Biography
Born in Providence,
Rhode Island and trained at the Festival
Ballet of Rhode Island and Canada’s
National Ballet School,
Greta Hodgkinson joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1990 and has been a
Principal Dancer since 1996.
Ms. Hodgkinson has performed every leading role in the
classical repertoire to critical acclaim and her talents extend to the
contemporary repertoire as well. She has had numerous roles created for her by
world renowned choreographers and has worked closely with William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Glen
Tetley, John Neumeier, James Kudelka, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon,
Wayne McGregor and Crystal Pite.
As a guest artist, Ms. Hodgkinson has appeared with The Kirov
Ballet (International Ballet Festival Mariinsky), Teatro alla Scala, The
Australian Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Munich Ballet, Teatro Comunale di Firenze,
at the Opening Gala of the Royal Opera House, at The State Kremlin Palace, the
Gala des Étoiles and international ballet galas in the USA, Canada,
Russia and Europe.
Ms. Hodgkinson was invited to tour Japan
dancing Swan Lake
with K-Ballet, partnered by Tetsuya Kumakawa and she also performed at The
World Ballet Festival in Tokyo,
Japan with
frequent partner Roberto Bolle.
Ms. Hodgkinson has graced the covers of Dance Magazine
and Dance International Magazine and has been featured in various fashion
publications including Vanity Fair, Lucky, W, GQ Italia, Elle, NUVO, Flare and
FASHION magazines. She has worked with such noted photographers as Michael
Thompson, Febrizio Ferri, Howard Schatz, Nick Krasnaii, Christopher Wahl, Max
Abadian, Sian Richards and Cylla von Tiedemann.
Her film credits include the title role in Roxana, based on the novel by Daniel
Defoe, the title role in The Firebird,
Summer in The Four Seasons, A Dancer’s Story – 50 Years of The National
Ballet of Canada (dancing The
Sleeping Beauty pas de deux) and a featured role in The Rings of Saturn, directed by Moze Mossanen. In 2009, she appeared
as Margot Fonteyn in the Bravo! TV docudrama, Nureyev and in 2010, made a guest appearance on the premiere of the
Canadian comedy television series Baxter.
http://www.gretahodgkinson.com
Quotes
Other Dances
Other
Dances (1976) is Kain’s gift to Greta Hodgkinson to
celebrate the principal dancer’s 20 years with the company… What can be said about the sublime Hodgkinson
that hasn’t already been said? The ballerina has the innate ability to adapt
herself to any style. A chameleon of dance, she masks her formidable technique within
choreographic intention.”
The Globe and Mail, 2011
“Greta Hodgkinson a wonder in Other
Dances… With a veritable mountain of work behind her, Greta Hodgkinson is
today standing, in every sense, at the very apex of her career.
So it is fitting that the National Ballet of Canada affords the principal
dancer the chance to not only dance in the sunshine but to savour the view as
well as she marks 20 years with the company… it is all
about Hodgkinson, and she makes the most of it as she savours every graceful
step, every nuanced gesture, every second in this timeless dance as a fitting
reward for 20 years of hard and memorable work. With seemingly effortless
style, she serves up a mix of skill, experience, knowledge and artistry that is
as intoxicating as it is sweet, leaving one wishing she could dance for 20
years more and almost convinced that she can.”
Toronto Sun, 2011
Feature Article
“Principal dancer Greta Hodgkinson is among the best I’ve ever seen – certainly the equal of Kain and Tennant in their primes. She can do modern, she can do traditional; onstage, her expressive features transmit her character’s emotions.”
Toronto Life, 2006