FIVE QUESTIONS FOR Yasmine Naghdi

Yasmine Naghdi, a Principal Dancer for the Royal Ballet, was glorious this season as Juliet in choreographer Kenneth MacMillan’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The dance critic in the British Theatre Guide wrote, “Naghdi is gorgeous and faultless in whatever she does, and here she acts and dances Juliet to nuanced perfection.” This week she opens in Giselle, dancing the title role in the iconic staging of the work by choreographer Peter Wright. “Giselle is one of those ballets we are forever striving to get right,” she tells me when I meet her backstage at the Royal Opera House… Read Full Article