Silvia Jimenez

Born in  Madrid, Spain. Silvia trained with Victor Ullate Ballet School, at Princess Grace in Monte Carlo and finished her studies at John Cranko School in Germany.  She began her professional career as a dancer with Stuttgart Ballet for five years under the direction of Marcia Haydee. She then joined Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1996 where she became First Soloist and finished her performing career in 2008. She performed many main roles of the classical repertoire like Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Queen of the Willis in Giselle and many more. She has also danced solo parts in ballets by Balanchine, John Cranko, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Frederick Ashton, Twyla Tharp, Stanton Welch. She has also worked with international choreographers of the likes of Hans van Manen, Uwe Scholz, Renato Zanella, David Bintley and Nacho Duato amongst others.

With many years of experience as a Ballet Teacher, she has appeared as a guest at Conservatorio Profesional de Danza in Madrid and in Puerto Llano, at The Hammod and DanceXchange CADT programme for young dancers as well as guest teacher at international summer schools. She was a ballet tutor with Elmhurst Ballet School for five years and the Head of Elmhurst Ballet Company until 2021. 

Silvia has been invited to guest with companies like: Company Wayne McGregor, Stuttgart Ballet, Graz Opera Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet on several occasions. In 2022 she was invited regularly to teach English National Ballet Company. She is now a ballet tutor and private coach for Blommaert Ballet School in the UK.