Biography
Jordana Daumec was born in New York City
and trained at Studio Maestro in New
York City and Canada’s
National Ballet School.
She joined The National Ballet of Canada in 2004 and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2010.
Ms.
Daumec repertoire includes The Sleeping
Beauty, Swan Lake, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Onegin,
Giselle, Don Quixote,
La Sylphide, The Firebird, Madame Butterfly, The Taming of the Shrew, An Italian Straw Hat, The Seagull, Theme
and Variations, Symphony in C, Jewels,
The Four Temperaments, The Four
Seasons, Glass Pieces, Russian
Seasons and Emergence.
Recently,
Ms. Daumec performed in the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet by Alexei Ratmansky and in the North American premieres of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Christopher Wheeldon and Hamlet by Kevin O’Day.
In 2010, Ms. Daumec danced with the company in Marie
Chouinard’s 24 Preludes by Chopin at
the Cultural Olympiad at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Quotes
Elite Syncopations
“Jordana Daumec hammed it up with perfect comic timing and
exaggerated facial expressions.”
Dance View Times, 2012
The Sleeping Beauty
“of the retinue of fairies, I particularly admired… Jordana
Daumec for her spirited breeziness”
Dance Europe, 2010
The Nutcracker
“the nimble Jordana Daumec as the Bee, seemed airy and
effortless.”
The National Post, 2011