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Ysabelle Taylor trained as a dancer at the Royal Ballet School in London and performed many solo and principal roles over ten years with the Royal Swedish Ballet, Scapino Ballet Amsterdam, Dublin City Ballet  and Düsseldorf Ballet. Her first choreographies were for company workshops with Scapino Ballet and the Royal Swedish Ballet.

 

Awarded a prize for choreography at the International Ballet Competition in Helsinki, her commissions include works for Ballet Cymru in Wales, the Royal Ballet Educational Unit, London Studio Centre, Rambert School and Irish National Youth Ballet. She participated in the International Course for Choreographers and Composers under the direction of Robert Cohan, and produced and performed two full length solo shows in the UK. She holds a First Class BPhil (Hons) in Ballet and Contextual Studies from Durham University.

 

As a tutor for the Royal Academy of Dance Ysabelle travelled worldwide teaching and choreographing for RAD summer schools and also tutoring teachers’ courses. Alongside her freelance work, she ran her own ballet school for 30 years in Beckenham, South London.

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She has published three books including a dance autobiography Europe On My Toes.

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In 2021, in collaboration with Alice Pennefather, she produced an award winning short dance film of her choreography Birdsong. This turned into a new adventure exploring the world of dance on screen and new short dance film productions.

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