Elisa Badenes | |
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Born | 1992 Valencia, Spain |
Education | Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Valencia The Royal Ballet School |
Occupation | Ballet dancer |
Career | |
Current group | Stuttgart Ballet |
Elisa Badenes is a Spanish ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet in Germany. [1]
Badenes was born in Valencia, Spain. She started ballet at Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Valencia at age 11. [2] In 2008, after competing at the Prix de Lausanne, she trained at The Royal Ballet School for a year with a scholarship. [1] [3]
In 2009, Badenes became an apprentice with Stuttgart Ballet as after she graduated, and became a member of the company's corps de ballet a year later. She became a principal dancer in 2013. Roles she performed include Odette/Odile in Swan Lake , Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty , Juliet in Romeo and Juliet , Tatiana in Onegin and Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling . She has also danced in productions by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Hans van Manen and William Forsythe, and worked with choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Wayne McGregor and Christian Spuck. As a guest artist, Badenes performed with The Australian Ballet. [1] [4]
Badenes repertoire include: [1]
Badenes received following awards: [1]
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