Royal Ballet Roster Changes for 2012-13

[Helene]

The Royal Ballet has published roster changes for the 2012-13 season on its website.

Promotions:

• Alexander Campbell and Ryoichi Hirano to First Soloist
  
• Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Claire Calvert, James Hay, Dawid Trzensimiech and Valentino Zucchetti to Soloist Meaghan Grace Hinkis, Fumi Kaneko and Yasmine Naghdi to First Artist
  

Leaving:

• Tamara Rojo to direct English National Ballet
  
• First Soloist José Martin
  
• Artists Celisa Diuana and Aaron Smyth
  
• Ballet Mistress Ursula Hageli
  

The announcement acknowledges that Sergei Polunin, David Makhateli, and Francesca Filpi left during last season.

Joining as Artists:

• Tierney Heap, Mayara Magri and Donald Thom from The Royal Ballet School
  
• Nicol Edmonds from the Finnish National Ballet
  

[Natalia]

_{Patricia Zhou (artist, via an apprenticeship won through Prix de Lausanne) is also leaving. She will be joining the Staatsballet Berlin Ballet this fall, according to her website.}

_{http://patriciazhou.com/}