Araminta Wraith
Special skills
Singing: mezzo soprano
Dance: ballet, contemporary, jazz, tap (all to professional standard)
Music: flute
Sport: cycling, yoga, swimming
Other skills: strength training, presenting, ballet teacher, dance model
Previous experience
Projects at RADA
Ness, Dinner, devised by the Company, dir. Simona Gonella
Margs, The Factory, devised by Mathias Augestad Ambjør, Grace Cassidy, Jarrad Ellis-Thomas, Mirain Fflur and Araminta Wraith (part of Lab Works)
Ensemble, We Shouldn’t Be Here, devised by the company with Ian Morgan and Henry McGrath of Eden’s Cave, dir. Simona Gonella
Pina Bush, Drag Cabaret, created by Araminta Wraith, dir. Jüri Nael
Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dirs. Jüri Nael and Guillaume Pigé
Queen Marguerite, Exit the King by Eugène Ionesco, dir. Sinéad Rushe
Nora Helmer, A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, dir. Linda Miller
Ballet Companies
Artist of the English National Ballet from 2007 to 2014
Artist of the Scottish Ballet from 2014 to the present (soloist from 2016)
Dance career highlights
Blanche, A Streetcar Named Desire, choreogs Annabelle Lopez Ochoa / Nancy Meckler, Scottish Ballet Company (Kennedy Centre Washington DC)
Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible, choreogs Helen Pickett / James Bonas, Scottish Ballet Company (Edinburgh International Festival)
Cinderella, Cinderella, choreog. Christopher Hampson, Scottish Ballet Company (UK tour)
Dust by Akram Kham, performed live on the Pyramid Stage Glastonbury, English National Ballet Company
5 Wishes, a key part of BBC's 5 Wishes Documentary with Scottish Ballet Company
Snow Queen, Snow Queen, choreog. Christopher Hampson, Scottish Ballet Company, (UK tour)
Lady Montague, Romeo and Juliet, choreog. Rudolph Nureyev, English National Ballet Company (London Coliseum)
Hold Me Forever, Money music video, dir. Cillian Murphy
Other experience
Ambassador for Dancers' Career Development Charity
Regular contributor to Dance Tabs website
Presenter on Shoes en Pointe, BBC