Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Marcelino Sambe on the Sleeping Beauty

Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Marcelino Sambe (The Royal Ballet) in the Sleeping Beauty act III pas de deux, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, choreography by Marius Petipa. Shot on 28.1.2023 in Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome. Les Etoiles Gala 2023, production by Daniele Cipriani Entertainment.

Anna Rose O’Sullivan is an English ballet dancer and is a principal dancer at the Royal Ballet. Her promotion to principal dancer took effect in September 2021. O’Sullivan was born in London. She started dance at age two, and performed with London Children’s Ballet. She has also performed in musical theatre, and appeared as Cosette in Les Misérables and in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on the West End. She entered The Royal Ballet School at age 11 and graduated into The Royal Ballet in 2012.

Marcelino Sambé (born 29 April 1994) is a Portuguese ballet dancer. He is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet in London.

Photos by Jack Devant ballet photography © with kind permission of Daniele Cipriani Entertainment, special thanks to Mrs. Simonetta Allder.