Maina Gielgud
Trained by notable Russians, including Tamara Karsavina and Lubov Egorova, and later Rosella Hightower, Maina Gielgud had an incredibly diverse career creating works with Maurice Bejart’s XXth Century Ballet, dancing as a lead dancer at the London Festival Ballet and Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet, as an international guest artist and pairing with Rudolf Nureyev. He also directed the Australian Ballet (1983-1997) e o Royal Danish Ballet (1997-1999).
In 2003 and 2008 returned to the stage as a dancer and actress at L ́Heure Exquise de Bejart.
Autonomous from 1999, Maina is artistic consultant for the Hungarian National Ballet and artistic consultant and authorized tutor for the Anton Dolin Foundation. She is also a professor invited in large companies around the world, as well as in renowned schools.
Their own classic productions are highly sought after: his acclaimed Giselle by The Australian Ballet (also performed by the Boston Ballet, Rhine Ballet e Houston Ballet), The Sleeping Beauty; Coppelia and Cinderella with their own choreography, several works choreographed by Maurice Bejart, incluindo Could it be Death, Bhakti, Webern opus 5 e Song of a Wayfarer; por Kenneth MacMillan: Manon; by Serge Lifar: White Suite; the productions of Rudolf Nureyev by Don Quixotte and Swan Lake and classics like Les Sylphides, Specter of the Rose e Paquita.
In the last years, his busy schedule included several stagings: a production by La Sylphide de Bournonville and Manon by Kenneth MacMillan for the Hungarian National Ballet, by 3 consecutive seasons; Don Quixote by Nureyev for La Scala Milan; your own Cinderella for the Goh Ballet; Variations for 4 by Anton Dolin for Ellison Ballet and La Scala Milan; Anton Dolin's Pas de Quatre for the New National Ballet in Tokyo; taught and rehearsed the Suite en Blanc, by Serge Lifar, in Saint Petersburg, staged by Attilio Labis for the presentations of the 280th anniversary of Vaganova; a redesign of his Giselle production for The Australian Ballet in August 2018 and April 2019.
Maina staged the 2nd Act of the ballet La Sylphide for the International Conservatory of Ballet and Dance Annarella Sánchez in the second half of the year 2019 and prepares to stage Pas de Quatre and Variations for Four by Anton Dolin, as well as Giselle in the summer of 2020.
In 2003 and 2008 returned to the stage as a dancer and actress at L ́Heure Exquise de Bejart.
Autonomous from 1999, Maina is artistic consultant for the Hungarian National Ballet and artistic consultant and authorized tutor for the Anton Dolin Foundation. She is also a professor invited in large companies around the world, as well as in renowned schools.
Their own classic productions are highly sought after: his acclaimed Giselle by The Australian Ballet (also performed by the Boston Ballet, Rhine Ballet e Houston Ballet), The Sleeping Beauty; Coppelia and Cinderella with their own choreography, several works choreographed by Maurice Bejart, incluindo Could it be Death, Bhakti, Webern opus 5 e Song of a Wayfarer; por Kenneth MacMillan: Manon; by Serge Lifar: White Suite; the productions of Rudolf Nureyev by Don Quixotte and Swan Lake and classics like Les Sylphides, Specter of the Rose e Paquita.
In the last years, his busy schedule included several stagings: a production by La Sylphide de Bournonville and Manon by Kenneth MacMillan for the Hungarian National Ballet, by 3 consecutive seasons; Don Quixote by Nureyev for La Scala Milan; your own Cinderella for the Goh Ballet; Variations for 4 by Anton Dolin for Ellison Ballet and La Scala Milan; Anton Dolin's Pas de Quatre for the New National Ballet in Tokyo; taught and rehearsed the Suite en Blanc, by Serge Lifar, in Saint Petersburg, staged by Attilio Labis for the presentations of the 280th anniversary of Vaganova; a redesign of his Giselle production for The Australian Ballet in August 2018 and April 2019.
Maina staged the 2nd Act of the ballet La Sylphide for the International Conservatory of Ballet and Dance Annarella Sánchez in the second half of the year 2019 and prepares to stage Pas de Quatre and Variations for Four by Anton Dolin, as well as Giselle in the summer of 2020.
DANCER @ HONG KONG BALLETVenus Villa
Born in Havana, Cuba, Venus Villa trained at the prestigious Cuban National Ballet and at the La Scala Ballet School. Villa previously danced with The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Vienna Staatsoper Ballet and The Washington Ballet. She became a Principal Dancer of Hong Kong Ballet in 2018.
Villa has performed almost all lead roles in classical ballets including Coppélia, Alice in Wonderland, The Snow Queen, Romeo and Juliet, Etude and many others. She toured in Italy in 2014 performing Luigi Martelletta’s Carmen and guest performed the Sugar Plum Fairy in Cincinnati Ballet’s The Nutcracker.
Villa was nominated for Spotlight Award, Female Artist (Classical) at the UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2007. She won the Grand Prix at the Vignale Ballet Competition at age 17 and English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer Award in 2009.
Villa has performed almost all lead roles in classical ballets including Coppélia, Alice in Wonderland, The Snow Queen, Romeo and Juliet, Etude and many others. She toured in Italy in 2014 performing Luigi Martelletta’s Carmen and guest performed the Sugar Plum Fairy in Cincinnati Ballet’s The Nutcracker.
Villa was nominated for Spotlight Award, Female Artist (Classical) at the UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards 2007. She won the Grand Prix at the Vignale Ballet Competition at age 17 and English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer Award in 2009.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Martha Irirs
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