Ariel Merkuri

Ariel Merkuri

Born: September 13, 1995 in Tirana, Albania

Training: 2006-2011: National Ballet School of Albania and 2011-2014: La Scala Ballet School

Career: 2014 Joined the Royal Danish Ballet as Corps de Ballet

Repertoire: With Teatro alla Scala: Raymonda by Marius Petipa, choreography by Sergei Vikharev, Aida by Franco Zeffirelli and choreography by Biagio Tambone after Vladimir Vasiliev, Swan Lake by Rudolf Nureyev after Petipa/Ivanov 

With Royal Danish Ballet: Lady of the Camellias by John Neumeier, La Sylphide by August Bournonville/Nikolaj Hübbe, Etudes by Harald Lander, A Folk Tale by August Bournonville, Swan Lake by Nikolaj Hübbe and Silja Schandorff after Petipa/Ivanov, Viscera by Liam Scarlett, corps de ballet and demi-soloists couple in Theme and Variations by George Balanchine, Nutcracker by George Balanchine, Prince Paris in Romeo and Juliet by John Neumeier            

With National Ballet of Albania: 2015 James in La Sylphide by Ilir Kerni after August Bournonville

Other: 2015: Semi-finalist in 3rd International Ballet and Choreography Competition Beijing