Isabella Kinch was born in Smithers, British Columbia and trained at Canada’s National Ballet School and Edmonton School of Ballet. She joined The National Ballet of Canada as an RBC Apprentice in 2022 and was promoted to Corps de Ballet in 2023 and was promoted to Second Soloist in 2025.
Most recently, Isabella debuted as Kitty in the North American premiere of Christian Spuck’s Anna Karenina. Her repertoire includes the Snow Queen in The Nutcracker, Elizabeth in Swan Lake and roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Giselle, Cinderella, Don Quixote, Onegin, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, MADDADDAM, The Four Seasons, Serenade, Suite en Blanc, Symphony in C, The Leaves Are Fading, Passion, Emma Bovary, Morpheus’ Dream, UtopiVerse and Reverence.
In 2021, Isabella was the recipient of the Peter Dwyer Award and Eric Bruhn Memorial Award.
