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Name: Cristiano Occupation: currently Soloist dancer at Estonian National Ballet (from 2021)
Surname: Principato formerly Demi-soloist at Estonian National Ballet (2020)
Birthplace: Novara (NO), Italy (IT) Coryphée at Dutch National Ballet (2019)
Nationality: Italian Corps de Ballet at Dutch National Ballet (2016)
Age: 26 years old (1995) Élève at Dutch National Ballet (2015)
Height: 1,82 m Junior Company at Dutch National Ballet (2014)
Weight: 70 kg Corps de Ballet at La Scala Ballet (2014)
Languages: Italian, English, French, Dutch
Degrees: graduation degree from La Scala Ballet School in Milan (29/30) Awards: 2017 Étoile del Domani award in Novara (winner)
grauation degree from Linguistic High School in MIlan (96/100) 2018 Varna International Ballet Competition (partner of the gold medal winner)
Italian/European B driving licence (car and motorbike) 2021 Estonian Annual Theatre Award (nominee)
2006 – 2014 EDUCATION AT LA SCALA BALLET SCHOOL
°At the age of 9 Cristiano begins ballet in a private school in his hometown and then in 2006, at the age of 11, he starts attending La Scala Ballet School in Milan, where he
graduates at the age of 19 (2014) after the full eight years program, under the direction of of Frédéric Olivieri (mark 29/30).
In the same year he also graduates from the Linguistic Lyceum in Milan (mark 96/100).
°At 12 years old he performs children parts with La Scala (Nutcracker and Don Chisciotte staged by Aleth Francillon) and Bolshoi Ballet during their tour to Milan (Pharaoh’s Daughter).
°In Milan his teachers are Maurizio Vanadia, Leonid Nikonov, Frédéric Olivieri, Giampaolo Podini, Tatiana Nikonova, Loretta Alexandrescu, Paola Vismara, Amelia Colombini,
Elisa Scala and Bella Ratchinskaja (for classical ballet, repertoire and pas de deux classes) and Emanuela Tagliavia (contemporary class).
At the Academy he also takes class with important guest teachers such as Nicole Cavallin (École de l’Opéra de Paris), John Clifford (NYC Ballet), Piotr Nardelli (Béjart Ballet),
Victor Ullate (Ullate Ballet) and Paul Dennis (José Limón Dance Company). He also regularly attends summer intensives in Komiza (Croatia) were he both works on ballet (with Jozo Borcic from Teatro alla Scala) and on new modern styles with Deanna Losi (Martha Graham Technique), Christian Ginepro (musical), Fabrizio Monteverde and Eugenio Buratti.
°Every year he performs in La Scala Academy’s productions in Milan or around Italy and Europe and from the age of 16 he dances the following solo parts.
Solo repertoire performed in La Scala Academy's productions
YEAR BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY PART STAGING THEATRE/PRODUCTION PARTNER
2011 Nutcracker Frédéric Olivieri Spanish dance Loreta Alexandrescu Teatro Strehler, Milan Adele Fiocchi (now demi-soloist at Wiener Staatsballett) Lead flowers Tatiana Nikonova Elena Bottaro (now soloist at Wiener Staatballett)
Pastorale PD3 Leonid Nikonov Arianna Maldini and Giulia Diana Frosi
2011 Theme and Variations George Balanchine 4 demi’s Nanette Glushak Teatro alla Scala, Milan Martina Ricci
2013 Serenade George Balanchine Waltz’s boy Patricia Neary Teatro alla Scala, Milan Martina Aduino (now principal at La Scala Ballet)
2013 Nutcracker Ivanovich Vainonen Prince (full PD2) Leonid Nikonov Teatro Strehler, Milan Elena Botaro
2013 Larmes Blanches Angelin Preljocaj 2 couples Silvia Bidegain Théâtre de Nice, France Francesca Raule (now soloist at Moravian Theatre Olomouc)
2013 Evening Songs Jiri Kylian 3 couples Arlette Van Boven Teatros del Canal, Madrid Elena Bottaro
2013 Gaîté Parisienne Maurice Béjart Opera PD2 Piotr Nardelli Teatro Strehler Giorgia Sacher (now Teatro alla Scala)
6 Bim's friends Teatro alla Scala
2014 Paquita Marius Petipa Full PD3 Leonid Nikonov Teatro alla Scala Martina Arduino and Emilie Tassinari
2014 FIRST CONTRACT AS CORPS DE BALLET WITH LA SCALA BALLET
°During the last six months of school, Cristiano already signs his first contract with la Scala Ballet in Milan (director Makhar Vaziev) and starts performing with the company.
