Jillian Vanstone

Biography

A native of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Jillian Vanstone trained at the Kirkwood Academy of the Performing Arts and Canada’s National Ballet School. She joined The National Ballet of Canada in 1999 and was promoted to First Soloist in 2006.

With the National Ballet, Ms. Vanstone has danced the title role in Giselle, Katherina and Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew, Valencienne in The Merry Widow and The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. She has also danced lead roles in Jewels, The Four Seasons and Symphony in C, as well as featured soloist roles in Swan Lake, Apollo, The Firebird, The Sleeping Beauty and Les Sylphides.

Ms. Vanstone performed in the world premieres of Peter Quanz’s IN COLOUR, Sabrina Matthews’ DEXTRIS, James Kudelka’s Cinderella and The Contract (The Pied Piper) as well as in Jean-Pierre Perreault’s The Comforts of Solitude. Ms. Vanstone also danced in several company premieres, most recently the role of Nina in John Neumeier’s The Seagull.

While a student at Canada’s National Ballet School, Ms. Vanstone won the Peter Dwyer and Erik Bruhn Awards.