James Streeter (1986?–). British dancer

James Streeter was born in Rochford, Essex, and started dancing when he was five years old. In his teenage years he had been training and competing as a speed skater, but a career in dance won out. After studying at English National Ballet School he joined English National Ballet (ENB) in 2004. Streeter was promoted to first soloist in 2018.

He has danced in a range of roles, from pure classical ballet to strongly defined characters such as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet. His contemporary dance works include William Forsythe’s In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated and he was also the original Albrecht in Akram Khan’s ground breaking version of Giselle in 2016. He had worked with Khan before on Dust, part of ENB’s 2014 programme of ballets commemorating World War One. Streeter has an affinity with Khan’s works that seem to take classically trained dancers to another dimension.