Elizabeth McGorian

Elizabeth McGorian formerly known as Sharon McGorian is a Principal Character Artist of The Royal Ballet She joined the Company in 1977 and was promoted to Soloist in 1991 and Principal Character Artist in 1997 In the 201920 Season along with her Royal Ballet appearances she performed Lady of the Pearls Death in Venice for The Royal Opera McGorian was born in Zambia and studied at the Mercia Hetherington School in Zimbabwe She joined The Royal Ballet Upper School in 1976 won gold in the 1977 Adeline Genée International Ballet Competition and joined the Company that year Her wide repertory with the Company includes Lady Capulet Romeo and Juliet Empress Elisabeth and Helene Vetsera Mayerling Madge La Sylphide Princess and Queen Swan Lake Lady Elgar Enigma Variations Madame Larina Onegin Pianist The Lesson Berthe Giselle Queen and Carabosse The Sleeping Beauty Madame Manon Bride Les Noces Utah Longhorn Ram Still Life at the Penguin Café and Tsarevna and Tsarina Anastasia Her role creations include Marie Virginie Avegno Strapless Madame Moritz Frankenstein and in Fleeting Figures Piano Half the House Frankenstein the Modern Prometheus Isadora Gloria and La Fin du jour Work away from the Company includes in Arthur Pitas Facada with Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev and in the featurelength dance film Young Men by BalletBoyz