Biography

• BORN: 

3^rd january 1979, in Nice (France)

• EDUCATION:

> Conservatory of Nice (Director Jeanine MONIN)

1^st Prize of Classical Dance

1^st Prize of Contemporary Dance

> Paris Opera Ballet School (Director Claude BESSY)

• MAIN TEACHERS:

Jeanine MONIN, Francesca ZUMBO, Christian VLASSI, Atilio LABIS

• ENGAGEMENTS:

>Ballet de la Comunidad de Madrid (Spain) – Director Victor ULLATE: 1998-2001

>Opera de Nice (France) – Director Marc RIBAUD: 2001-2002

>Bayerische Staatsoper Munich (Germany) – Director Yvan LISKA: 2002-2003

>Opera de Nice – Director Marc RIBAUD: 2003-2009

>Ballet Nice Méditerranée (France) – Director Eric VU-AN: since 2009

• EXTRAS:

>Theatre: Takes part in Festival d'Avignon during july 2009

 Repertory

•  Raymonda (Ray Barra)

• Giselle (Monique Loudière)

• Nutcracker (Petipa)

• Paquita (Petipa)

• Swan Lake (Petipa)

• Romeo and Juliet (Marc Ribaud)

• Coppelia (Marc Ribaud)

• Cinderella (Marc Ribaud)

• Sylphides (Eric Vu-An)

• Conservatoire (Auguste Bournonville)

• Don Quichotte (Victor Ullate)

• Theme and variations (George Balanchine)

• Western Symphonie (George Balanchine)

• Who cares (George Balanchine)

• Allegro brillante (George Balanchine)

• Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)

• A midsummer night's dream (Gaël Domanger)

• Mozart « Jeune homme » (Uwe Scholz)

• Cantate (Maurice Béjart)

• In and out (Hans Van Manen)

• Le Messie (Mauricio Wainrot)

• M comme Mozart (Julio Arozarena)

• Ombelle (Julio Arozarena)

• Le boeuf sur le toit (Micha Van Hoecke)

• Ven que te tiente (Victor Ullate)

• Jaleos (Victor Ullate)

• El amor brujo (Victor Ullate)

• Burka (Victor Ullate)

• Viva Verdi (Luciano Cannito)

• Marco Polo ( Luciano Cannito)

• Le sacre du printemps (Richard Wherlock)

• L'après midi d'un faune (Nijinsky)

• The taming of the shrew (John Cranko)

• Kitri in Don Quichotte (Eric Vu-An)

Tours & Guestings

 >TOURS

• Tour in Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Grenada, Sevilla, Toledo, Gijòn, Alicante, Santander,....)

• Tour in Italy (Modena, Reggio Emilia, Genova, Venezia,....)

• Tour in Europe (Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland)

• Tour in USA (New-York City Center, Colorado Vail International Dance Festival)

>GUESTINGS

• Who cares (Aix en Provence; 2002)

• Snow Queen in Nutcracker (Opera de Nice; 2002)

• M comme Mozart (Vichy, Carpentras, Solliès-Pont; summer 2006)

• Eleonora Abbagnato « Mes Amis » (Taormina; september 2010)

• Eleonora Abbagnato « Mes Amis » (Siracusa; september 2010)

• Gala in Saint Barth Music Festival (january 2011)