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Wayne Eagling was born in Montreal,
Canada and grew up in California. Whilst working
in California he was noticed by Michael Somes
and Gerd Larsen of The Royal Ballet and asked
to complete his ballet training in Britain. In
1969 he joined The Royal Ballet becoming a Principal
Dancer in 1975.
At The Royal Ballet, Wayne danced
all the major roles in the repertoire and worked
with choreographers such as Sir Kenneth MacMillan,
Sir Frederick Ashton, George Ballanchine, Jerome
Robbins and Rudolph Nureyev, to name a few.
In 1991 Wayne took up the Artistic
Directorship of the Dutch National Ballet where
he was responsible for introducing many new choreographers
and new, full evening ballets to the repertoire.
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