Wiener Staatsoper: Ballet Academy

The Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera stands for excellent training in classical and contemporary dance.

Our aim is to offer young talents from all over the world a platform on which they can develop their full artistic and personal potential. Respect, professionalism and a deep connection to the Viennese dance tradition form the foundation of our work.

The Ballet Academy team.

Artistic Director	Martin Schläpfer
Director	Mag.^a Christiana Stefanou

Secretariat of the Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera

+43 1 51444 2641

ballettakademie@wiener-staatsoper.at

Japan Grand Prix, Japan, August 2018	Aoi Choji 2. Prize
International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition Hellas, Greece, July 2018	Robert Hyland 1. Prize classical solo 2. Prize with contemporary solo 3. Prize with pas de deux
Rieti Premio Internazionale, April 2018	3. Prize Lorenzo Di Stasio
Lecco Ballet Competition, May 2018	Gaia Fredianelli 1. Prize (in 2 categories)
RiminiSiDanza, March 2018	Lydia Andreoli 2. Prize
Talinn Ballet Competition, March 2018	Olivia Poropat, Solomon Osazuva 2. Prize
Bari Ballet Competition, March 2018	Anamaria Copilau, Robert Highland 3. Prize
EBGP Vienna February 2018 (European Ballet Grand Prix)	Nina Cagnin (in 2 categories), Ilina Eder, Kalina Petkova, Solomon Osazuva, Yarden Zana 1. Prize winner Dali Ni, Gaia Fredianelli, Maho Higashi, Diana Zinchenko 3. Prize for Solomon Osazuva Karl Musil Prize

SALIERI DANZA, Verona, December 2017

Leonardo Celegato

1. Prize

Youth America Grand Prix, Paris, November 2017

Nina Cagnin

2. Prize

European Ballet Grand Prix, Vienna, February 2017

Nina Cagnin, Olivia Poropat, Olivia Poropat, Solomon Osazuva (Pas de deux)

Chiara Uderzo, Lucie Horna, Saya Mehraji, Klea Myftiu

Gatherine Gaysek, Martina dall'Asta, Sarah Krainberger, Yarden Zana, Giovanni Buttacavolli, Robert Hyland, Gabriele Aime (group)

1. Prize

Mikoto Takahashi, Anamaria Copilau, Aoi Choji, Mikoto Takahashi, Marie Reinprecht, Chiara Uderzo, Sergyi Golovin (Pas de deux)

Marie Ryba and Carolin Sachernegg (Duo)

Anamaria Copilau, Gabriele Aime

2. Price

Robert Hyland, Ilina Eder, Ivana Georgieva, De Pothoven, Laura Andric, Maria Ungureanu, Marek Pospisil (group)

Joana Reinprecht, Yarden Zana

3. Prize

Youth America Grand Prix, New York, April 2016

Vincenzo di Primo

Outstanding Artistry

Cosmin Marinescu

Silver Medal (Classical Dance) & Gold Medal (Contemporary)

Odyssey de la Danse, Lyon, April 2016

Darius Gramada

Gold Medal (Classical Dance)

Prix de Lausanne, February 2016

Vincenzo di Primo

Gold Medal (Contemporary)

Youth America Grand Prix, Paris, October/November 2015

Federico Aramu

Silver medal

Luisa Solovyova

Bronze medal

Vienna World Competition, July 2014	Dina Levin, Luisa Solovyova Silver medal Rosa Pierro Bronze medal
Istanbul Ballet Competition, 4th Edition, June 2014	Dina Levin Bronze medal
Premio Roma Danza, Concorso internazionale Danza, July 2014	Vincenzo Di PrimoSilver medal
Rieti Danza Estate, July 2014	Maria Giulia Fioriti Bronze medal
Sicilia Barocca, July 2014	Vincenzo Di Primo Gold medal

7th Korea International Ballet Competition Seoul, June 2013

Rinaldo Venuti

Silver medal in the Junior Division
Rosa Pierro, Cristiano Zaccaria

Bronze medal in the Junior Division

Moscow International Ballet Competition, June 2013

Mykola Gorodiskii

Bronze medal

4. Prague International Ballet Competition, October 2012	Maria Tolstunova Gold medal and special prize of the jury Mykola Gorodiskii Gold Medal Madoka Ishikawa Silver medal Remi Tomioka Bronze medal
25th International Ballet Competition - Varna, August 2012	Nataly Bratanova Bronze medal
Premio Roma Danza, Concorso internazionale Danza, July 2012	Natascha Mair Gold medal in Categoria Juniores Jakob Feyferlik Silver medal
4th Beijing International Ballet, June 2012	Natascha Mair Special Price of the Jury Jakob Feyferlik Group C Bronze Medal

Past Performances

In the 2023/24 season, the Ballet Academy appeared in the following productions:

Don Quixote	10 times
Giselle	4 times
Sleeping Beauty	9 times
The Lady of the Camellias	11 times
In Seventh Heaven / Symphony in C	4 times
Swan Lake	5 times
Hansel and Gretel	4 times
The Bat	4 times
Carmen	7 times
The Magic Flute for children	2 times
Salome	4 times
Nabucco	4 times

The Ballet Academy also performed at the Vienna Opera Ball 2024 and in the Ballet Academy Matinee.

The following productions were at the Volksoper:

Coppélia	10 times
Jolanthe and the Nutcracker	9 times
Die Fledermaus	3 times

In total, the Ballet Academy was involved in 92 performances in the 2023/24 season.

In the 2022/23 season, the Ballet Academy could be seen in the following productions

Sleeping Beauty	11 times
La fille mal gardée	6 times
In seventh heaven / Symphony in C	6 times
Don Quixote	1 times
Carmen	9 times
Salome	5 times
L'Orfeo	4 times
Die Fledermaus	5 times
Aida	4 times
The Magic Flute for children	2 times
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk	5 times
Pagliacci	4 times

The Ballet Academy also performed at the Vienna Opera Ball 2023 and at the Ballet Academy Matinee.

The following productions were staged at the Volksoper:

Jolanthe and the Nutcracker	14 times
Anatevka	7 times

In total, the Ballet Academy was involved in 85 performances in the 2022/23 season.

In the 2021/22 season, the Ballet Academy performed in the following productions

In Seventh Heaven / Symphony in C	8 times
Giselle	4 times
Swan Lake	4 times
Nureyev Gala	1 time
Nabucco	4 times
Carmen	8 times
The Bat	4 times
Peter Grimes	5 times
L'Orfeo	4 times
Capriccio	4 times

The Ballettakademie was also featured in the Ballettakademie Matinee.

The following productions were performed at the Volksoper:

Death in Venice

6 times

In total, the Ballet Academy was involved in 53 performances in the 2021/22 season.

In the 2020/21 season, the Ballet Academy appeared in the following productions:

Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci	2 times
Carmen	6 times
Die Fledermaus	1 time
Nabucco	1 time

In total, the Ballet Academy was involved in 10 performances in the 2020/21 season.

Main sponsor of the Ballet Academy

Ströck has been sponsoring the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy since the 2020/21 season.
The Ströck bakery is a family-run company that attaches particular importance to handmade organic products, sustainability, regionality and the promotion of young talent.

With its sponsorship, Ströck enables the Ballet Academy to procure facilities and equipment for fitness and regeneration. Ströck thus supports the successful physical development of the young dancers.

If you are also interested in supporting the Ballet Academy's training programs and, for example, would like to sponsor a scholarship, please contact us at sponsoring@wiener-staatsoper.at.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Ballet Academy of the Vienna State Opera

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