Young-jae Jung (born 1984) is a South Korean

ballet dancer A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on yea ...

. He is currently a member of the

Korea National Ballet The Korea National Ballet is a South Korean ballet company. It was founded in 1962 in Seoul as the National Ballet Company. It was one of the affiliates of the National Theater of Korea until 1999, when it separated to independently reestablish its ...

where he is a soloist. Jung graduated from Ulan Ude State Ballet School, Russia in 2001 and also attended the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. After graduating from Korea National University of Arts, he danced at

Universal Ballet The Universal Ballet was founded in Seoul, South Korea in 1984. One of only five professional ballet companies in South Korea, the company performs a repertory that includes many full length classical story ballets, together with shorter contempora ...

. In 2008, he was a member of

corps de ballet In ballet, the ''corps de ballet'' (; French for "body of the ballet") is the group of dancers who are not principal dancers or soloists. They are a permanent part of the ballet company and often work as a backdrop for the principal dancers. ...

at the

English National Ballet English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin as London Festival Ballet and based in London, England. Along with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish ...

(ENB) for two years. At ENB, he was taught by Anthony Dowson (a former principal dancer at the

Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded in ...

) and played leading roles in the ENB director

Wayne Eagling Wayne Eagling (born 27 November 1950) is a Canadian ballet dancer, now retired. After more than twenty years as a popular member of The Royal Ballet in London, he became well known as an international choreographer and company director. Early li ...

's numerous works such as ''

The Snow Queen "The Snow Queen" ( da, Snedronningen) is an original fairy tale by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published 21 December 1844 in '' New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection'' (''Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samli ...

'', ''

Coppélia ''Coppélia'' (sometimes subtitled: ''La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail'' (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Éti ...

'', ''

Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was first ...

'', '' The Sleeping Beauty'' and ''

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 ...

''. In July 2009 he joined the Korea National Ballet. At the 11th “Arabesque” International Ballet Competition in 2010, he received a perfect score from all the judges for the first time in the history of the competition to win the Grand Prix and the Best Couple Prize.

List of Awards

*2003 First Place for a junior at the Competition hosted by the Gwangju Ballet Association *2005 Finalist at the Nagoya International Ballet Competition *2006 First Place (pas de deux) at the Gwangju International Ballet Competition *2007 Grand Prix and Prize awarded by the Minister of Culture and Tourism at Seoul International Dance Competition *2007 Lefkowitz Award for dancers with "special attributes" at the

New York International Ballet Competition The New York International Ballet Competition (NYIBC), was a program providing dance education and employment opportunities for young dancers ages 17 to 24. In 1983 Ilona Copen founded NYIBC, with Igor Youskevitch as first artistic director, in ord ...

*2009 Principal Prize at the 46th Dance Competition for Rookies *2010 Grand Prix and Best Couple Prize at the 11th “Arabesque” International Ballet Competition

References

External links

Artist profile
at Korean National Ballet {{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, Young-jae South Korean male ballet dancers Living people Korea National University of Arts alumni Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 1984 births