WORLD BALLET STARS

Principal Dancer of the Opera de Paris

COMPÉTITIONS | PRIX

2013: Enters the CNSMDP.
2014: Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.
2017: Joins the Corps de Ballet.
2021: Promoted to «Coryphée». Cercle Carpeaux Dance Award.
2022: «Sujet». AROP Dance Award (season 2020/2021).
2023: «Première danseuse».
2024: Bleuenn Battistoni is named «Danseuse Étoile» on March 26th 2024, following the performance of La Fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton).

RÉPERTOIRE (rôles de soliste, entrées au répertoire, création)

August BOURNONVILLE
Fête des fleurs à Genzano / Pas de deux* (2021)

D’après Jean CORRALI et Jules PERROT
Giselle / Rôle-titre (acte II), Pas de deux des Paysans (2022)

William FORSYTHE
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude / Helen (2022)

Kenneth MACMILLAN
Mayerling — entrée au répertoire / Mitzi Caspar (2022)

Rudolf NOUREEV
La Bayadère / Quatre Petites / Quatre Grandes, Deuxième variation des Ombres, Gamzatti (2020)
La Belle au bois dormant / Pas de deux — acte III * (2021)
Don Quichotte / Première Demoiselle d’Honneur, Deux amies de Kitri / Deux Gitanes (2021)

Crystal PITE
The Seasons' Canon (2018)

Principal at the Paris Opera

BIOGRAPHY

• 2008: Enters the Paris Opera Ballet School.
• 2014: Joins the Paris Opera Corps de Ballet.
• 2016: Promoted to «Coryphée».
• 2017: Promoted to «Sujet».
• 2018: Promoted to «Premier Danseur».

AWARDS

• 2016: Gold medallist at the Varna International Ballet Competition.
• 2017: AROP Prize.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

Paul Marque was named «Danseur Étoile» on December 13th 2020 on the Opéra Bastille stage, following a live performance of La Bayadère (Rudolf Nureyev) on the streaming platform «l'Opéra chez soi», in which he performed the Golden Idol.
As part of the Paris Opera Ballet’s official tours, he has performed in Spain (Madrid, 2019), the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, 2019), Asia (Singapore, Shanghai, 2019) and Japan (Tokyo, 2020).

Star of the Paris Opera

The canadian dancer Shale Wagman trained in Toronto and in Monte Carlo at the Académie Princesse Grace. His first engagement was with the English National Ballet in London under the direction of Tamara Rojo. Since 2015, Shale Wagman has repeatedly choreographed, including works for the Académie Princesse Grace, Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco and the Gala de Danza, Mexico.

He has been engaged by the Bayerisches Staatsballett since spring 2021 and was promoted to first soloist for the 2022−23 season.

COMPETITIONS | AWARDS

Prix de Lausanne 2018 1st Prize (Gold Medalist, Rudolf Nureyev Foundation award for Artistry)
Youth America Grand Prix 2014 Junior division (Youth Grand Prix Award)
New Name to Watch and Spectacular Young Dancer in Dance Europe’s Annual Roundup

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

He was the youngest guest ever invited to perform in a principal role (James in La Sylphide) at the Mariinsky Theater.
He has performed in many gala performances, including the International Ballet Festival in St. Petersburg Dance Open (2019) or the Gala de Danza in Los Cabos, Mexico.

Principal Dancer of the Dresden Semperoper Ballett

AWARDS

• 2014 she was awarded the best classical dancer at the Festival de Dança de Joinville (Brazil) and was one of the finalists at the Prix De Lausanne that year.
• 2016 she received the silver medal at the Youth America Grand Prix.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

• 2016/2017 season, joined the Polish National Ballet in Warsaw, as a demi-soloist.
• From 2019 she danced with San Francisco Ballet, where she danced in productions such as The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Etudes, Sandpaper Ballet, Cinderella.
• At the beginning of the 2021/2022 season, she was engaged as a soloist at the Bavarian State Ballet where she performed many solo and lead roles until now.

Soloist at the Staatsballett Berlin
born in Toronto, Canada

BALLET EDUCATION

2008−2013 Canada’s National Ballet School

ENGAGEMENTS

2013 National Ballet of Canada /// 2014 Dutch National Ballet /// 2023 Staatsballett Berlin

REPERTORY

Rudi van Dantzig: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Swan Lake (Siegfried, Rotbart); Sir Peter Wright: The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund); Rachel Beaujean, Ricardo Bustamante: Giselle (Albrecht, pas de Quatre); Rachel Beaujean: Raymonda (Jean de Brienne); Ted Brandsen: Mata Hari (Vadim de Masloff), Copellia (Franz); Wayne McGregor: Yugen (The Boy); David Dawson: Tristan + Isolde (Tristan), The Four Seasons (Winter man, Summer man), Requiem; William Forsythe: Pas/Parts 2018; Christian Spuck: Messa da Requiem

COMPETITIONS | AWARDS

Hnatyshyn Developing Artist Grant (2013)

