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Soon Ja Lee
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Biography
Soon Ja has previously performed with Noboru Shingu Ballet; Principal role in Swan Lake, SleepingBeauty, Coppélia, The Nutcracker and Don Quixote, and also at London Studio Centre; Principal role in Balanchine’s Divertimento No 15, and Soloist in new works by Jennifer Jackson and Adam Cooper and Pineapple Poll staged by Margaret Barbieri.
She danced with Ballet Ireland’s The Sleeping Beauty Tour 2002 and joined Scottish Ballet in March 2002, dancing in Page’s Walking In The Heat, The Nutcracker (Marie), Soft Underbelly, Nightswimming into day, Cinderella (Cinderella, Godmother, Winter), Fearful Symmetries and The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy, Aurora), Balanchine's The Four Temperaments (Fourth Variation, Choleric, Sanguinic Pas Due Duex), Apollo, Episodes, Agon and Rubies, Pastor's In Light And Shadow, Forsythe’s Artifact Suite andBrown’s For M.G.: The Movie.
Quotes
The Sleeping Beauty (2007-2008)
.The Daily Telegraph, 13 December 2007 – …beautiful opening night performances from Soon Ja Lee, Claire Robertson and Erik Cavallari in particular.
Thestage.co.uk, 10th January 2008, Thom Dibdin “Soon Ja Lee floats through her performance, creating a knowing innocence for Aurora.”
The Edinburgh Blog, 14th January 2008 “The star of the show for me was Soon Ja Lee. Her grace, elegance and control of the stage stood out from the rest.”
Evening Chronicle, 22nd February 2008 “Soon Ja Lee shone in her role as the virtuous Lilac Fairy.”
SPRING 2007
.Sunday Herald, 15 April 2007 – soloists Eve Mutso, Soon Ja Lee and Jarkko Lehmus catch the eye
CINDERELLA 2006-2007
.Criticaldance.net, 10 Dec 2006 – Soon Ja Lee was exemplary
EIF 2006
Krzysztof Pastor’s In Light And Shadow
. the Independent, Aug 2006 - …with Paul Liburd and Soon Ja Lee showing particular attack.
SPRING 2006
Balanchine’s Episodes
. The Stage, 30 March 2006 - … although Mutso in her dominating duet with Robert Doherty and Soon Ja Lee leading the finale with Brice Bardot, were excellent.
. Sunday Herald, 9 April 2006 – Soon Ja Lee and Olivier Rydout lend lofty grandeur to the central duet.
. Danceviewtimes.com – 12 April 2006 – Eve Mutso, however, in her dominating duet with Robert Doherty to the Five Pieces Op 10, and Soon Ja Lee leading the finale (Ricercata in Six Voices) with Brice Bardot, are excellent.
CINDERELLA 2005-2006
Page’s Cinderella
. Metro Scotland, 16 December 2005 – The dancers are mostly superb, especially Soon Ja Lee as The Fairy Godmother, who dazzles whenever she appears.
. Mail on Sunday, 15 January 2006 - … and Soon Ja Lee radiates goodness as the Fairy Godmother.
. Press & Journal, 18 January 2006 – In a brilliant hard working company Soon Ja Lee makes a lovely wisp of a Cinderella…
. The Skinny, 5 February 2006– Claire Robertson as Cinders and Fairy Godmother Soon Ja Lee shine, their fine technique and luminosity grabbing the audience’s attention along with the lavish costumes they wear to the ball…
. Stoke Sentinel Sunday, 9 March 2006– Soon Ja Lee, also Japanese, was the Fairy Godmother, and her stylish grace enabled her to dance airily en pointe.
. BBC Stoke-on-Trent, 21 March 2006 - …but Soon Ja Lee’s Godmother is masterly…
AUTUMN 2005
Page’s Walking in the Heat
. The Herald, 12 September 2005 – Lee, with Brice Bardot, offered sultry manoeuvres in Page’s Walking in the Heat.
Balanchine’s Apollo
. The Herald, 12 September 2005 – Eve Mutso, Soon Ja Lee and Claire Robertson are inspiring Muses.
SPRING 2005
Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments
. The Herald, 14 April 2005 – Soon Ja Lee is sparky and crisp in Choleric.
. The Daily Telegraph, 15 April 2005 - … Best was the fine Soon Ja Lee as a Choleric…
. Evening News, 21 April 2005 - … the assurance of Soon Ja Lee was clear as soon as she came on to lead the final variation.
Page’s Walking in the Heat
. Dance Expression, June 2005 – Soon Ja Lee and Oliver Rydout are stylish and exact in their partnership.
THE NUTCRACKER 2004-2005
Page’s The Nutcracker
. The Sunday Times, 9 January 2005 - …There is something particularly pure and lovely about Soon Ja Lee and Olivier Rydout, her in a sparkly tutu, him in maly white tights, making light work of one of the most demanding and best-loved duets in classical ballet.
SPRING 2004
Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments
. The Herald, 01 April 2004 – Lovely exactness, too, in the Choleric of Soon Ja Lee...
. Daily Telegraph, 5 April 2004 – Several soloists were rewarding – elegant Eve Mutso in the Third Theme… capped by the Choleric ballerina, Soon Ja Lee.
. The Sunday Times, 11 April 2004 – Soon Ja Lee is a cracker in her attack and fierceness of expression in the final variation, Choleric, before it reaches its breathtaking finale in arcing lifts across the stage.
. Observer (Review), 18 April 2004 – Soon Ja Lee is a mini tornado as Choleric.
. The Stage, 29 April 2004 – … while Soon Ja Lee gives a stunning lesson in classical restraint and formality for the Choleric Fourth Variation.
. Dance Now, Summer 2004 – There were other exemplary performances: Claire Robertson (Sanguinic), Soon Ja Lee (Choleric).
Page’s Soft Underbelly
. The Stage, 29 April 2004 – The Vulnerability of Lee in Soft Underbelly is superbly expressed….
THE NUTCRACKER 2003-2004
Page’s The Nutcracker
. The Stage, 8 January 2004 - … particularly Soon Ja Lee’s effortlessly sensual Frau Stahlbaun….
. Hi-Arts, January 2004 – The Sugar Plum Fairy may have disappeared, but her dance remains, along with the famous pas de deux for the hero and the heroine, beautifully executed by Soon Ja Lee as Marie and Tamas Nagy as The Nutcracker Prince.
. Lochaber News, 24 January 2004 - … the sheer quality of technique and interpretation from Soon Ja Lee and Nutcracker Prince Tamas Nagy in the grand pas de deux, gave a sparkling finish to a glittering, if safe choice Highland debut for Page.
. Nairnshire Telegraph, 3 February 2004 – Further evidence that we are to see a different Clara (this one is called Marie) and she is danced delightfully by Japanese dancer Soon Ja Lee…
. Nairnshire Telegraph, 3 February 2004 – Ultimately however it is the precision of the Grand Pas de Deux danced by Lee and Hungarian guest artist Tamas Nagy as the Nutcracker Prince which pays the infinite homage to the original ballet and the famous Tchaikovsky score.