Irene Yang

Demi-Soloist

Irene Yang

Demi-Soloist

Vita

Irene Yang was born in Toronto (Canada). She began dance training at a private dance studio in Markham, Ontario. In 2011 she attended Elite Danceworx and trained there in all styles of dance. She began her formal classical training in 2014 at the Academy of Ballet and Jazz (School of Canadian Ballet Theatre). In 2018 she came to Stuttgart to join the John Cranko Schule from which she graduated in 2021.

She successfully took part in several competitions. At the Prix de Lausanne 2018 she was a finalist and won a scholarship to the John Cranko Schule. In the years 2016 to 2018 she reached several first and second places at the regional Semifinals of the Youth America Grand Prix.

In the 2020-21 season Irene Yang was an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet, one season later she became a member of the Corps de ballet. At the beginning of the 2024/25 season she was promoted to Demi-Soloist.
Photo Roman Novitzky

Repertoire

Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Aurora's Nap (Johan Inger): Candide
  • Bliss (Johan Inger)
  • Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko): Solo Role in the 4th movement
  • Kingdom of Shades, from: La Bayadère (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa): 1st variation
  • One of a Kind (Jiří Kylián)
  • Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz): Solo Role
  • Sospesi (Vittoria Girelli)
  • Swan Lake (John Cranko): small Swan, Pas de six, Princess of Naples
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): squirrel

Specially created Roles
  • Averno (Morgann Runacre-Temple): mother
  • In Esisto (Vittoria Girelli): Corps
  • SYMPHONY NO. 2 "Under the Trees' Voices" (David Dawson)
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): fairy of the forest

Specially created Roles at Noverre: Young Choreographers
  • 2m² of skin (Martino Semenzato)
  • And so am I (Neshama Nashman)
  • Better late than never (Adrian Oldenburger)
  • Veritas vos liberat (Emanuele Babici): Solo

Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Blake Works I (William Forsythe)
  • Bliss (Johan Inger)
  • Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko)
  • Mayerling (Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Onegin (John Cranko)
  • Opus 1 (John Cranko)
  • Reflection/s (Roman Novitzky)
  • Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
  • The Kingdom of the Shades, from La Bayadère (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa)
  • The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée after Marius Petipa)
  • The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)

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