{"id":9530,"date":"2026-10-06T13:48:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leshivernales.be\/danseur\/sangeun-lee-principal-english-national-ballet\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T22:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:20:19","slug":"sangeun-lee-principal-english-national-ballet","status":"publish","type":"danseur","link":"https:\/\/www.leshivernales.be\/en\/dancer\/sangeun-lee-principal-english-national-ballet\/","title":{"rendered":"Sangeun Lee, Principal English National Ballet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally from Seoul, Sangeun Lee received her full dance training at <em>Sunhwa Arts School<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There, she developed a distinctive artistic voice and refined her technical excellence, earning recognition in multiple competitions. In 2005, she signed her first professional contract with <em>Universal Ballet<\/em>, joining the company as a soloist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her journey then led her to the <em>Semperoper Ballett<\/em> in Dresden in 2010. She quickly emerged there as one of the company\u2019s leading dancers and was promoted to Principal in 2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eight years later, in 2023, Sangeun embarked on a new chapter by joining <em>English National Ballet<\/em> as a Principal dancer. With an extensive classical and neo-classical repertoire, she has collaborated throughout her career with internationally acclaimed choreographers such as David Dawson, William Forsythe, Malou Airaudo, Alexander Ekman and Derek Deane. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She appears in the documentary film \u201cDancing Pina\u201d, which follows her in-depth work on the role of Iphigenia in Pina Bausch\u2019s \u201cIphigenie auf Tauris\u201d, a role that has since become one of her personal highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sangeun has also inspired several original creations, including the role of Do\u00f1a Dulcinea in Aaron S. 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