Silvia Azzoni [SEP] date of birth
Silvia Azzoni
Silvia Azzoni (born 3 November 1973, in Turin, Italy) is an Italian ballet dancer. She studied at the Baletna Skola in Turin and Hamburg Ballet School, where her teachers were Dragica Zach, Marianne Kruuse, Ilse Wiedmann and Kevin Haigen.
In 1993 she joined the Hamburg Ballet, in 1996 she became a soloist and in 2001 a principal dancer. Her repertoire includes the leading rôles in ballets created by John Neumeier: Pallas Athena and Nausikaa ("Odyssey"), Chloe ("Daphnis
Prix Benois de la Danse for excellence in partnering.
Riabko is married to fellow Hamburg Ballet principal dancer and frequent stage partner Silvia Azzoni, and they are parents of a daughter.
Repertoire.
Ballets by John Neumeier
- "Giselle" (after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): Albert, peasant pas de deux (first interpreter)
- "The Sleeping Beauty" (after Marius Petipa): Prince Désiré, Catalabutte, Bluebird
- "The Nutcracker": Drosselmeier, Günther, Fritz
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