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Born
3.11.73,
Turin. Italian
Education
Baletna Skola in Torino. The School of The Hamburg Ballet
Main Teachers
Dragica Zach, Marianne Kruuse, Ilse Wiedmann,
Kevin Haigen
Engagement
The Hamburg Ballet since 1993, Soloist in 1996,
Principal in 2001
ABOUT SILVIA AZZONI
Creations
•
Olga Preobrajenska in
Nijinsky
•
Silvia in
Préludes CV
•
Aschenbach’s Concepts in
Death in Venice
•
The Angel in
Christmas Oratorio
•
Woman in
Rennen hinter dem was flieht
(
Stephan Thoss)
•
Unerreichbare Orte
(
Jirí Bubenícek)
and solos in
•
Time after Time
from “Images from Bartók”
•
Messiah
•
Winterreise
•
Nocturnes
from “Songs of the Night”
•
Verklungene Feste
•
Pizzicato Polka
(
New Year’s Concert 2006,
Vienna)
•
VIII
(
Christhopher Wheeldon)
•
Equilibrio
(
Sasha Riva)
•
Renku
(
Yuka Oishi/Orkan Dann)
Repertory
•
Pallas Athena und Nausikaa in
Odyssey
•
Chloe in
Daphnis and Chloe
•
Ballerina in
Petrushka
•
Hippolyta/Titania and Helena in
A Midsummer
Night’s Dream
•
Marguerite Gautier, Manon Lescaut and
Prudence in
Lady of the Camellias
•
Juliet in
Romeo and Juliet
•
Aurora, The Good Fairy und Princess Florine in
The Sleeping Beauty
•
Marie, “The Chinese Bird” and “Esmeralda and
the Clowns” in
The Nutcracker
•
Cinderella and a Stepsister in
A Cinderella Story
•
Odette and Princess Claire in
Illusions - like
“
Swan Lake”
•
Giselle, Peasant Pas de deux and Moyna in
Giselle
•
Elaine in
The Saga of King Arthur
•
Rosalind in
As You Like It
•
The Other - Ingrid, The Green One, Anitra in
Peer Gynt
•
Tamara Karsavina and Romola Nijinsky in
Nijinsky
•
Constanze Weber in
Windows on MOZART
•
The Little Mermaid in
The Little Mermaid
•
Nina Michajlowna Saretschnaj in
The Seagull
•
Sylvia in
Sylvia
•
Tamara Karsavina in
Le Pavillon d’Armide
•
Blanche DuBois in
A Streetcar Named Desir
•
Contemplator of the Moon in
Seven Haiku of
the Moon
•
Alma
in
Purgatorio
•
Aurora in
The Sleeping Beauty
(
Mats Ek)
•
Nikiya in
La Bayadère
(
Natalia Makarova after
Marius Petipa)
•
Lise in
La Fille mal gardée
(
Frederick Ashton)
•
La Sylphide in
La Sylphide
(
Pierre Lacotte after
Filippo Taglioni)
ars old and The Choosen
One in
Le Sacre du Printemps
(
Millicent Hoson,
inspired by Vaslav Nijinsky)
•
Woman in Blue and in Pink in
Dances at a
Gathering
(
Jerome Robbins)
•
The Ballerina in
The Concert
(
Jerome Robbins)
•
Tatiana in
Onegin
(
John Cranko)
and solos in
•
Now and Then
•
Bernstein-Serenade
•
Saint Matthew Passion
•
Petrushka-Variations
•
Bernstein Dances
•
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler
•
Shall we dance?
•
Spring and Fall
•
Désir
•
Bach Suite 2
•
Sounds of Empty Pages
•
Rückert Lieder
•
Winter Ways
from “Images from Bartók”
Requiem
•
Soldier Songs
(
Des Knaben Wunderhorn
)
•
Fourth Symphony of Gustav Mahler
•
Le Sacre
•
She was black
(
Mats Ek)
•
Light Beings
(
Mats Ek)
•
Mercurial Manoeuvres
(
Christopher Wheeldon)
•
Polyphonia
(
Christopher Wheeldon)
•
Thaïs Pas de deux
(
Frederic Ashton)
•
Jewels
–
Emeralds/Rubies (George Balanchine)
•
Reflet
(
Stefano Palmigiano)
•
Bella Figura
(
Jirí Kylián)
•
Afternoon of a Faun
(
Jerome Robbins)
Guesting
•
Munich (Easter Concert 2000 and 2002),
Moscow, Ludwigsburg, Warsaw, Milano, Tokyo
(
World Ballet Festival 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010;
Christmas Charity Gala 2008), Vienna (New Year’s
Concert 2006), Italy (Alessandra Ferri & Friends,
Roberto Bolle & Friends Galas, Alessandra Ferri’s
Farewell Gala and Silvia Azzoni & Friends Gala),
New York (Stars of the 21st Century Gala),
St. Petersburg (Open Dance Festival), Taipei
(
International Ballet Gala 2010) and Australia.
She danced the role of Nikiya in
La Bayadère
with the Royal Ballet in London. She worked
on Donya Feuer’s documentary: “The Work of
Utopia.”
Awards
•
Dr. Wilhhelm-Oberdörffer-Prize 1996
•
Danza & Danza Prize 2004 - Best Italian Dancer
Abroad.
•
Rolf Mares Prize for the Hamburg Theaters
2006/2007
in the category “Outstandig
Performance” for
The Little Mermaid
•“
Benois de la Danse 2008” for her performance
of the main role in
The Little Mermaid
•“
Les Étoiles de Ballet 2000” Dance Award
