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FEATURED DANCERS

Anna Laudere

Principal

From: Sigulda, Latvia.
Training: Riga Ballet School, School of the Hamburg Ballet. 
Teachers: Valentins Blinows, Marianne Kruuse, Kevin Haigen, Irina Jacobson, Radik Zaripov.
Career highlights: She joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2001 (Soloist in 2008, Principal in 2011), where she created, among others, the Maiden Who Never Laughs in Parzival – Episodes and Echo, Calliope in Orpheus, the Friend (Isadora Duncan) in Duse, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina in Anna Karenina, leading roles in Beethoven Project I and II and Ghost Light. 

Ida Praetorius

Principal

From: Copenhagen, Denmark.
Training: Royal Danish Ballet School.
Teachers: Nikolaj Hübbe, Adam Lüders, Eva Draw, Anne Marie Vessel Schlüter, Sorella Englund.
Career highlights: She joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 2010 (Soloist in 2014, Principal in 2016) and the Hamburg Ballet in 2021 as Principal. She created, among others, Liza in Queen of Spades (Liam Scarlett), the title roles in Cinderella (Gregory Dean), Carmen (Marcos Morau) and Lolita (Cathy Martson) and Aurora in the new version of John Neumeier’s The Sleeping Beauty (2021). 

Madoka Sugai

Principal

From: Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Training: Sasaki Mika Ballet Academy.
Teachers: Mika Sasaki, Mikio Ikehata.
Career highlights: In 2012, she won the Prix de Lausanne and joined the National Youth Ballet. In 2014, she became a member of the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2017, Principal in 2019), where she created leading roles in Beethoven Project I and II and Ghost Light. Her repertory includes the title roles in A Cinderella Story, Sylvia and the new version of The Sleeping Beauty (2021).

Jacopo Bellussi

Principal

From: Genoa, Italy.
Training: Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Royal Ballet School.
Teachers: Gailene Stock, Jay Jolley, Kathryn Wade, Gary Norman, Maria Luisa Capiferri, Valentina Massa, Emma Landolina.
Career highlights: After an engagement with the Bavarian State Ballet II, he joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2012 (Soloist in 2017, Principal in 2019), where he created “a figure from the romantic novels Tatiana loves to read” in Tatiana, the Soldier’s Friend (Annunzio Cervi) in Duse, and leading roles in Beethoven Project I and II and Ghost Light. 

Christopher Evans

Principal

From: Loveland, Colorado.
Training: BalletMet Dance Academy, Canada’s National Ballet School, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Susan Dromisky, Alexander Gorbatsevich, Kevin Haigen.
Career highlights: In 2010, he won the Prix de Lausanne. In 2012, he joined the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2015, Principal in 2018) where he created Jim O’Connor in The Glass Menagerie and leading roles in Turangalîla, Beethoven Project I and II and Ghost Light. In 2018, he made his debut as Armand Duval alongside Olga Smirnova as Marguerite Gautier in Lady of the Camellias.

Aleix Martínez

Principal

From: Barcelona, Spain.
Training: Escuela Ballet David Campos, Studio Ballet Colette Armand, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: David Campos, Peter Lewton, Patrick Armand, Kevin Haigen.
Career highlights: He won the prestigious Prix de Lausanne in 2008. He joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2010 (Soloist in 2014, Principal in 2021), where he created the roles of Lewin in Anna Karenina, Louis in Liliom and the leading roles in Beethoven Project I and II. He is an active choreographer as well as the founder of the art platform ManNera. 

Edvin Revazov

Principal

From: Sevastopol, Ukraine.
Training: Moscow School, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Boris Rachmanin, Radik Zaripov.
Career highlights: In 2003, he joined the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2007, Principal in 2010), where he created Tadzio in Death in Venice, the title role in Parzival – Episodes and Echo, Apollo in Orpheus, Gate Keeper  in Liliom, Eugene Onegin in Tatiana, Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky in Anna Karenina and Tennessee in The Glass Menagerie. He is an active choreographer.

Alexandr Trusch

Principal

From: Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Training: School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Kevin Haigen, Marianne Kruuse, Christian Schön, Irina Jacobson.
Career highlights: In 2007, he joined the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2010, Principal in 2014), where he created Vaslav Nijinsky as a student in Le Pavillon d’Armide, Hermes’ Attendant in Orpheus, a Shy Young Man in Liliom, Angel in Christmas Oratorio I-VI, Vladimir Lensky in Tatiana, the Soldier (Luciano Nicastro) in Duse and Prince Désiré in the new version of The Sleeping Beauty. 

