Alicia Amatriain Explained
Alicia Amatriain (born 1980)[1] is a Spanish ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet.[2]
Biography
Amatriain was born in San Sebastián, Spain. 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, 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] [3] She had also appeared in Roberto Bolle's gala, Roberto Bolle and Friends.[4]
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] [5]
In April 2022, Amatriain announced her retirement due to a hip injury.[6] [7]
Selected repertoire
Amatriain's repertoire with the Stuttgart Ballet included:[2]
Terpsichore
Role in Pink and Role in Mauve
Kitri
Giselle
The Sylph
Pas de deux
Countess Marie Larisch
Tatiana
Juliet
Aurora
female leading role
Odette/Odile
1st and 2nd Movement
Created roles
- A.Memory: Solo role
- Arcadia
- Aus Ihrer Zeit
- Dark Glow
- Das Fräulein von S.: diamond
- Deux
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra): Dulcinea
- Dummy Run
- E=mc²
- EDEN / EDEN
- Egurra
- Fanfare LX
- Goecke at the Kammertheater: The Nutcracker: Snow Fairy
- Hamlet: Ophelia
- Hikarizatto: Solo role
- Il Concertone
- Krabat: Worschula
- Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy: title role
- Miniatures
- Mono Lisa
- Nautilus
- Nightlight
- nocturne
- Orlando: Queen Elizabeth I.
- Orphée et Euridice: solo role
- RED in 3.
- Salome: The Moon
- Songs
- still.nest
- Take Your Pleasure Seriously
- The Dying Swan (Renato Arismendi after Mikhail Fokine)
- The Shaking Tent
- The Soldier's Tale: The Devil
- Yantra
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]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Alicia Amatriain . Munzinger Biographie . de . 11 July 2022.
- Web site: Alicia Amatriain. Stuttgart Ballet. 27 April 2020. 3 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200803212123/https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/company/alicia-amatriain/. dead.
- News: And the Winners of the 2016 Benois de la Danse Are…. Pointe Magazine. 19 May 2016.
- News: The Company He Keeps, Virtuosic to Endearing. New York Times. 18 September 2013.
- News: The Standouts of 2018: Stuttgart Ballet in Christian Spuck's "Lulu". Pointe Magazine. 28 December 2018.
- News: Starballerina beendet Karriere – und erklärt die Gründe. Stuttgarter Nachrichten. Kachelriess. Andrea. 27 April 2022.
- Web site: Alicia Amatriain beendet Karriere . tanznetz.de . 28 April 2022 . de . 11 July 2022.
- Web site: Alicia Amatriain . Stuttgarter Ballett . de . 11 July 2022.
- Web site: Prix Benois de la Danse: Dancer Alicia Amatriain . Danza Ballet . 24 May 2016 . 11 July 2022.
- Web site: Kammertänzerin Alicia Amatriain erhält ersten Birgit Keil Preis – neue musikzeitung . . de . 11 July 2022.
- News: Love, loss and swordfighting in Kaohsiung. Taipei Times. 17 October 2019.
- Web site: Alicia Amatriain on Instagram: "Pure beauty, pure happiness, pure love is running through my veins. #HaizeaAdele in difficult time likes this you teach us to apréciate every moment in life, to live every second of life with kindness and beauty in our hearts . @xandermcgowan thank you for giving us the most beautiful present in life, your love and kindness and this beautiful angel to care and love. #amemoryisplaced in heart for ever. #foreverlove #mamabalerina #ballerina #happyballerina #babygirl #girl #pink". https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B96yVmNo30O . 26 December 2021 . registration. Instagram. 19 March 2020.