Phoebe Schembri
Demi-Soloist
Phoebe hails from Malta, and began her dance training at an early age. In 2017, she moved to London to continue her professional dance training at the English National Ballet School. There, she studied repertoire spanning from August Bournonville and Marius Petipa to Antonio Castilla and Carlos Valcàrcel. She performed with the English National Ballet in their production of The Nutcracker. Phoebe joined Bayerisches Junior Ballett München in 2020/21 and has joined the main company as a group dancer in the 2021/22 season. She was promoted to Demi-Soloist on 28 March 2026, the opening night of the Common Ground triple bill. In June 2026. she was awarded the componay's Aurora Prize for Emerging Artists, a prize offered for the first time by one of the company's major donors.
(Information as of June 2026)
Roles and parts in the 2025/2026 season
Three Sylphides in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Taglioni)
Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Blake Works I (William Forsythe), as part of the Waves and Circles triple bill
Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Onegin (John Cranko)
Bella Figura (Jiří Kylián), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
Cacti (Alexander Ekman), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
IMPASSE (Johan Inger), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
Grand Pas Classique from Paquita (Marius Petipa), as part of the Konstellationen multiple bill
Previous roles and parts
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Autodance (Sharon Eyal), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal triple bill
La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Petipa)
Bella Figura (Jiří Kylián), as part of the Wings of Memory triple bill
Blake Works I (William Forsythe), as part of the Waves and Circles triple bill
dunkelgrau (Özkan Ayik), as part of the Heute ist morgen (2022) multiple bill
The Rite of Spring (Pina Bausch), as part of the Wings of Memory triple bill
Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
The Habit (Fran Diaz), as part of the Sphären.01 quadruple bill
Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Jewels (George Balanchine)
The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Onegin (John Cranko)
Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)
Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Schmetterling (Sol León & Paul Lightfoot), as part of the eponymous double bill
The Blizzard (Andrey Kaydanovskiy)
Swan Lake (Ray Barra after Ivanov/Petipa)
Seeking the truth (Pau Aran Gimeno), as part of the Sphären.03 multiple bill
A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
Le spectre de la rose (Emilie Lalande), as part of the Sphären.02 triple bill
Sweet Bones' Melody (Marco Goecke), as part of the Passagen triple bill
La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Taglioni)
Tchaikovsky Overtures (Alexei Ratmansky)
White Darkness (Nacho Duato), as part of the Duato/Skeels/Eyal triple bill