Born: 1988
Nationality: French
Education: The Paris Conservatoire (CNSM) and the National Ballet School of Cuba in Havana
Career: Joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 2007 as a member of the corps de ballet. Promoted to soloist in 2013 and to principal dancer in 2018 after his premiere as Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake
Highlights from the repertoire with the Royal Danish Ballet: Gennaro in Napoli (August Bournonville), Albrecht in Giselle (Silja Schandorff and Nikolaj Hübbe), Prince Siegfried and Rothbart in Swan Lake (Silja Schandorff and Nikolaj Hübbe), Solor in La Bayadère (Nikolaj Hübbe), Basilio in Don Quixote (Nikolaj Hübbe), Sugar Plum Cavalier in The Nutcracker (George Balanchine), Jack in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon), The Prince in Cinderella (Gregory Dean), Etudes (Harald Lander), Theme and Variations and Ballo della Regina (George Balanchine) and Sid in Come Fly Away (Twyla Tharp).
Others: The Flower Festival of Genzano and the Pas de Sept from A Folk Tale (August Bournonville), the Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire (Marius Petipa), Agon, Symphony in Three Movements, Rubies and Emeralds – Jewels and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux (George Balanchine), Lescaut in Manon (Kenneth MacMillan), Gaston Rieux in Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier), Afron in The Golden Cockerel (Alexei Ratmansky), Unsung (José Limón), 27’52” (Jiří Kylián), Schubert Pas de Deux (Adam Lüders), Bournonville Fantasy (Thomas Lund), Bror Blixen in Blixen (Gregory Dean), Short Time Together (Sol Léon and Paul Lightfoot) and Chroma and AfteRite (Wayne McGregor)
Jonathan Chmelensky was given the title Knight of the Order of Dannebrog by HM Queen Margrethe II in 2019
Guest performances: Festival de Ballet de la Havana, 2014, Copenhagen Summer Dance DDT, 2015, Norwegian National Ballet, 2017, Etoile Ballet Gala travelling around Scandinavia and the Baltic countries from 2016 to 2019, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, 2018, tour to Ulan Bator in Mongolia – Principals and Soloists of the Royal Danish Ballet, 2019
Teaching: The Royal Danish Ballet School as teacher of ”Male Technique” in the apprentice program. Teacher in RDB summer course in 2018 and 2019
Awards and Grants: Johannes and Ulla Poulsen’s Grant, 2014, and Balletmaster Albert Gaubier and Poul Waldorff’s Grant, 2017