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

Collaborator with Robert Binet’s Wild Space

Principal dancer with the Berlin State Ballet. She is a professor at the Berlin State Ballet School

COMPETITIONS | AWARDS

Gold Medal Laureate Moscow International Ballet Competition (Russia 2001) /// Anna Pavlova Award Moscow International Ballet Competition (Russia 2001) /// First Prize Vaganova Prix International Ballet Competition (St. Petersburg / Russia 2002) /// Junior Prize Nagoya International Ballet Competition (Japan 2002) /// Daphne Prize (Germany 2004) /// German Dance Prize Future (Germany 2005) /// Female Dancer of the Year Tanz-Magazine (Germany 2007) /// Heinz Spoerli Prize (Switzerland 2008) /// Dance Open Award (Russia 2010) /// Honorary Professor Berlin State Ballet School (Germany 2013) /// Prix Benois de la Dance (Russia 2014) /// Berliner Kammertänzerin (Germany 2017) /// Female Dancer of the Year Tanz-Magazine (Germany 2018)

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

• Partners: Roberto Bolle, Friedeman Vogel, Marcello Gomes, Leonid Sarafanov, David Hallberg, Vladimir Malakhov, Igor Zelensky, Denis Matvienko, Corry Sterns, Dmitry Semionov and others.
• 2002 Polina Semionova was invited to join the Berlin State Ballet at the age of 17 as a Principal Artist, becoming the youngest Principal Dancer in the company’s history.
• 2003 Polina Semionova featured as the Ballerina in the music video Demo (Letzter Tag) of German rock/pop artist Herbert Grönemeyer.
• 2006 Polina Semionova was included in 100 Minds of Tomorrow — The Future in the Country of Ideas, a project of the German Historical Museum and the tabloid Bild.
• 2010 Release of own book Polina (Author: Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg).
• 2012 Polina Semionova appeared in the movie Passion (Director: Brian de Palma).
• 2013 Polina Semionova appeared in the movie The Girl from Nagasaki (Director: Michel Comte)
• A new breed of the rare ornamental plant from the Rehmannia family was named «Polina S.» in the Berlin Botanical Garden.
• Polina Semionova was appointed Honorary Professor at the Berlin State Ballet School.
• 2013−2015 Polina Semionova became the official face of the fashion brand Uniqlo.
• 2014 Polina Semionova presented the Ballet Gala Polina Semionova & Friends at Lincoln Theatre Yountville (California / USA).
• 2015 Polina Semionova together with perfumer Geza Schoen created and released the perfume Precision and Grace (The Beautiful Mind Series — Volume 2).
• 2018 Polina Semionova presented the Ballet Gala Polina & Friends at State Opera Berlin (Germany)

Principal Dancer of the Teatro alla Scala

Born in Italy and trained at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Italy. Alice Mariani joined the Semperoper Ballett in 2011, was promoted to Second Soloist in 2016 to Soloist in 2017 and to Principal in 2019. She joined as a soloist the Teatro alla Scala dance company in August 2021, and in July 2022, less than a year later, she was named Prima Ballerina. David Dawson, Mats Ek, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Alexey Ratmasky, Wayne McGregor, Alexander Ekman, Stjn Celis, and numerous other choreographers are among the many with whom she has collaborated. She has performed as a dancer at numerous theaters all over the world, such as Singapore’s Esplanade, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in California, the Opera Garnier Theater de la ville and Theater des Champs-Elysees in Paris, Sadler’s Wells Theater in London, and New York City Center in New York.

AWARDS

2015 — Best Italian dancer abroad 2015
2022 — Best Toscane talent Gonfalone d’argento. Tuscany Region Giuliana Penzi Award for dance. Dance and Dance Award Obelisco Award.

Principal Dancer of the Royal Ballet of Flanders

Claudio graduated in 2006 at the Scuola di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala Milano, Italy. In 2006 he joined the Dresden Semperoper Ballett where he danced leading roles in both classical and contemporary choreographies by William Forsythe, Jiri Kylian, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, David Dawson, Pascal Touzeau, Jiri Bubenicek, Alexey Ratmansky, Aaron S. Watkin, Jacopo Godani and soloist roles in choreographies by G. Balanchine, Johann Inger, Styn Celis, Alexander Ekman, Pontius Lidberg.

In 2016 joined the Royal Ballet of Flanders where he collaborated and danced principal and soloist roles in choreographies by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui like ''Faun'' and ''Meaculpa'', Jean Christophe Maillot, Edouard Lock, Andonis Foniadakis, Hofesh Shechter and his debut as Albrecht in ''Giselle'' by Akram Khan.

AWARDS

In 2009 received the nomination «Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer (Critics' Choice)» for 'The World According To Us' by David Dawson. In 2012 he won the Italian «Apuliarte Prize» for outstanding artist of the year, the «SIAE Prize» for outstanding choreographer for his creation «With (in)» and in 2013 he won the «Danza & Danza award» as outstanding artist as well as the «Giuliana Penzi» Prize.