Wilma Giglio

Wilma Giglio

Principal dancer

Born: 1994

Nationality: Argentinian 

Education: Began her career in Teatro del Libertador Córdoba in Argentina. In 2010 she participated in Prix the Lausanne, and was offered a scholarship to Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto where she graduated in 2012 and was part of their post secondary program until 2014

Career: Joined the Royal Danish Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2014. Promoted to soloist in 2018 and to principal dancer in 2021

Principal roles: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet by John Neumeier, 4th movement in Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler by John Neumeier, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake by Silja Schandorff and Nikolaj Hübbe after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, The Sylph in La Sylphide by August Bournonville, Alice in Alice In Wonderland by Christopher Wheeldon, The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker by George Balanchine, Raymonda by Nikolaj Hübbe, principal pas de deux in Diamonds by George Balanchine, principal couple in Emeralds by George Balanchine, Kitri in Don Quixote by Nikolaj Hübbe, Vertical Road by Akram Khan, Symphony of Psalms by Jiří Kylián, Afterite by Wayne McGregor, The Dante Project by Wayne McGregor, Bedroom Folk by Sharon Eyal, pas de deux in Glass Pieces by Jerome Robbins and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet by Inaki Urlezaga as a principal guest dancer in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Awards and grants: Prix de Lausanne Candidate in i 2010 – scholarship to Canada’s National Ballet School, Oberstinde Polly Sander’s Grant in 2017, Ole Nørlyng’s Talent Award in 2018 and the Order of Dannebrog in 2022.

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