Maria Chiara Bono
Demi-Soloist
Maria Chiara Bono was born in 1998 in Castelvetrano, Italy, and started dancing at the age of four. She completed her dance training at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan. She joined the corps de ballet of Bayerisches Staatsballett in the 2017/18 season and was promoted to demi-soloist in the 2024/25 season.
(Information as of September 2024)
Roles and soli in the 2024/25 season
Pas de six in Giselle (Peter Wright nach Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Moyna in Giselle (Peter Wright nach Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Dancer in Bella Figura (Jiří Kylián), as part of theWings of Memory Triple Bill
Dancer in The Rite of Spring (Pina Bausch), as part of the Wings of Memory Triple Bill
Selected previous roles
Title role in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Mother / Queen of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Hortensia in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
First "Shades" Variation in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart nach Marius Petipa)
Hindu-Solo in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart nach Marius Petipa)
Coryphée in Paquita/Grand Pas Classique (Marius Petipa)
other prodcutions in previous seasons
Affairs (David Dawson), as part of the Passagen Triple Bill
Anna Karenina (Christian Spuck)
Cecil Hotel (Andrey Kaydanovskiy), as part of the Programms A Jour Multiple Bill in 2019
Coppélia (Roland Petit)
dunkelgrau (Özkan Ayik), as part of the Heute ist morgen Multiple Bill in 2022
Le Grand Sot (Marion Motin), as part of the Sphären.01 Multiple Bill
Jewels (George Balanchine)
Kairos (Wayne McGregor), as part of the Portrait Wayne McGregorTriple Bill
The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
The Nutcracker (John Neumeier)
Don Quijote (Ray Barra after Marius Petipa)
Raymonda (Ray Barra after Marius Petipa)
Tschaikowski-Ouvertüren (Alexei Ratmansky)
Der Schneesturm (Andrey Kaydanovskiy)
Swan Lake (Ray Barra after Iwanow/Petipa)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
Spartacus (Yuri Grigorovich)
Sweet Bones' Melody (Marco Goecke), as part of the Passagen Triple Bill
Tag Zwei (Özkan Ayik), as part of the Heute ist morgen Multiple Bill in 2021
Waste (Štěpán Pechar), as part of the Junge Choreographen Multiple Bill in 2018
The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)