{"id":715,"date":"2024-05-20T15:17:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T13:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/?page_id=715"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:29:39","slug":"marco-agostino","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/en\/marco-agostino\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco AGOSTINO"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marco Agostino, Primo ballerino del Teatro alla Scala<\/strong>.

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2008, he has been a member of the Ballet Company of Teatro alla Scala, appearing in productions including Swan Lake<\/em> (Bourmeister), Lady of the Camellias<\/em> (Neumeier), La Bayad\u00e8re<\/em> (Makarova), Copp\u00e9lia<\/em> (Derek Deane), Trittico Novecento<\/em>, and Pink Floyd Ballet<\/em> (Roland Petit). Among the roles he has performed are Titania\u2019s Cavalier in A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em>, the Pas de Trois in Ballet Imperial<\/em>, and the leading couple in Emeralds<\/em> (all by George Balanchine); the Peasant Pas de Deux and Hilarion in Giselle<\/em> (Chauvir\u00e9); the Firebird and the Phoenix in Maurice B\u00e9jart\u2019s L\u2019Oiseau de feu<\/em>; the Toreador Espada in Don Quixote<\/em> and the Pas de Trois in Swan Lake<\/em> (Rudolf Nureyev); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet<\/em> and Des Grieux in L\u2019Histoire de Manon<\/em> (Kenneth MacMillan); Raymonda<\/em> (Petipa\/Glazunov); Lensky in John Cranko\u2019s Onegin<\/em>; and Phoebus in Roland Petit\u2019s Notre-Dame de Paris<\/em>.\n\nHis reprise of the role of Des Grieux in L\u2019Histoire de Manon<\/em> led to his promotion to Soloist in December 2013. His repertoire subsequently expanded to include ballets by Alexei Ratmansky (Concerto DSCH<\/em>, leading couple; The Sleeping Beauty<\/em>, Prince D\u00e9sir\u00e9; Swan Lake<\/em>, Benno and soloist in the Hungarian Dance couple); George Balanchine (Diamonds<\/em>, leading couple; Symphony in C<\/em>, leading couple in the Second and Fourth Movements); Rudolf Nureyev (Swan Lake<\/em>, Wolfgang\/Rothbart; Don Quixote<\/em>, Espada; The Sleeping Beauty<\/em>, Pas de Cinq and one of the Four Princes); Nacho Duato (The Nutcracker<\/em>, French Dance and Prince\/Nutcracker); and Heinz Spoerli (Cello Suites<\/em> and Goldberg Variations<\/em>).\n\nHe performed the role of Obscurantism in Excelsior<\/em>, the Prince in Mauro Bigonzetti\u2019s Cinderella<\/em> (as well as appearing in Progetto H\u00e4ndel<\/em>), Ferrando in Massimiliano Volpini\u2019s Il giardino degli amanti<\/em>, and Albrecht in Giselle<\/em>. He also performed in Glen Tetley\u2019s Le Sacre du Printemps<\/em> (Two Couples), Mikhail Fokine\u2019s Petrushka<\/em> (The Devil), and Eugenio Scigliano\u2019s Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade<\/em> (Zahman).\n\nHe danced the title role in John Cranko\u2019s Onegin<\/em> and appeared in John Neumeier\u2019s Lady of the Camellias<\/em> (Des Grieux and the Duke), Ji\u0159\u00ed Kyli\u00e1n\u2019s Petite Mort<\/em>, Maurice B\u00e9jart\u2019s Bol\u00e9ro<\/em> (one of the four soloists), Anna-Marie Holmes\u2019 Le Corsaire<\/em> (Lankendem and Conrad), Rudolf Nureyev\u2019s Don Quixote<\/em> (Basilio), Angelin Preljocaj\u2019s Winterreise<\/em>, and Wayne McGregor\u2019s Woolf Works<\/em> (Becomings<\/em>).\n\nAs a guest artist, he made his debut with Premi in Ballet in the role of Solor in La Bayad\u00e8re<\/em> and in Swan Lake<\/em> (Grigorovich). He performed the role of Aminta and subsequently Orion in Manuel Legris\u2019 Sylvia<\/em>, which opened La Scala Ballet\u2019s 2019\u20132020 Season, as well as Hans van Manen\u2019s Adagio Hammerklavier<\/em> and Roland Petit\u2019s Le Combat des Anges<\/em>.\n\nFor the gala evening \u201cA riveder le stelle\u201d, he was among the performers in Manuel Legris\u2019 Verdi Suite<\/em>; in \u201cGreat Moments of Dance\u201d he performed Conrad in Manuel Legris\u2019 Le Corsaire<\/em>, and in \u201cHomage to Nureyev\u201d he danced the pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet<\/em>. In \u201cEvening of Great Choreographers\u201d, he danced the pas de deux from Roland Petit\u2019s Debussy pour sept danseurs<\/em> and reprised Le Combat des Anges<\/em>. In the \u201cEvening of Four Choreographers\u201d, he appeared in the new version of Verdi Suite<\/em>. In the \u201cContemporary Evening\u201d, he performed in William Forsythe\u2019s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude<\/em>. During \u201cLa Scala in citt\u00e0\u201d, he danced the Act III pas de deux from Sylvia<\/em>.