°Here he takes class with company ballet masters such as Laura Contardi, Vladimir Derevianko, Biagio Tambone, Lienz Chang, Sophie Sarrote, Laura Caccialanza and also with
guest teachers like Maina Gielgud, Karl Burnett, Michael Denard and Johnny Eliasen.
Repertoire performed with La Scala Ballet
BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY PART STAGING THEATRE/PRODUCTION
Raymonda Sergei Vikharev Mazurka, Spanish Sergei Vikharev, Biagio Tambone Teatro alla Scala, Milano
Pink Floyd Ballet Roland Petit Group Luigi Bonino, Lienz Chang Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Swan Lake Rudolf Nureyev Waltz, Polonaise act1 Vladimir Derevianko, Laura Contardi Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Mazurka act3 Biagio Tambone
Don Chisciotte Rudolf Nureyev 6 toreros, Fandango Maina Gielgud Astana Opera House, on Kazakistan tour
2014 – 2015 ONE SEASON WITH DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET JUNIOR COMPANY
°Starting from August 2014, while still 19 years old, he decides to move to Amsterdam and join HNB’s Junior Company with directors Ted Brandsen (main company),
Ernst Meisner (junior company) and Jean Yves Esquerre (Dutch National Ballet School).
°During this first season he performs solo roles in the Junior Company Gala 20 times: once in Amsterdam (Staadschowburg), seventeen times around the Netherlands and twice in London (Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House).
Solo roles performed in the Dutch National Ballet's Junior Company Touring Gala
BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY PART STAGING PARTNER
Napoli August Bournonville Full PD6 (first solo) Ernst Meisner, Caroline Iura Emilie Tassinari, Riho Sakamoto
Swan Lake Rudi Van Dantzig White Swan PD2 Ernst Meisner Yuanyuan Zhang (now soloist at Dutch National Ballet)
Visions Fugitives Hans Van Manen 3 couples Mea Venema, Hans Van Manen Nancy Burer (now Coryphée at Dutch National Ballet)
Surfacing Robert Binet 2 couples Robert Binet Riho Sakamoto (now soloist at Dutch National Ballet)
Blink Juanjo Arqués Group Juanjo Arqués, Ernst Meisner
Beginnings Ted Brandsen Group Ted Brandsen, Caroline Iura
Besides the JC tour, he also appears with the main company in Swan Lake, Cinderella and New Moves and in two more JC shows named De Kleine Grote Kist (by Ernst
Meisner) and Narnia (by Ernst Meisner and Marco Gerris), of which he dances 40 shows throughout Holland in the two solo roles of Peter and the Lampost Man.
2015 – 2020 CAREER WITH THE DUTCH NATIONAL BALLET
°At the beginning of his second season (20 years old) he is directly promoted into the main company with an “Élève” contract without completing the two-years JC program.
He starts the following season with a promotion to “Corps de Ballet” and three years later he is promoted to the rank of Coryphée.
