Alicia_Amatriain

Alicia Amatriain

Alicia Amatriain

Spanish ballet dancer


Alicia Amatriain (born 1980)[1] is a Spanish ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet.[2]

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Biography

Amatriain was born in San Sebastián, Spain.[3] She first learned ballet there and later trained at John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart. She graduated in 1998 and joined Stuttgart Ballet as an apprentice. A year later, she was promoted to the corps de ballet. In 2002, she was named principal dancer. In 2015, Amatriain was awarded Kammertänzerin [de], the highest honour a dancer can receive in Germany. The following year, she won a Prix Benois de la Danse for her performance in A Streetcar Named Desire and The Soldier's Tale. Amatriain has also made guest appearances in Russia, France, Cuba, Argentina and Germany.[2][4] She had also appeared in Roberto Bolle's gala, Roberto Bolle and Friends.[5]

Amatriain has danced John Cranko's works such as Tatiana in Onegin, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She has also danced works by John Neumeier, William Forsythe and Hans van Manen. She created roles for many choreographers, including the lead role in Christian Spuck's Lulu.[2][6]

In April 2022, Amatriain announced her retirement due to a hip injury.[7][8]

Selected repertoire

Amatriain's repertoire with the Stuttgart Ballet included:[2]

Awards and honours

Personal life

Amatriain's partner is Stuttgart Ballet soloist Alexander McGowan. In 2019, Stuttgart Ballet announced that the couple was expecting their first child. Therefore, Amatriain did not participate in the company's tour to Taiwan.[11] In March 2020, Amatriain announced the birth of their daughter.[12]


References

  1. "Alicia Amatriain". Munzinger Biographie (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  2. "Alicia Amatriain". Stuttgart Ballet. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. "Prix Benois de la Danse: Dancer Alicia Amatriain". Danza Ballet. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. "The Company He Keeps, Virtuosic to Endearing". New York Times. 18 September 2013.
  5. Kachelriess, Andrea (27 April 2022). "Starballerina beendet Karriere – und erklärt die Gründe". Stuttgarter Nachrichten.
  6. "Alicia Amatriain beendet Karriere". tanznetz.de (in German). 28 April 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  7. "Alicia Amatriain". Stuttgarter Ballett (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  8. "Love, loss and swordfighting in Kaohsiung". Taipei Times. 17 October 2019.

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