Petra Conti was born on April 30,1988 and is an Italian prima ballerina.
19 Facts About Petra Conti
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Petra Conti is a former principal dancer with Los Angeles Ballet, the Boston Ballet and La Scala Theatre Ballet.
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Petra Conti is the artistic director of her own ballet company, Hollywood Ballet.
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Petra Conti has danced as a guest principal dancer with Arena di Verona, the Great Russian Ballet, the National Opera of Ukraine, the Ballet Opera of Istanbul, the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet of Albania in Tirana and toured all around the world.
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Petra Conti was born on April 30,1988, in Anagni but she grew up in Frosinone, Italy.
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Petra Conti's father is Italian and her mother is Polish.
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Petra Conti is a naturalized American citizen since March 2021.
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Petra Conti graduated at the National Academy of Dance in Rome under the coaching of legendary Maestro Zarko Prebil and later joined the Mariinsky Ballet as a trainee, where she was assigned to work with Prima Ballerina Elvira Tarasova, now the coach of Maria Khoreva.
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In 2013 Conti was invited by Mikko Nissinen to join the Boston Ballet as a principal dancer.
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Petra Conti danced as a principal dancer with the company until 2017.
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Petra Conti has danced alongside ballet stars Roberto Bolle, Ivan Vassiliev, Zachary Catazaro, Massimo Murru, Daniel Camargo, Eris Nezha, Alexander Stoyanov, Stanislav Olshanskyi and many more.
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Petra Conti's name is mentioned in numerous ballet publications, and she has been featured in several TV programs and documentaries, including one on SKY Classica about her rendition of Giselle, Romeo and Juliet and Don Quixote.
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Petra Conti is a resident ballet coach at Pasadena Civic Ballet and a guest ballet coach for University of South Carolina, Orange County School of the Arts, Master Ballet Academy and Southeastern School of Ballet.
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Petra Conti served as a ballet judge for the 2023 Youth American Grand Prix.
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From 2009 until 2011 Petra Conti studied dramatic arts with Kuniaki Ida at the Arsenale Theater in Milan.
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Petra Conti has been named the Anna Magnani of Ballet for her interpretational skills.
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Petra Conti was the subject of a 2010 Sky Italia documentary titled Dancers of Tomorrow which focused on her performances in Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, and Don Quixote.
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At age fifteen Petra Conti was introduced by Italian iconic TV host Raffaella Carra on her Show Sogni as "the future of Italian ballet in the world".
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Petra Conti is currently earning her bachelor's degree in Science of Leadership at Northeastern University.