![]() She joined The Royal Ballet in 1992 and was promoted to First Artist in 1995, Soloist at the end of the 1997/98 Season and Principal in September 2003.Roles in the classical repertory include the leading role in Fokine’s Firebird, Marie, Sugarplum Fairy and Rose Fairy in Nutcracker, Giselle (also under Carla Fracci’s direction) and Myrtha in Giselle, Medora in Le Corsaire, Gamzatti in Natalia Makarova’s La Bayadère, the leading role in Paquita divertissement, Aurora’s wedding pas de deux and Bluebird pas de deux in The Sleeping Beauty, the Act I Pas de Trois in Swan Lake, the Talisman pas de deux with Irek Mukhamedov and Rudolf Nureyev’s Raymonda Act III. ![]() Mara Galeazzi was born in Brescia and studied at La Scala, Milan. On the balcony next to the Campidoglio watching the Roman Forum. What’s your idea of perfect happiness? Hans Küng, a theologian who speaks and report child abuse by priests of the Catholic Church. Which living person do you most admire? Which historical figure do you most admire?Īll the people who have made my country better than it was. What quality do you most value in a colleague? What quality do you most value in a friend? What is your most marked characteristic? If you hadn’t been a dancer what would you have liked to do? What do you consider the most overrated virtue? The ring that reminds me of the person I love and who I belong to. What is your most treasured possession? What do you consider your greatest achievement? If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? What or who is the greatest love of your life? When I realized that what and who I love will stay with me forever. Opera singer: Sutherland, Callas, Bartoli. Too many, Ashton, MacMillan, Pistoni, Nureyev, Tudor etc…Īlida Valli, Silvana Mangano and Anna Magnani. ![]() “Symphonic Variation” by Sir Frederick Ashton. What role have you never played but would like to?Ĭrown Prince Rudolf in “Mayerling” by Sir Kenneth MacMillan. Sylvie Guillem for the light that emanates when she dances Massimo Murru for the very personal and natural way to portray different characters.Ĭolonel Vershinin in “Winter Dreams” by Sir Kenneth MacMillan. Which dancer inspired you most as a child?Ĭarla Fracci and Erik Bruhn for their great partnership. He returned in Italy as a guest at the Rome Opera Ballet and Arena of Verona during the summer season 2011. In 2010, Mazzeo received the Premio Positano Leonide Massine Award for Best Italian Dancer, as well as the Danza & Danza Award for Best Dancer of the Year. In addition, he created a principal role in Tomasson’s Trio. Since joining SF Ballet, Mazzeo has performed includes a diverse range of principal roles in works such as MacMillan’s Winter Dreams, McGregor’s Chroma, Wheeldon’s Number Nine, Forsythe’s Artifact Suite, Balanchine’s Symphony in C and The Four Temperaments. His repertory also includes principal roles in Ashton’s Birthday Offering and Rhapsody, Balanchine’s La Chatte and Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Chalmer’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Fokine’s Les Sylphides, and Nijinska’s Les Biches. Throughout his career he has performed lead roles in variety of classical works, including Prince Desiré in The Sleeping Beauty, Albrecht and Hilarion in Giselle, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Basilio in Don Quixote, Birbanto in Le Corsaire, the Golden Slave in Scheherazade, and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet. Mazzeo was promoted to principal dancer in 2011. He danced with The Royal Ballet and Rome Opera Ballet before joining San Francisco Ballet as a soloist in 2010. ![]() Born in Vibo Valentia, Italy, Vito Mazzeo trained at La Scala Ballet School in Milan.
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