Marco Agostino, Primo ballerino del Teatro alla Scala.
She graduated in 2007 from the Ballet School of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, where she performed in works by Lichine, Olivieri, Tagliavia, Bombana, Mats Ek, Perrot/Petipa, Bournonville and Balanchine. Through a number of scholarships, she furthered her training with teachers from the Vaganova Academy, the Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza Mariemma (Escorial, Madrid), and the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, and attended advanced training courses in Vienna and Croatia with teachers from Teatro alla Scala.
Since 2008, he has been a member of the Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala, appearing in productions including Swan Lake (Bourmeister), Lady of the Camellias (Neumeier), La Bayadère (Makarova), Coppélia (Derek Deane), Trittico Novecento, and Pink Floyd Ballet (Roland Petit). Among the roles he has performed are Titania’s Cavalier in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Pas de Trois in Ballet Imperial, and the leading couple in Emeralds (all by George Balanchine); the Peasant Pas de Deux and Hilarion in Giselle (Chauviré); the Firebird and the Phoenix in Maurice Béjart’s L’Oiseau de feu; the Toreador Espada in Don Quixote and the Pas de Trois in Swan Lake (Rudolf Nureyev); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and Des Grieux in L’Histoire de Manon (Kenneth MacMillan); Raymonda (Petipa/Glazunov); Lensky in John Cranko’s Onegin; and Phoebus in Roland Petit’s Notre-Dame de Paris. His reprise of the role of Des Grieux in L’Histoire de Manon led to his promotion to Soloist in December 2013. His repertoire subsequently expanded to include ballets by Alexei Ratmansky (Concerto DSCH, leading couple; The Sleeping Beauty, Prince Désiré; Swan Lake, Benno and soloist in the Hungarian Dance couple); George Balanchine (Diamonds, leading couple; Symphony in C, leading couple in the Second and Fourth Movements); Rudolf Nureyev (Swan Lake, Wolfgang/Rothbart; Don Quixote, Espada; The Sleeping Beauty, Pas de Cinq and one of the Four Princes); Nacho Duato (The Nutcracker, French Dance and Prince/Nutcracker); and Heinz Spoerli (Cello Suites and Goldberg Variations). He performed the role of Obscurantism in Excelsior, the Prince in Mauro Bigonzetti’s Cinderella (as well as appearing in Progetto Händel), Ferrando in Massimiliano Volpini’s Il giardino degli amanti, and Albrecht in Giselle. He also performed in Glen Tetley’s Le Sacre du Printemps (Two Couples), Mikhail Fokine’s Petrushka (The Devil), and Eugenio Scigliano’s Shéhérazade (Zahman). He danced the title role in John Cranko’s Onegin and appeared in John Neumeier’s Lady of the Camellias (Des Grieux and the Duke), Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, Maurice Béjart’s Boléro (one of the four soloists), Anna-Marie Holmes’ Le Corsaire (Lankendem and Conrad), Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote (Basilio), Angelin Preljocaj’s Winterreise, and Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works (Becomings). As a guest artist, he made his debut with Premi in Ballet in the role of Solor in La Bayadère and in Swan Lake (Grigorovich). He performed the role of Aminta and subsequently Orion in Manuel Legris’ Sylvia, which opened La Scala Ballet’s 2019–2020 Season, as well as Hans van Manen’s Adagio Hammerklavier and Roland Petit’s Le Combat des Anges. For the gala evening “A riveder le stelle”, he was among the performers in Manuel Legris’ Verdi Suite; in “Great Moments of Dance” he performed Conrad in Manuel Legris’ Le Corsaire, and in “Homage to Nureyev” he danced the pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet. In “Evening of Great Choreographers”, he danced the pas de deux from Roland Petit’s Debussy pour sept danseurs and reprised Le Combat des Anges. In the “Evening of Four Choreographers”, he appeared in the new version of Verdi Suite. In the “Contemporary Evening”, he performed in William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude. During “La Scala in città”, he danced the Act III pas de deux from Sylvia. In Rudolf Nureyev’s La Bayadère, which opened the 2021–2022 Season, he performed the role of Solor.
Since February 2022, he has been a Principal Dancer with Teatro alla Scala. In George Balanchine’s Jewels, he performed as one of the two leading couples in Emeralds. At Gala Fracci, he danced the pas de deux from Rudolf Nureyev’s Romeo and Juliet and appeared in the Fourth Movement of Symphony in C. For Wayne McGregor’s production AfteRite+LORE, he was part of the opening cast of AfteRite and subsequently also appeared in the creation LORE. In Rudolf Nureyev’s The Nutcracker, which opened the 2022–2023 Ballet Season, he danced in the soloist couple of the Arabian Dance. In the mixed programme Dawson/Duato/Kratz/Kylián, he was among the leading performers in David Dawson’s Anima Animus and Jiří Kylián’s Bella Figura. In Manuel Legris’ Le Corsaire, he performed the role of Lankendem. For “William Forsythe Evening – Blake Works V”, he was among the leading performers in The Barre Project. At the 2023 edition of Gala Fracci, he performed the pas de deux from Roland Petit’s Le Loup. In the June–July 2023 revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet, he appeared as Tybalt and subsequently as Benvolio.
In September 2023, he reprised the role of Rothbart in Swan Lake, choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev, and in November returned to the title role in John Cranko’s Onegin. He took part in Coppélia, Alexei Ratmansky’s new production that opened the 2023–2024 Ballet Season, making his debut in the leading role of Franz. In the triple bill Smith/León and Lightfoot/Valastro, he was among the leading performers in Garrett Smith’s Reveal and Simone Valastro’s creation Memento. As part of the third edition of Gala Fracci, he was featured in the divertissement from Paquita.
In the July 2024 revival of L’Histoire de Manon, he once again performed the role of Des Grieux; in John Neumeier’s Lady of the Camellias, he appeared as Gaston Rieux. In the Balanchine/Robbins Triple Bill, he danced the role of Purple in Dances at a Gathering and “The Husband” in The Concert.
In the revival of Rudolf Nureyev’s The Nutcracker, which opened the 2024–2025 Ballet Season, he returned as a soloist in the Arabian Dance before making his debut in the leading role of Mr Drosselmeyer/The Prince.
In the Kratz/Preljocaj/De Bana programme, he made his debut as the Toreador in the opening performances of Carmen, a creation by Patrick de Bana. For La Scala’s premiere of Edward Clug’s Peer Gynt, he performed the role of Aslak the Blacksmith, while in Pierre Lacotte’s Paquita he appeared as Iñigo. In the Lander/Kylián/Béjart triple bill, he was among the principal performers in Harald Lander’s Études and reprised Petite Mort. At Gala Fracci 2026, he made his debut in the Act II pas de deux from Akram Khan’s Giselle.