roles in Agon, The Four Temperaments, Symphony in Three Movements, Serenade, Carmina burana, Theme and Variations, Birthday Offering, Street and In the Upper Room.

Created roles: Libramenta and Bright Young Things (Hindle), Powder (Welch), Lot / Red Dragon (Arthur part 1) and Agravain (Arthur part 2) .

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