°Through the years he takes class with the entire HNB staff: Ernst Meisner, Rinat Gizatulin, Larissa Lezhnina, Guillaume Graffin, Judy Maelor Thomas, Rachel Beaujean, Caroline Iura, Alan Land, Charlotte Chapellier, Igone De Jongh, Marijn Rademaker and Anna Tsygankova. He also takes class with the following guest teachers: Olga Evreinoff, Irek Mukhamedov, David Makhateli, Andrey Klemm, Felipe Diaz, Ainara Garcia Navarro, Raphaël Coumes-Marquet, Stéphane Phavorin, Christiana Stefanou, Kristian Ratevossian and Christpher Stowell.
While understudying the ballet Pas/Parts he also takes part to Forsythe style studio-workshops by stagers Ayman Harper and Christopher Roman.
Solo roles performed with the Dutch National Ballet
YEAR BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY PART STAGING THEATRE/PRODUCTION PARTNER
2019 Giselle Beaujean-Bustamante Paesants Pas act1 Guillaume Graffin DNB Holland Tour Yuanyuan Zhang (now soloist at Dutch National Ballet)
2019 Swan Lake Rudi Van Dantzig PD6 act3 Aland Land NO&B Amsterdam Riho Sakamoto (now soloist at Dutch National Ballet)
2019 Who Cares? George Balanchine 5 soloists Maria Calegari NO&B Amsterdam Naira Agvanean (now grand-sujet at Dutch National Ballet)
2019 Ballet Imperial George Balanchine PD3 Patricia Neary DNB Holland Tour Riho Sakamoto, Sho Yamada
2019 Romeo en Julia Rudi Van Dantzig Paris Rachel Beaujean NO&B Amsterdam Qian Liu (now principal at Dutch National Ballet)
2017 Sleeping Beauty Sir Peter Wright Puss in Boots Caroline Iura NO&B Amsterdam Khayla Fitzpatrick
2019 Requiem David Dawson Angels Gladstone-Marchant NO&B Amsterdam Aya Okomura, Yuanyuan Zhang
2018 Embers Ersnt Meisner Duet Ernst Meisner NO&B Season Opening Gala Jessica Xuan (now principal at Dutch National Ballet)
Solo roles performed guesting in galas and competitions while employed at Dutch National Ballet
YEAR BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY PART THEATRE/PRODUCTION PARTNER
2019 Esmeralda Marius Petipa Full PD2 Baltic Grand Prix / Riga, Latvia Elisabetta Formento (now soloist at Polish National Ballet)
2019 Paquita Marius Petipa Full PD2 act3 Teatro Goldoni / Livorno, Italy Elisabetta Formento
La Bayadère Marius Petipa Shade PD2
étoiles at this gala: Jon Vallejo, Alessandro Riga, Claudio Cocino, Alessio Rezza, Susanna Salvi, Anbeta Toromani
2019 Satanella Marius Petipa Full PD2 Premio Sfera d’Oro / Padova, Italy Rebecca Storani (former principal at Ballet de Catalunya)
étoiles at this gala: Silvia Azzoni, Valentine Colasante, Virna Toppi, Valentino Zucchetti, Victoria Ananyan
2018 Raymonda Marius Petipa Full PD2 act3 Summerschool Gala / Tallinn's Opera Elisabetta Formento
2018 Genzano Flower Festival August Bournonville Full PD2 Ballet Royal Gala / Tallin, Estonia Elisabetta Formento
étoiles at this gala: Oksana Bondareva, Ivan Vasiliev and artists from Mikhajloysky Theatre and Eifman Ballet
2018 Sleeping Beauty Marius Petipa Full PD2 act3 Varna IBC Round1 Jessica Xuan (now principal dancer at Dutch National Ballet)
Giselle Beaujean-Bustamante PD2 and solo act2 Varna IBC Round 2 and IBC Gala Jessica Xuan
Swan Lake Rudi Van Dantzig Black Swan full PD2 Varna IBC Round 3 Jessica Xuan
He attends the 28th edition of Varna International Ballet Competition as partner of Yuan Zhe Zi Xuan (Jessica Xuan) who wins the Gold Medal.
