14 Facts About Reece Clarke

Reece Clarke was born on 27 March 1995 and is a Scottish ballet dancer.

Reece Clarke joined the Royal Ballet in 2013, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2022.

Reece Clarke's father was a steelworker and Clarke's mother worked as a child minder.

Reece Clarke initially attended weekly classes at a local dance school that his brothers attended, before he joined the Royal Ballet School Junior Associates programme, and travelled to London every weekend for training.

In 2006, the 11-year-old Clarke entered the Royal Ballet School, where all three of his brothers attended.

Reece Clarke attended the lower school for five years, before moving to the upper school.

In 2012, Reece Clarke won Young British Dancer of the Year.

Reece Clarke did not officially graduate from the school as he was offered a position from the Royal Ballet early, hence did not complete the full three years at the upper school.

In 2014, Reece Clarke performed his first major role, in Ashton's Symphonic Variations.

Reece Clarke was covering the role, but was cast to dance opposite Marianela Nunez after a dancer dropped out.

Reece Clarke won the Emerging Artist Award at the 2016 National Dance Awards.

In January 2020, Reece Clarke was promoted to first soloist, shortly before he filled in for Vadim Muntagirov as the titular role in Cranko's Onegin, alongside Natalia Osipova's Tatiana.

In March 2022, Reece Clarke appeared in a gala benefitting the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal at the London Coliseum, performing Balanchine's Tchaikovsky pas de deux with Nunez.

Reece Clarke danced as Prince Siegfried in the fourth act, opposite Osipova.