\n\nIn Rudolf Nureyev\u2019s La Bayad\u00e8re<\/em>, which opened the 2021\u20132022 Season, he performed the role of Solor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since February 2022, he has been a Principal Dancer with Teatro alla Scala. In George Balanchine\u2019s Jewels<\/em>, he performed as one of the two leading couples in Emeralds<\/em>. At Gala Fracci<\/em>, he danced the pas de deux from Rudolf Nureyev\u2019s Romeo and Juliet<\/em> and appeared in the Fourth Movement of Symphony in C<\/em>. For Wayne McGregor\u2019s production AfteRite+LORE<\/em>, he was part of the opening cast of AfteRite<\/em> and subsequently also appeared in the creation LORE<\/em>. In Rudolf Nureyev\u2019s The Nutcracker<\/em>, which opened the 2022\u20132023 Ballet Season, he danced in the soloist couple of the Arabian Dance. In the mixed programme Dawson\/Duato\/Kratz\/Kyli\u00e1n<\/em>, he was among the leading performers in David Dawson\u2019s Anima Animus<\/em> and Ji\u0159\u00ed Kyli\u00e1n\u2019s Bella Figura<\/em>. In Manuel Legris\u2019 Le Corsaire<\/em>, he performed the role of Lankendem. For \u201cWilliam Forsythe Evening \u2013 Blake Works V\u201d, he was among the leading performers in The Barre Project<\/em>. At the 2023 edition of Gala Fracci<\/em>, he performed the pas de deux from Roland Petit\u2019s Le Loup<\/em>. In the June\u2013July 2023 revival of Kenneth MacMillan\u2019s Romeo and Juliet<\/em>, he appeared as Tybalt and subsequently as Benvolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2023, he reprised the role of Rothbart in Swan Lake<\/em>, choreographed by Rudolf Nureyev, and in November returned to the title role in John Cranko\u2019s Onegin<\/em>. He took part in Copp\u00e9lia<\/em>, Alexei Ratmansky\u2019s new production that opened the 2023\u20132024 Ballet Season, making his debut in the leading role of Franz. In the triple bill Smith\/Le\u00f3n and Lightfoot\/Valastro<\/em>, he was among the leading performers in Garrett Smith\u2019s Reveal<\/em> and Simone Valastro\u2019s creation Memento<\/em>. As part of the third edition of Gala Fracci<\/em>, he was featured in the divertissement<\/em> from Paquita<\/em>.
\n\nIn the July 2024 revival of L\u2019Histoire de Manon<\/em>, he once again performed the role of Des Grieux; in John Neumeier\u2019s Lady of the Camellias<\/em>, he appeared as Gaston Rieux. In the Balanchine\/Robbins Triple Bill<\/em>, he danced the role of Purple in Dances at a Gathering<\/em> and \u201cThe Husband\u201d in The Concert<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the revival of Rudolf Nureyev\u2019s The Nutcracker<\/em>, which opened the 2024\u20132025 Ballet Season, he returned as a soloist in the Arabian Dance before making his debut in the leading role of Mr Drosselmeyer\/The Prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Kratz\/Preljocaj\/De Bana<\/em> programme, he made his debut as the Toreador in the opening performances of Carmen<\/em>, a creation by Patrick de Bana. For La Scala\u2019s premiere of Edward Clug\u2019s Peer Gynt<\/em>, he performed the role of Aslak the Blacksmith, while in Pierre Lacotte\u2019s Paquita<\/em> he appeared as I\u00f1igo. In the Lander\/Kyli\u00e1n\/B\u00e9jart<\/em> triple bill, he was among the principal performers in Harald Lander\u2019s \u00c9tudes<\/em> and reprised Petite Mort<\/em>. At Gala Fracci 2026<\/em>, he made his debut in the Act II pas de deux from Akram Khan\u2019s Giselle<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Marco Agostino, Primo ballerino del Teatro alla Scala. Si diploma nel 2007 alla Scuola di Ballo dell\u2019Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, dove ha preso parte a balletti di Lichine, Olivieri, Tagliavia, Bombana, Mats Ek, Perrot\/Petipa, Burnonville e Balanchine. Grazie a borse di studio ha approfondito con insegnanti dell\u2019Accademia Vaganova, dell\u2019Escorial di Madrid, del Ballet Nacional de Cuba […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24993385,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_about_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_gallery_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_contact_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_events_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_video_page":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_portfolio_piece":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-715","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PfrwoN-bx","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24993385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3994,"href":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/715\/revisions\/3994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apuliadancexperience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}