They also dance in the two closing galas with the winners from the previous editions
2017 La Fille du Pharaon Pierre Lacotte Full PD2 act2 Luxembourg Gala Elena Bottaro (now soloist at Wiener Staatsballett)
étoiles at this gala: Marianela Nunez, Yana Salenko, Lucia Lacarra, Marian Walter, Dinu Tamarzlacaru, Semyon Chudin and Vladir Malahkov (who also taught class)
2014 Coppelia Lev Ivanov Full PD2 act3 Vito Mazzeo & Friends / Legnago, Italy Emilie Tassinari (now demi-soloist at Slovenian N. Ballet)
étoiles at this Gala: Vito Mazzeo, Igone de Jongh, James Stout and Victoria Ananyan from Dutch National Ballet
2018 Full Moon Milena Sidorova Solo Ballet Royal Gala / Tallinn, Estonia
2018 Step Addition Sébastien Galtier Duet Varna IBC Round 2 and IBC Gala Jessica Xuan
2018 Embers Ernst Meisner Duet Varna IBC Round 3 Jessica Xuan
2016 Replay Ted Brandsen Duet Young Stars Gala / Fiesole, Italy Emilie Tassinari
2016 Elegie Ernst Meisner Duet Gala per Alessia / Trecate, Italy Emilie Tassinari
Group repertoire performed with Dutch National Ballet
BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY PART STAGING THEATRE/PRODUCTION
La Dame Aux Camélias John Neumeier Blue and Golden Ball Kevin Haigen, John Neumeier NO&B Amsterdam
Country, Champs Elysées
Onegin John Cranko 8 boys act1 & act2 Tamas Detrich, Jane Bourne NO&B Amsterdam
Polonaise act3
La Bayadère Natalia Makarova Fakirs act1 Waltz act1 Judy M.Thomas, Natalia Makarova NO&B Amsterdam
Swan Lake Rudi Van Dantzig Waltz, Polonaise Judy Maelor Thomas NO&B Amsterdam
Czardas and Spanish Sandrine Leroy
The Nutcracker Wayne Eagling & Flowers, Chinese, Russian Guillome Graffin, Alan Land NO&B Amsterdam
Toer Van Schayk Monteurs, Lantern PD2 Caroline Iura, Toer Van Schayk
Sleeping Beauty Sir Peter Wright 6 Cavaliers, Waltz act1 Charlotte Chapellier, Judy M.Thomas NO&B Amsterdam
Don Quixote Alexei Ratmansky Seguidilla, Fandango Judy Maelor Thomas NO&B Amsterdam &on tour around Mexico
Giselle Beaujean-Bustamante Group act1 Judy Maelor Thomas NO&B Amsterdam
Romeo en Julia Rudi Van Dantzig 4 Capulets dance Alan Land NO&B Amsterdam
Cinderella Christopher Wheeldon Summer & Autumns 2 couples Charlotte Chapellier NO&B Amsterdam &on tour in Hong Kong and
Courtiers at the ball Christopher Wheeldon London (Coliseum)
Ballet Imperial George Balanchine Group Patricia Neary, Judy M.Thomas NO&B Amsterdam
Theme and Variations George Balanchine Group Patricia Neary, Larissa Lezhnina NO&B Amsterdam &on tour in Oviedo and Madrid
Stravinsky Violin Concerto George Balanchine 4 small men Bart Cook, Christopher Stowell NO&B Amsterdam &on on tour in Holland
Five Tangos Hans Van Manen 4 couples Charlotte Chapellier, Hans V.Manen NO&B Amsterdam &on Holland tour, Spoleto – Italy
Frank Bridge Variations Hans Van Manen 3 couples Rachel Beaujean, Hans Van Manen On tour at Hamburg Staatsoper, Granada’s Alhambra
On The Move Hans Van Manen Group Alan Land NO&B Amsterdam
