Julian Hosking

Julian Hosking (1953-1989) was a British ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet.

Hosking was born in Cornwall of a Viennese mother and Cornish father. He entered White Lodge aged 11 and progressed to the Royal Ballet School.[1] Joining the company in 1970,[1] he danced a wide range of roles across the Royal Ballet repertoire at Covent Garden from 1971 to 1986.[2] These included lead roles in Kenneth MacMillan's 1979 La Fin du jour and his 1980 Gloria for the Royal Ballet. He became a Principal in 1980.[1]

In 1983, Hosking danced a lead role in Glen Tetley's Dances of Albion: Dark Night Glad Day, and Anna Kisselgoff writing in the New York Times called him "the hero of the evening".[3]

Hosking took time away from the Royal Ballet from 1975 to 1977 to study Egyptology and art in Italy.[1]

He may be seen as Edward Gordon Craig (a role he created) in the television filmed version of Isadora from 1982, issued on DVD in 2011 by Odeon Entertainment, with the 1968 feature film Isadora.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Biographical note in Royal Opera House programme booklet, 17 November 1984.
  2. ↑ Royal Opera House performance database accessed 26 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Kisselgoff, Anna (23 April 1983). "ROYAL BALLET: NEW FACES IN CONTEMPORARY WORKS". New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. ↑ The WorldCat entry for Isadora filmed, accessed 4 March 2017.
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