Brenna Flaherty

Second Soloist

Quick Facts

Born: Boston, Massachusetts
Trained: Boston Ballet School in Massachusetts
Joined: 2016
Second Soloist Since: 2021

Brenna Flaherty was born in Boston, Massachusetts and trained at Boston Ballet School in Massachusetts. Brenna joined The National Ballet of Canada as a RBC Apprentice in 2016 and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2021.

Most recently, Brenna debuted as Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Kitty in Christian Spuck’s Anna Karenina and danced Elizabeth in Karen Kain’s Swan Lake. Brenna has danced lead roles including a principal female role in Rubies and Emeralds, Other Stepsister in Cinderella, two principal female roles in Suite en Blanc, Sheep in The Nutcracker and a featured role in Anima Animus. Her repertoire includes The Sleeping Beauty, Onegin, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Don Quixote, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Merry Widow, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Dream, Serenade, Diamonds, Symphony in C, Concerto, Suite en Blanc, Rhapsody, Paquita, Elite Syncopations, Angels’ Atlas, The Four Seasons, After the Rain, Emma Bovary, Passion, Paz de la Jolla, Crepuscular, On Solid Ground and King’s Fall.
1. The Merry Widow
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
3. Theme and Variations
4. Who Cares? (George Balanchine)
5. The Second Detail

Noah Parets and Brenna Flaherty in Rubies from Jewels. Photo by Bruce Zinger.
Donald Thom, Brenna Flaherty and Larkin Miller in Suite en Blanc. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
Brenna Flaherty in Cinderella. Photo by Karolina Kuras.
Brenna Flaherty in The Nutcracker. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

Reviews

“Cinderella’s stepsisters… Brenna Flaherty ran away with show… adding just the right dash of camp to their performances.”

The Globe and Mail

Cinderella
“As the awkward, myopic stepsister, second soloist Brenna Flaherty made a wonderful debut. A young dancer with beautiful technique, this was among the first times she had an opportunity to show her comedic chops. She has a keen sense of timing and delivery when it comes to acting.”

Dance View Times

Cinderella
“Brenna Flaherty and Kota Sato were standouts in a pas de deux that managed to summarize the intensity and uncertainty of romantic longing.”

Toronto Star

Crepuscular

Brenna Flaherty. Photo by Karolina Kuras.