VALERIA

Teacher

Valeria Vapniarskaya

A graduate in dance disciplines with decades of experience as Prima Ballerina of the Belarusian Company of the Bolshoi Theatre in Minsk and winner of numerous international competitions, she moved to Italy in 2014.

In 2010 he graduated in pedagogy/Maitre du Ballet/Choreography at the Belarusian State Conservatory.

From 2001 to 2014, her extensive international career as a soloist and prima ballerina took her to the stages of some of the most prestigious theaters in the world, including, in Europe, the Ancient Greek Theater of Taormina and the Bellini Theater of Catania (Italy), the State Opera of Berlin and Munich (Germany), the Vienna State Opera (Austria), the National Theater of Sofia (Bulgaria), the National Theater of Warsaw (Poland) and many others.

Her extensive repertoire has seen her star in numerous ballets such as:

Gulnara “Corsair”, Snow White “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, Mirta “Giselle”, Aurora/Fairies “Sleeping Beauty”, 11 Waltzes “Chopiniana”, Lisa “La fille mal gardee”, Russa “Serenade”, Diana “Esmeralda”, Soloist “Paquita”, Silfida “Silfida”, Vagante “Carmina Burana”, Trio “Bayadere”, Nutcracker “The Nutcracker”, Friend/Cupid “Don Quixote”, Cinderella/Sister “Cinderella”, Little Swans/Pas des Trois/Bride “Swan Lake”, Gaditan “Spartacus”, Trio “Sheherazade” etc.

I have worked with some of the world's leading choreographers, including Nanette Glushak; Yuri Grigorovich; Vladimir Vasiliev; Jiri Kilian; Nina Ananiashvili; Andris Liepa; and Dietmar Seyffert.

She has been working as a teacher and choreographer for years and her most recent students include principal dancers and soloists who have won international competitions.