Jenna Savella

Jenna Savella 2012 13 Photo Credits

Jenna Savella, photo by Sian Richards.

Biography

Jenna Savella was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and trained at Dance West in Vancouver and Canada’s National Ballet School. She joined the company in 2004 and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2009.

Ms. Savella’s repertoire includes the Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Autumn in The Four Seasons, Italian Princess in Swan Lake and Gemini, Breadcrumb and the Finger Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty. She has also performed in Cinderella, Don Quixote, An Italian Straw Hat, Symphony in C, The Four Temperaments, The Four Seasons, Russian Seasons and Emergence

Recently, Ms. Savella danced in the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet by Alexei Ratmansky and the North American premieres of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Christopher Wheeldon and Hamlet by Kevin O’Day. 

She was the recipient of a British Columbia Arts Council Scholarship and the Vancouver Foundation Scholarship. In 2006 and 2007, Ms. Savella was awarded the National Ballet’s Patron Award of Merit.  

Jenna Savella is sponsored through Dancers First by an anonymous donor.

Quotes

The Four Seasons
“In Autumn, Jenna Savella was captivating and looked mature beyond her years. Her dancing was self-assured with an understated elegance.”
DanceView, 2010