Ursula hageli biography
Biography, Ursula Hageli was born in Zurich and trained at the Zurich Opera House before joining The Royal Ballet School at White Lodge and Upper School.
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HISTORY
In 1997 a renewed friendship between Bridget Hearne and Janet Lewis and the seed of an idea in conversation led to the eventual formation of English Youth Ballet (EYB) in 1998.
With Janet Lewis as Director and with years of experience behind her as a professional dancer, choreographer and teacher and as a producer and director of her own company, Lewis London Ballet, EYB was set up with its first production The Nutcracker at the Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, Somerset.
Introducing the choreographic skills and teaching ability of Ursula Hageli and Richard Slaughter together with their international reputation as principal dancers in the leading roles; Bridget Hearne in her capacity as co-ordinator with responsibility for publicity and marketing and Juliet Hayes as administrative officer, the project took off.
With no financial support it was to be a test project to judge its viability and student and audience enthusiasm for such an idea.
The project would take a familiar clas