Leading Soloist
Dominique was born in San Francisco, California and trained at the Ayako School of Ballet, Tanz Akademie Zürich and the Academy of Northern Ballet’s Graduate Professional Programme. She joined Northern Ballet in 2014.
Dominique is sponsored by Melissa Tomlinson.
Find out more about Dominique
Where were you born and raised?
I was born and raised in San Francisco, California.
At what age did you start dancing?
I started ballet at age three.
Where did you train?
Ayako School of Ballet, Tanz Akademie Zürich and the Academy of Northern Ballet’s Graduate Professional Programme.
Which Northern Ballet roles would you most like to dance?
I really loved the role of Octavia in Cleopatra and Swan Lake’s Odette/Odilia would be a challenge and a dream.
What do you like most about being a dancer?
Classical ballet is a disappearing art; I’d like to preserve it.
If you could adapt one work into a ballet what would it be?
I would adapt the 2001 movie Pearl Harbour because I like ballet showing something about history.
Production photos taken by Emma Kauldhar. Header photo by Emily Nuttall.