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Born in Korea, he began his training at the Korea National University of Arts before joining the Dutch National Ballet in 2011. He was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2016. Throughout his career, he has performed leading roles in both classical and contemporary repertoire, including Swan Lake, Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadère as well as works by Hans van Manen, William Forsythe and David Dawson. Ηe is widely recognised for his refined artistry, musical sensitivity and powerful stage presence. In addition to his performing career, he is currently exploring the integration of the Alexander technique into ballet training, deepening his understanding of movement, awareness and expression.
British-Belarusian ballet dancer, international guest Principal Ballerina. She began her training at the Belarusian State Ballet College and continued at English National Ballet School after receiving a Prix de Lausanne scholarship. She started her professional career with English National Ballet, where at the age of twenty she danced her first Giselle and was nominated for the English National Ballet’s Emerging dancer award. In 2012, she created the title role in George Williamson’s Firebird, for which she received the UK National Dance Award. She was later nominated for the Prix Benois de la Danse (2013), won the Dance Open award (2018) and the Premio Eccellenze della Danza (2023). Since 2016 she has been Principal Dancer with Berlin State Ballet, performing leading roles in classical and contemporary repertoire and creating roles with such choreographers as Nacho Duato, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Liam Scarlett, Sol León. In 2019/20 she also performed as permanent guest Principal Dancer with with the Polish National Ballet. She has collaborated again with the GNO Ballet in Don Quixote (2024) and Giselle (2025).
Russian ballet dancer, she graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy (St Petersburg). In 2018, she won the Bolshoi Ballet’s Best Ballerina Nomination Project, and in 2019, the Soul of Dance Award. That same year, she was appointed Prima Ballerina at the Stanislavsky Theatre. In December 2023, she joined the Bavarian State Ballet as a First Soloist and was promoted to Prima Ballerina in 2024. Her repertoire includes such roles as Sylphide, Tatiana (Onegin), Nikiya / Gamzatti (La Bayadère), Odette / Odile (Swan Lake), Manon, Kitri (Don Quixote), Giselle and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet). She has also performed demanding roles in works by renowned choreographers including Roland Petit, Yuri Possokhov, Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, and Alexei Ratmansky.
Born in Livingston, Montana (USA), he began attending the Bolshoi Ballet Academy (Russia) at the age of eleven and became the first American to graduate with a full Russian diploma. During his studies, he medaled in five consecutive international competitions (Prix de Lausanne, Istanbul International Ballet Competition, Youth America Grand Prix, Young Ballet of the World Competition, Beijing International Ballet Competition). At seventeen, he made his debut as Siegfried (Swan Lake) with the Russian State Ballet in Berlin and later joined the Royal Ballet in London. Following an invitation from Mikhail Messerer, he joined the Mikhailovsky Theatre, St Petersburg, as a Second Soloist and was soon promoted to Soloist after his performance in The Flames of Paris. Since then he has danced numerous principal roles worldwide. In 2020–2022, he was a Principal with the San Francisco Ballet. He holds a degree as a ballet master and choreographer from the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (Moscow). Since the 2022/23 season he has been a Principal Dancer at the Bavarian State Ballet.
Born in Indianapolis (USA), with Greek heritage, he spent most of his childhood in Hawaii, where he began dancing at the age of five. His talent became evident early, when he won a bronze medal at the Youth America Grand Prix competition in New York (junior category, 2007). He studied on scholarship at the Kirov Academy of Ballet, under Vladimir Djouloukhadze and Anatoly Kucheruk (2007–2010). He then attended the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, under the guidance of Peter Pestov and Tadeusz Matacz. His career soared in 2011 when he won the Grand Prix at the Tanzolymp competition in Berlin. Shortly after graduating, he joined the Stuttgart Ballet as a Corps de ballet member and was promoted to Demi-Soloist within six months, becoming a Principal Dancer in 2014. He later joined Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, while also appearing as a guest Soloist with the Dutch National Ballet, where he is currently a Principal Dancer. With the GNO Ballet he danced first time in Giselle (2025).
