Isabella Boyd

Isabella Boyd (2003) from Chicago, Illinois joined the Norwegian National Ballet 2 (NNB2) in the autumn 2022, straight from a Bachelor's degree in classical ballet at the Royal Ballet School in London the same year. During her time at the Royal Ballet, she danced several major roles. Among larger productions were roles in The Nutcracker, as Willis in Giselle and as a swan in Swan Lake. She has also danced in Sleeping Beauty as a fairy at the A&A Ballet and in Wayne McGregor's PreSentient.

Boyd began her dance education when she was 12 years old at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago and then joined the youth company at the A&A Ballet, also in Chicago.

Boyd has danced lead roles in Valentino Zucchetti's Simply So, choreographed for the Royal Ballet School in 2021. In 2022, Boyd danced the first solo in Raymonda's Act 3. also, for the Royal Ballet School.

Boyd has won several awards. She was first place in the Youth America Grand Prix in Chicago in 2017, the Ballet Association Award from the Royal Ballet School in 2020 and the Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers Award from the Royal Ballet School in 2022.