Michelle Cornelius

For the National:

Ballet Shoes

Training

Michelle Cornelius trained at The Rambert School for Ballet and Contemporary Dance.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: Ballet Shoes

In London’s West End: The Phantom of the Opera

Other theatre includes: Sweet Charity at the Royal Exchange, Manchester; Last Dream on Earth at the National Theatre of Scotland; The Immortal Hour at Finborough; Jesus Christ Superstar at Arena UK and on Australian tour; The Enchanted Pig at the Royal Opera House and New Victory Theatre, New York; Stiles and Drewe’s Peter Pan at Leeds Playhouse; Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA at Colosseum Theater, Essen, Germany; South Pacific on UK tour; HAIR at Raimund Theatre, Vienna; and Avenue Q on UK tour

Opera

Carmen at O2 Arena; Gaddafi A Living Myth for ENO; Mitridate re di Ponte at the Royal Opera House; Porgy & Bess at Bregenz Festival, Austria; Aida at Earl’s Court; Idomeneo at Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp

Film

Jumper – Pandemic Diaries, Wicked and Snow White

Michelle Cornelius appeared in music videos for Kylie, Gabrielle, Jamiroquai, Lionel Ritchie, The Kinks and RAYE.

(Published December 2024. Photo: Nicholas Dawkes)