Symphonieën d.N. Hans Van Manen Group Judy Maelor Thomas NO&B Amsterdam
Requiem Toer Van Scayk Group Eleonora Demichelis, Caroline Iura NO&B Amsterdam
Concerto Concordia Christopher Wheeldon 6 couples Guillaume Graffin NO&B Amsterdam
In Transit Ernst Meisner 6 couples Ersnt Meisner, Marijn Rademaker NO&B Amsterdam
Tristan + Isolde David Dawson Pastorale, King’s Speech David Dawson, Raphaël C-Marquet NO&B Amsterdam
Ball couples Rebecca Gladstone, C. Marchand
Piano Concerto Alexei Ratmansky 6 couples Felipe Diaz, Alexei Ratmansky NO&B &on tour at Mariinsky (Diana Vishneva Context)
Ignite Juanjo Arqués Group José Carlos Martinez NO&B Amsterdam &on tour in Baden Baden
Last Resistance Annabelle L Ochoa Group Annabelle L. Ochoa NO&B Amsterdam
Frida Annabelle L. Ochoa 10 male Fridas Luis Torres Ortiz NO&B Amsterdam
Mata Hari Ted Brandsen Diaghilev, Group Ted Brandsen, Judy M.Thomas NO&B Amsterdam
Coppelia Ted Brandsen Group Ted Brandsen, Judy M.Thomas NO&B Amsterdam
Space Between Bastiaan Stoop Duet Bastiaan Stoop, Lisa Ball NO&B New Moves
Purcell Suite Cristiano Principato 2 couples Cristiano Principato, Dario Elia NO&B New Moves
3D Tango Milena Sidorova Duet Dario Elia NO&B New Moves
Mystery Movement Bruno Da R. Pereira 3 couples NO&B New Moves
Introspection Elisabetta Formento Duet NO&B New Moves
Fidem Contra Fata Daniel Cook Trio NO&B New Moves
2020 – 2021 CAREER WITH THE ESTONIAN NATIONAL BALLET
°From August 2020 he joines Estonian National Ballet in Tallinn as a Demi-Soloist (with director Linnar Looris) and the following season he is promoted to Soloist.
°Here he takes class with Linnar Looris, Jared David Matthews, Marina Kesler, Daniel Kirspuu, Eve Tuga, Luana Georg, Sergei Upkin and guest teacher Viki Psihoyos (Balanchine style).
Solo repertoire performed with Estonian National Ballet
BALLET CHOREOGRAPHY PART STAGING THEATRE/PRODUCTION PARTNER
Swan Lake Toomas Edur Prince Siegfried Jared Matthews, Elita Erkina Eesti Rahvusballett Ami Morita (now principal at Eesti Rahvusballett)
Spanish dance Marina Kesler Heidi Kopti, Francesco Piccinin
Nutcracker Ben Stevenson Prince Linnar Looris, Agnes Oaks Eesti Rahvusballett Ketlin Oja, Nanae Maruyama
Serenade George Balanchine Waltz’s boy Viki Psihoyos, Jared Matthews Eesti Rahvusballett Ketlin Oja
Anna Karenina Marina Kesler Vronsky Marina Kesler, Jared Matthews Eesti Rahvusballett Laura Maya Rosiers (now soloist at Eesti Rahvusballett)
Esmeralda Marius Petipa Full PD2 Kaie Kõrb, Viesturs Jansons 75 years Ballettikool Gala Maarja Praks (now at Eesti Rahvusballett)
Alice in Wonderland Gianluca Schiavoni Jack of Hearts Jared Matthews, Eve Tuga Eesti Rahvusballett Ketlin Oja
Pinkopanko, 3 gardeners Marina Kesler Franceco Piccinin, Andrea Fabbri
Symphony No. 6 Mai Murdmaa 5 couples Linnar Looris, Viesturs Jansons Eesti Rahvusballett Nanae Maruyama (now soloist at Eesti Rahvusballett)
