Born: 1994
Nationality: Italian
Education: The ballet school at Teatro alla Scala in Milan
Career: Joined the Royal Danish Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2014 and was promoted to soloist in 2018
Highlights from the repertoire with the Royal Danish Ballet: pas de trois, cygnets and Italian princess inSwan Lake (Nikolaj Hübbe and Silja Schandorff), Columbine, solo flowers and marzipan soloist in The Nutcracker (George Balanchine), Luciana and Juliet’s cousin in Romeo and Juliet (John Neumeier), Symphony of Psalms (Jiří Kylián), soloist girl in Viscera (Liam Scarlett), Cupid in Don Quixote (Nikolaj Hübbe), Edita in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon), pas de trois in Emeralds (George Balanchine), pas de deux in Coppelia (Arthur Saint-Léon) in Ballet de Luxe and pas de deux in The Kermesse in Bruges (August Bournonville) in Ballet de Luxe
Creations: The Death That Best Preserves by Natalia Horecna, 2016, and Beginning and Ending by Oliver Starpov, 2017
Guest performances: Covent Garden Dance Company Gala in London, Covent Garden Dance Company Gala in Dubai og Étoile Ballet Gala in Stockholm
Awards: Kongelig balletdanserinde Lillian Jensen og solodanser Svend Erik Jensens legat, 2017
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What was the first ballet you saw?
The first ballet I saw was A Midsummer Night’s Dream by George Balanchine at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and I remember I was enchanted by it. Everything about it was magical and exciting. It was after seeing that ballet that I decided I wanted to be a ballerina. A few years later at La Scala Ballet School I was lucky enough to be one of the few children to get picked to be part of the same ballet and dance with the company. A Midsummer Night’s Dream definitely has a special place in my heart and I dream, one day, to be part of it again.
Why do you dance?
I dance because I love the way I feel when I do it, and because I can’t see myself doing anything else.
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