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{{short description|American ballet dancer}}
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| birth_place   = Virginia, U.S.
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| years_active  = 2001–present
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| current_group = [[Royal Danish Ballet]]
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'''J'aime Crandall''' (born April 28, 1982) is an American  ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at [[Royal Danish Ballet]].<ref name=bio/>
==Early life and education==
Born in [[Virginia]], she grew up in Arizona, and trained in a ballet school in Phoenix. When she was 13, she was admitted to the [[Kirov Academy of Ballet]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]
==Career==
In 2001, she joined [[Universal Ballet]] in [[Seoul]], South Korea and was promoted to demi-soloist the following year. Her repertoire there where her repertoire included works by [[Marius Petipa|Petipa]], [[George Balanchine|Balanchine]], Brian Yoo and Oleg Vinogradov. In 2003, she became a member of the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam. In 2008, she joined the [[Royal Danish Ballet]] in Copenhagen as member of the corps de ballet, becoming a soloist in February 2011 and a principal dancer in December the same year. She has danced leading roles in ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]'', ''[[Études (ballet)|Études]]'', ''[[La Sylphide]]'' and ''[[The Nutcracker]]''.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://kglteater.dk/en/medvirkende/j/jaime-crandall/|title=J'aime Crandall|website=Det Kongelige Teater|access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Dans/Klassisk_og_modern-_Dansere_og_koreografer_i_Danmark/J%27aime_Crandall?highlight=J%27aime%20Crandall|title=J'aime Crandall|website=Den Store Danske|access-date=May 1, 2014 |language=Danish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/scene/ECE1608586/danmarks-nyeste-primaballerina-mestrer-den-forfinede-slebne-lethed/|title=Danmarks nyeste primaballerina mestrer den forfinede, slebne lethed|author=Peter Thygesen|website=Politken|date=April 27, 2012|access-date=May 1, 2014 |language=}}</ref>
==Selected repertoire==
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* Juliet in ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|Romeo and Juliet]]''
* The Ballerina in ''[[Theme and Variations (ballet)|Theme and Variations]]''
* Odette/Odile in ''[[Swan Lake]]''
* Manon in ''[[Manon (ballet)|Manon]]''
* Sylph in ''[[La Sylphide]]''
* Manon in ''Lady of the Camellias''
* ''[[Tchaikovsky Pas de deux]]''
* Sugar Plum Fairy and Dewdrop in ''[[The Nutcracker (Balanchine)|The Nutcracker]]''
* The Ballerina in ''[[Etudes (ballet)|Etudes]]''
* Aurora in ''[[The Sleeping Beauty (ballet)|The Sleeping Beauty]]''
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* Ballerina in ''[[Other Dances]]''
* 3rd Movement in ''[[Symphony in C (ballet)|Symphony in C]]''
* Nikiya in ''[[La Bayadere]]''
* Pas de six in ''[[Napoli (ballet)|Napoli]]''
* Russian Girl in ''[[Serenade (ballet)|Serenade]]''
* Pas de deux in ''[[Agon (ballet)|Agon]]''
* Mercedes in ''[[Don Quixote (ballet)|Don Quixote]]''
* ''[[Bella Figura]]''
* ''[[Apollo (ballet)|Apollo]]''
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Source:<ref name=bio/>
==References==
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[[Category:Royal Danish Ballet principal dancers]]
[[Category:Dutch National Ballet dancers]]
[[Category:American prima ballerinas]]
[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dancers from Virginia]]
[[Category:21st-century American ballet dancers]]
[[Category:Dancers from Arizona]]
[[Category:American expatriates in South Korea]]
[[Category:American expatriates in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:American expatriates in Denmark]]
[[Category:21st-century American women]]