Yaiza Coll

Soloist

From: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Training: Conservatori Professio nal de Música i Dansa de Mallorca, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Maritza Galaz, Kevin Haigen, Marianne Kruuse, Carolina Borrajo.
Career highlights: In 2012, she joined the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2021), creating leading roles in Speechless (Lizhong Wang), Metamorphosis (Marc Jubete), Soul Sketch (Christopher Evans); repertory includes Lavinia in Romeo and Juliet, Servant in Duse and Audrey in As You Like It. 

Patricia Friza

Soloist

From: Vienna, Austria.
Training: Vienna State Opera Ballet School.
Teachers: Judith Reyn, Christian Tichy, Yannik Boquin.
Career highlights: After her engagement with the Ballet of the Vienna State Opera, she joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2006 (Soloist in 2009), where she created Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Dolly in Anna Karenina, a Nurse in Le Pavillon d’Armide and solo roles in Beethoven Project I, Ghost Light and Du und Du, Waltz (New Year’s Concert 2006, Vienna), among others. 

Xue Lin

Soloist

From: Beijing, China.
Training: Beijing Dance Academy, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Yuanmei Cai, Kevin Haigen, Marianne Kruuse.
Career highlights: Since 2011, she has been a member of Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2016), where she created the Ballerina Istomina as Cleopatra in Tatiana. Her repertory includes the title roles in Anna Karenina and The Little Mermaid, Woman I in Bernstein Dances, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Moyna and Zulma in Giselle and Olympia in The Lady of the Camellias.

Emilie Mazoń

Soloist

From: Hamburg, Germany.
Training: School of the Georgia Ballet, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Gigi Hyatt, Janusz Mazoń.
Career highlights: Since 2013, she has been a member of the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2017), where she created the role of Princess Ekaterina Alexandrovna Shcherbatskaya (Kitty) in Anna Karenina as well as solo roles in Beethoven Project I and Ghost Light. Her repertoire includes leading roles such as Marie in The Nutcracker, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Aurora in the new version of The Sleeping Beauty.

Yun-Su Park

Soloist

From: Seoul, South Korea.
Training: SunHwa Arts School, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Brian Yoo, Elena Selivanova, Kevin Haigen, Ingrid Glindemann, Marianne Kruuse, Christian Schön.
Career highlights: In 2007, she joined the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2018), where she created solo roles in John Neumeier’s Beethoven Project I and in pieces by the Young Choreographers. Her repertory includes a solo role in Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler, La Fille du Pharaon in The Nutcracker and One of the Big Swans in Illusions – like Swan Lake.

Karen Azatyan

Soloist

From: Yerevan, Armenia.
Training: Yerevan Dancing Art State College, Zurich Dance Academy.
Teachers: Hovhannes Divanyan, Oliver Matz.
Career highlights: He joined the Bavarian State Ballet in 2007 (Soloist in 2010, Principal in 2012), where he created Daphnis in My Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe and Prometheus in Helden (Terence Kohler). Since 2014, he has been a member of the Hamburg Ballet (Principal in 2014, Soloist since 2020), where he created the Seducer (Gabriele D’Annunzio) in Duse and a Muzhik in Anna Karenina and solo roles in Beethoven Project I and Ghost Light. 

Marc Jubete

Soloist

From: Reus, Spain.
Training: Estudio de Danza María de Ávila, the School of Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: María Pilar Sanz, Lola de Avila, Yolanda Plaza, Carmen Aldana, Amador Castilla, Myriam Agar, Kevin Haigen.
Career highlights: He joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2011 (Soloist in 2015), where he created Malvolio in The Glass Menagerie, one of the Three Wise Men in Christmas Oratorio I-VI, Zaretsky in Tatiana, the Audience in Duse and a solo role in Beethoven Project I. He regularly choreographs pieces for the Young Choreographers and for the Bundesjugendballett.

