Jennifer Welsman was born in
Penticton, British Columbia
Penticton ( ) is a city in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley of the British Columbia Interior, Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, situated between Okanagan Lake, Okanagan and Skaha Lake, Skaha lakes. In the 2016 Canadian Census, its pop ...
. At an early age, she got involved in dance at the Penticton School of Dance, later becoming a member of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School in 1993.
In 2001, she had her first lead role in a ballet as Clara in ''
The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaiko ...
''. She also plays the China Doll in the Canadian-based kids show The
Toy Castle. She has also danced Aurora in ''
The Sleeping Beauty'',
Review: Sleeping Beauty is a sparkling fairy tale for adults
/ref> Odette and Odile in ''Swan Lake
''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...
'', and Tiger Lily and Mrs. Darling in the ballet version of ''Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a fictional character created by List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and Puer aeternus, never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending ...
''.
She married violinist Simon MacDonald in 2005 at Skaha Lake, British Columbia, Canada.
References
External links
Profile
at Royal Winnipeg Ballet
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Canadian ballerinas
Canadian female dancers
People from Penticton
Royal Winnipeg Ballet soloists