Who became the Royal Ballet’s youngest principal dancer in 1989, at the age of 20?
Jonathan Cope (dancer) Jonathan Cope (dancer) Jonathan Cope, CBE (born 1963) is a British ballet dancer, a former principal and current répétiteur with The Royal Ballet. Cope was born in Devon. He created the role of The Prince alongside Darcey Bussell in "The Prince of the Pagodas" in 1989. He was appointed a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's New Year's Honours List for his services to Ballet. He is married to the Portuguese-born ballerina Maria Almeida, also a former Royal Ballet dancer. Jonathan Cope was involved in the London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony, alongside fellow
David Wall (dancer) David Wall (dancer) David Wall, CBE (15 March 1946 – 18 June 2013) was an English ballet dancer, who, at the age of 21, became the youngest male Principal in the history of The Royal Ballet. Wall was born in Chiswick, London and went to preparatory school at Halliford School in Shepperton, where ballroom dancing classes were compulsory. His mother always said that he developed an interest in ballet watching the girls in the ballet classes that followed those ballroom classes! He then started weekly ballet classes with Mrs. Durnsford in Windsor. Wall studied at the Royal Ballet School and