
The 1ST Ballet Festival Korea-Korea National Ballet [Swan lake]-white swan pas de deux Odette/ Odile : Ji-Young Kim Siegfreid: Young-jae Jung *Ji-Young Kim* In 1991, when Kim was thirteen years old, she began her professional training at the Yewon School, a specialist arts junior school in Seoul. During vacation she attended season sessions for ballet in New York. Later the same year, she had a chance to trainning with professors of the Vaganova Academy and Kim decided to study at the Vaganova. In 1992, Kim went to Russia and she passed the entrance exam for the school. Kim entered the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. In 1996, Kim performed in Vaganova's graduation performance. While she planned to join the company in Russia after her graduation, Kim withdrew her plans and returned to Seoul when her mother died suddenly from a heart attack during Kim's graduation performance. Five month laters, Kim joined the Korea National Ballet (KNB) as the youngest principal dancer. She made her stage debut, dancing the role of Esmeralda in Notre Dame de Paris. In 1999, Kim resigned from the Korea National Ballet and applied to and auditioned for several ballet companies in Europe. She joined Dutch National Ballet in the 2002 as a Grand sujet after an offer from the Artistic Director Wayne Eagling of the Dutch National Ballet (Het National Ballet). Kim was promoted to soloist in 2005. In 2007, Kim was promoted to principal and awarded the Alexandra Radius Prize, an incentive prize <b>...</b>
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