La Valse / Symphony in C / Sheherazade

By Martina Angioloni, 12 May 2017

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Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 10 May 2017

La Valse (Balanchine) (Stefania Ballone, Marco Messina, Matteo Gavazzi)

Symphony in C (Le Palais de Cristal) (George Balanchine)

Shéhérazade (Eugenio Scigliano)

Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company

Paavo Järvi, Conductor

Carlo Cerri, Set Designer

Kristopher Millar, Costume Designer

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Lois Swandale, Costume Designer

Roberto Bolle, Dancer

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Martina Angioloni

Born in Florence, Martina trained at the Academy of the Vienna State Opera and joined the Corps de Ballet of the Vienna State Opera Ballet at the age of 17. She danced for fourteen years with European ballet companies in Austria, Germany, England and Italy, covering both soloist and principal roles. She graduated cum Laude in theatre and dance science, holds a Masters in Performing Arts Management, and the Professional Dancers’ Postgraduate Teaching Certificate of the Royal Academy of Dance. She has contributed to the production of many artistic projects and speaks German, English and French in addition to her native language, Italian. She is a freelance choreographer, collaborates with the TeatriOnline magazine as a dance critic and is very passionate about opera. www.martinaangioloni.it

La Scala invests in a new generation of Italian choreographers with a well balanced triple bill