Jeanette Kakareka
Demi-Soloist
Jeanette was born in Harleysville, PA, She trained at The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia, joined the San Francisco Ballet as a trainee in 2011, and danced with the English National Ballet from 2013 to 2017. In 2015 and 2016, she was a finalist for English National Ballet´s Emerging Dancer Award. In the 2017/18 saison she became a member of the corps de ballet at Bayerisches Staatsballett and was promoted to demi-soloist in the 2019/20 season.
(Information as of October 2025)
Roles and parts in the 2025/26 season
Consul’s Wife and Female Solo "La fille du pharaon" (Arabian Dance) inThe Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Four Ladies in Black in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Grand Pas Classique from Paquita (Marius Petipa), as part of the Konstellationen multiple bill
Previous roles and parts
White Lady in Raymonda (Ray Barra after Petipa)
Lady in Tutu in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Petipa)
Pas de six in the Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
Second Solo Couple in Jewels: Emeralds (George Balanchine)
Soloist in Jewels: Diamonds (George Balanchine)
Consul's Wife/Female solo "La fille du pharaon" in The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Dolly in Anna Karenina (Christian Spuck)
Manon Lescaut in The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
Title Role in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Soloist in Broken Fall (Russell Maliphant), as part of the Paradigma Triple Bill
Winter Solo in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
Cobbweb in A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
Stepsister Edwina in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
Big Swan in Swan Lake (Ray Barra after Ivanov/Petipa)
Nikija in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Petipa)
Coryphée in Paquita/Grand Pas Classique (Marius Petipa)
Four Ladies in Black in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
La fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton)
Kairos (Wayne McGregor), as part of the Portrait Wayne McGregor Triple Bill
Onegin (John Cranko)
Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Spartacus (Yuri Grigorovich)
Tchaikovsky Overtures (Alexei Ratmansky)