Cordelia Braithwaite
DancerOverview
Cordelia started dancing locally in her hometown of Leighton Buzzard. At the age of 16 she was awarded a full scholarship to Laine Theatre Arts and graduated in 2012.
Cordelia's first engagement with Matthew Bourne's New Adventures was dancing the Italian and Spanish Princesses and The Girlfriend in the 2013-14 Swan Lake tour. She has also performed as Mercedes, Frankie and Lana in the 2015 tour of The Car Man; Victoria Page and Nadia in The Red Shoes and played Cinderella and Betty in Cinderella. Most recently, Cordelia created the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet.
In 2019 Cordelia was nominated by The Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards, in the category of ‘Outstanding Female Modern Performance’ for her portrayal of Juliet.
a wonderfully elegant dancer, and an emotive actor
Arts City Liverpool
Training
Laine Theatre Arts
Credits
For NEW ADVENTURES
- Swan Lake – 2013/14 Ensemble, Cover Girlfriend
- The Car Man – 2015 Lana, Mercedes, Frankie
- Sleeping Beauty – 2015/16 Aurora, Hibernia
- The Red Shoes – 2016/17 & 2019/20 Victoria Page, Lady Neston, Edith
- Cinderella – 2017-19 Cinderella, Betty
- Romeo and Juliet – 2019 Juliet
FILM
- The Car Man – 2015
- Romeo and Juliet – 2019 Juliet