Born
4.9.76 in Luzern. Swiss

Education
Ballet School in Luzern.
Swiss Professional Ballet School (SBBS), in Zurich.
Ballet Academy Munich

Main Teacher
Margreth Steinmann, Anne Woolliams, Martine Giaconi
Konstanze Vernon, Nora Shelesnowa

Engagements
Bavarian Stae Ballet. Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.
Zurich Ballet. The Hamburg Ballet since 2006 as Soloist

Creations

with the Bavarian State Ballet

  • Ecclesia (Jean Grand-Maitre)
  • Emma B. (Jean Grand-Maitre)
  • Handel/Corelli (Lucinda Childs)
  • Le Sacre du printemps (Saburo Teshigawara)
  • The Transfigured Night (Davide Bombana)

with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

  • Balistik (Lionel Hoche)

with the Zurich Ballet

  • Allem nah, allem fern (Heinz Spoerli)

with The Hamburg Ballet

solo in

  • Christmas Oratorio

Repertory

with the Bavarian State Ballet

  • Giselle in Giselle
    (Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa/Peter Wright)
  • Odette/Odile in Swan Lake (Marius Petipa/Patrice Bart)
  • Myrtha in Giselle (Mats Eks)
  • Olga in Onegin (John Cranko)
  • Manon Lescaut in Lady of the Camellias
    (John Neumeier)
  • Louise im The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
  • Hippolyta/Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream
    (John Neumeier)
  • Gamsatti and Nikiya in La Bayadère
    (Marius Petipa/Patrice Bart)
  • Cinderella and a Stepsister in
    A Cinderella Story (John Neumeier)
  • Lescaut's Lover in Manon (Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Kitri and Dulcinea in Don Quixote
    (Marius Petipa/Ray Barra)
  • Raymonda in Raymonda (Marius Petipa/Ray Barra)
  • Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew
    (John Cranko)

and solos in

  • Svadebka (Jirí Kylián)
  • Bella Figura (Jirí Kylián)
  • Mozart-Klavierkonzert (Uwe Scholz)
  • Apollo (George Balanchine)
  • The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine)
  • Symphony in C (George Balanchine)
  • Concerto Barocco (George Balanchine)
  • Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (George Balanchine)
  • Fearful Symmetries (Peter Martins)
  • Grosse Fuge (Hans van Manen)
  • Trois Gnossiennes (Hans van Manen)
  • Kammerballett (Hans van Manen)
  • Nacht (Hans van Manen)
  • Artifact II (William Forsythe)
  • the second detail (William Forsythe)
  • In the Night (Jerome Robbins)
  • Twilight (John Neumeier)
  • Jupiter Symphony (John Neumeier)

with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

  • Julia in Romeo and Julia (Jean-Christophe Maillot)

and solos in

  • Opus 40 (Jean-Christophe Maillot)
  • Vers un pays sage (Jean-Christophe Maillot)
  • In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (William Forsythe)

with the Zurich Ballet

  • Antonia in Coppélia ou La Fille aux yeux d'émail
    (Heinz Spoerli)
  • Louise in The Nutcracker (Heinz Spoerli)
  • Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Heinz Spoerli)
  • Odette/Odile in Swan Lake (Marius Petipa/Heinz Spoerli)

and solos in

  • Goldberg-Variationen (Heinz Spoerli)
  • Quintett (Heinz Spoerli)
  • Continuum (Christopher Wheeldon)
  • Stepping Stones (Jirí Kylián)

with The Hamburg Ballet

  • Ygerne in The Saga of King Arthur
  • Manon Lescaut in Lady of the Camellias
  • La Barbarina in Death in Venice
  • Herzeloyde in Parzival – Episodes and Echo
  • Irina Nikolayevna, Arkadina and The Star of the Revue in The Seagull
  • La Primavera in Othello
  • Potiphar's Wife in The Legend of Joseph
  • The Queen Mother, a Big Swan and The Butterfly in Illusions - like "Swan Lake"

and solos in

  • Requiem
  • Nachtwanderung from "Songs of the Night"
  • Jewels – Emeralds (George Balanchine)

Guesting
Russia (Bolshoi), Holland (Het National Ballet), Italy, Turkey and with Roberto Bolle and Friends in Beijing.
She created in Vilnius Desdemona in Othello by Angelika Cholina and in Macerata the ballet divertissement of the Opera Aida in the choreography by Gheorghe Iancu.

Awards

  • Finalist and Best Swiss at the "Prix de Lausanne" (1993)
  • Second Prize by the "4th Eurovision Competition for Young Dancers" (1993)
  • Silver medal at the "USA International Ballet Competition" in Jackson, MS (1994)

    and received a scholarship from the Migros Foundation

Photo © Wilfried Hösl
     

 
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