Matias Oberlin

Soloist

From: Santa Fe, Argentina.
Training: Santa Fe Ballet School, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Elizabeth Sture, Christian Schön, Janusz Mazoń, Kevin Haigen, Gigi Hyatt.
Career highlights: In 2014, he became part of the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2018), where he created solo roles in Beethoven Project I and Ghost Light. His repertoire includes Günther in The Nutcracker, Gaston Rieux in The Lady of the Camellias, Count Alexander in Illusions - like Swan Lake, and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Félix Paquet

Soloist

From: Québec, Canada.
Training: Canada’s National Ballet School.
Teachers: Sergiu Stefanschi, Peggy Baker.
Career highlights: He became a member of the National Ballet of Canada in 2012 (Soloist in 2017) and joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2019 as a Soloist. In Toronto, he created the title role in Le Petit Prince (Guillaume Côté) and Guy Glover in Frame by Frame (Robert Lepage and Guillaume Côté). John Neumeier created the roles of Tom Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and a solo in Ghost Light for him.

Florian Pohl

Soloist

From: Karlsruhe, Germany.
Training: School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Kevin Haigen.
Career highlights: In 2009, he became a member of the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2019), where he created “A figure from the romantic novels Tatiana loves to read” in Tatiana and solo roles in Shakespeare - Sonnets. His repertory includes the Man in the Shadow and Prince Siegfried in Illusions - Like Swan Lake and Horvendel in Hamlet. He has been active several times as one of the Young Choreographers.

Lizhong Wang

Soloist

From: Shanghai, China.
Training: Shanghai Dance School, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Guo Min Wu, Kevin Haigen.
Career highlights: In 2011, he joined the Hamburg Ballet (Soloist in 2019). Repertory includes solos in Préludes CV and Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (Balanchine), Koll/Fortinbras in Hamlet 21, Wise Man in Christmas Oratorio I-VI and Espada in Don Quixote (Nureyev after Petipa). He participated in creations of the Young Choreographers and is a choreographer himself.

Borja Bermudez

Corps de Ballet

From: Madrid, Spain.
Training: Royal Conservatory of Dance Mariemma (Madrid), School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Rosa Naranjo, Ricardo Franco, Kevin Haigen.
Career highlights: In 2017, he became a member of the Hamburg Ballet corps de ballet. Since joining, he has created a solo role in Beethoven Project I and danced the roles of Flute and Thisbe in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Drosselmeier in The Nutcracker, and he performed a solo role in Nocturnes.  

Alessandro Frola

Corps de Ballet

From: Parma, Italy.
Training: Profession Dance Parma, Fomento Artístico Cordobés (Argentina), School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Lucia Giuffrida, Francesco Frola, Kevin Haigen, Janusz Mazoń, Gigi Hyatt.
Career highlights: Since 2019, he has been a member of the Hamburg Ballet, where he created a solo role in Peter and Igor. His repertory includes roles such as Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Endymion in Sylvia as well as Prince Désiré and Amors Segen in the new version of The Sleeping Beauty.

Nicolas Gläsmann

Corps de Ballet

From: Düsseldorf, Germany.
Training: School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Kevin Haigen, Heinz Loipe.
Career highlights: In 2013, he became a member of the National Youth Ballet and he joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2015, where he created solo roles in Ghost Light by John Neumeier and in ballets of the Young Choreographers. His repertory includes Oratio in Hamlet 21, a Thorn in the new version of The Sleeping Beauty, Sancho Panza in Don Quixote (Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa).

Marià Huguet

Corps de Ballet

From: Girona, Spain.
Training: the Classical Ballet School, the Royal Ballet School, School of the Hamburg Ballet.
Teachers: Maria Elvira Buck-Gili, Joan Boix, Roser Muñoz, Meelis Pakri, David Peden, Jay Jolley, Kevin Haigen, Janusz Mazon, Stacey Denham.
Career highlights: After an engagement at the New English Ballet Theatre, he joined the Hamburg Ballet in 2016, where he created Seryozha in Anna Karenina and danced Stanislav Nijinsky in Nijinsky and Count N. in Lady of the Camellias.

David Rodriguez

Corps de Ballet

From: Medellín, Colombia.
Training: Ballet Folclórico de Antioquia, Escuela de Ballet Metropolitano Medellín, Miami City Ballet School.
Teachers: Raquel Aguero, Geta Constantinescu, Oliver Pardina, Maria Torija.
Career highlights: In 2016, he joined the Hamburg Ballet, where he created the Unicorn in The Glass Menagerie and solo roles in Beethoven Project I and Ghost Light. His repertory includes the Man in the Shadow in Illusions ‒ like Swan Lake, an Indian Prince and the Thorn in the new version of The Sleeping Beauty.