J'aime Crandall
# J'aime Crandall

J'aime Crandall (born April 28, 1982) is an American ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at Royal Danish Ballet.

## Early life and education

Born in Virginia, she grew up in Arizona, and trained in a ballet school in Phoenix. When she was 13, she was admitted to the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C.

## Career

In 2001, she joined Universal Ballet in Seoul, South Korea and was promoted to demi-soloist the following year. Her repertoire there where her repertoire included works by Petipa, Balanchine, Brian Yoo and Oleg Vinogradov. In 2003, she became a member of the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. In 2008, she joined the Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen as member of the corps de ballet, becoming a soloist in February 2011 and a principal dancer in December the same year. She has danced leading roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Études, La Sylphide and The Nutcracker.

## Selected repertoire

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