Born in Berlin, she grew up in a family of dancers. She studied at the Berlin State Ballet School and, during her studies, took part in numerous classical productions. In 2019, she joined the Junior Company of the Dutch National Ballet after receiving an invitation from the associate artistic director Rachel Beaujean. In 2020, she was accepted into the main company and within three years was promoted from apprentice to Soloist. In November 2024, she received the Konstanze-Vernon-Prize from the Heinz Bosl Foundation. For the 2025/26 season, she was engaged by Laurent Hilaire, director of the Bavarian State Ballet, as a Principal Dancer. She has performed roles from the classical repertoire, including Kitri (Don Quixote, Alexei Ratmansky), Clara (The Nutcracker, Wayne Eagling, Toer van Schayk), Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty, Peter Wright) as well as in contemporary works such as Trio Kagel (Alexei Ratmansky), The Four Seasons (David Dawson), Four Schumann Pieces (Hans van Manen), Blake Works I (William Forsythe) and Jewels (George Balanchine).
Greek tenor, born in Veroia, Greece, he is a graduate of the Lamia Music School, Law School (Democritus University of Thrace) and the ‘Iakovos Kambanellis’ Higher Drama School of the Agia Varvara Municipality. He studied classical singing with Yannis Christopoulos (diploma with honours and first prize) and holds a diploma in piano. He has studied singing with Marina Krilovici and Mata Katsouli. He has attended theatre seminars with such stage directors as Michail Marmarinos, Nikos Karathanos, Yannis Paraskevopoulos in such organisations as the Théâtre du Soleil, Living Theatre and Little Things Orchestra. He has collaborated with Vasilis Papavasileiou, Giannos Perlegas, Thomas Moschopoulos, Theo Abazis, Nikoleta Filosoglou, Yannis Kalavrianos, Giorgos Skevas, Giorgos Papageorgiou, Vicky Kyriakoulakou at the National Theatre of Greece, Athens Epidaurus Festival, municipal and regional theatres across Greece as well as at the GNO Alternative Stage (as a soloist). Concurrently, he has made his first attempts in stage direction with his theatre group, Sunny & Blue (Silence, Spring, K and the travelling doll). He has performed with various choral ensembles and since 2025 he has been a member of the GNO Chorus.
Fani Vovoni violin
Dimos Goudaroulis violoncello
Gerasimos Hoidas fortepiano
Artistic curator: Dimos Goudaroulis
Lighting and projection design: Alexandros Seitaridis
Festival
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30
Running time: approximately 100 minutes
Christophe Coin viola da gamba
Paolo Zanzu fortepiano
Artistic curator: Dimos Goudaroulis
Lighting and projection design: Alexandros Seitaridis
Festival
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30
Running time: approximately 100 minutes
Dimitris Kountouras Baroque flute, recorder
Fani Vovoni Baroque violin
Andreas Linos viola da gamba
Elisa Barbessi harpsichord
Artistic curator: Dimos Goudaroulis
Lighting and projection design: Alexandros Seitaridis
Festival
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Starts at: 20.30
Running time: approximately 100 minutes
Lina Tur Bonet musical direction, solo Baroque violin
Dimos Goudaroulis solo violoncello
Festival’s Baroque Orchestra
Lina Tur Bonet, Fani Vovoni, Natalie Kardoutsi, Zoi Pouri, Giorgos Samoilis, Giannis Agraniotis Baroque violins
Ricardo Gil Sánchez, David Bogorad Baroque violas
Iason Ioannou, Alexis Karaiskakis Baroque violoncellos
Ioannis Babaloukas Baroque contrabass
Emanuele Forni theorbo, Baroque guitar
Panos Iliopoulos harpsichord
Artistic curator: Dimos Goudaroulis
Lighting and projection design: Alexandros Seitaridis
Festival
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC
Double concert on Sunday, 16 November, at 19.00 and 21:30
Running time: approximately 100 minutes
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