Masterclass with Alexander Campbell

Join Principal of The Royal Ballet and RAD alumni Alexander Campbell for a mixed repertoire masterclass. Alexander will delve into how the preparation of steps varies based on the ballet and character. This is a practical class aimed at teachers with opportunities to either participate or observe.

Biography

Alexander Campbell was born in Sydney, Australia. He was attracted to ballet at the age of five after seeing the work of his grandmother who was a ballet teacher at the time.

Alexander won a silver medal at the 2003 Genée International Ballet Competition (RAD’s competition now renamed the Fonteyn), which was held in Birmingham. Through this experience Alexander was introduced to the Birmingham Royal Ballet, securing his first job in the company in 2005. He was promoted to the position of the first artist followed by promotion to soloist (2007) and first soloist in 2009.

He joined The Royal Ballet as a soloist in 2011 and was promoted to first soloist in 2012 and Principal in June 2016.

His first role as Principal was as partner to Roberta Marquez in La fille mal gardée at her Royal Ballet farewell performance in 2016. Campbell first danced Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty partnering Francesca Hayward on her debut as Aurora in February 2017. Later in 2017 he danced in Rubies (Jewels), Tarantella and as Oberon in The Dream. In 2018 he debuted as Albrecht partnering Francesca Hayward in Giselle. In April 2018 Campbell made his debut as des Giroux in Kenneth McMillan’s Manon and in the same run of performances danced on different days the roles of both des Giroux and Lescaut.

In major roles, Alexander has toured with The Royal Ballet in Russia, Japan, The United States of America, Spain and Australia and has made guest appearances with Birmingham Royal Ballet and Australian Ballet. In 2015 Alexander performed the role of The Devil in Will Tuckett’s a Soldiers Tale in Tokyo. He partnered Francesca Hayward in Robert Binet’s immersive work, The Dreamers Ever Leave You in collaboration with the National Ballet of Canada at The Printworks in London in October 2017. Alexander starred with Francesca Hayward in the BBC television documentary film Dancing the Nutcracker: Inside the Royal Ballet which was first shown on Christmas Day 2016. As a presenter, Campbell has introduced broadcasts of ballet from The Royal Opera House and co-presented World Ballet Days with Kristin McNally.