Virna Toppi

Principal
Virna Toppi was born in Italy in 1992 and began her dance education at the Collegio Arte Danza in Milano at the age of eight. In June 2003 she was admitted to the entered the La Scala Theatre’s Academy Ballet School from where she graduated in May 2011. In August 2011, she started working in the Corp de ballet at the Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, before she joined the Corp de ballet at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano in June 2012. In June 2014 she was promoted to Soloist and in February 2018 to Principal. With the beginning of the 2019/20 season Virna Toppi joins the ensemble of the Bayerisches Staatsballetts as principal.
Awards
- 2016 Award „Prix Ballet 2000” Cannes
- 2017 International Dance Award „Leonide Massine” (Positano)
- 2017 „Commendations and praise from New Jersey Legislative District”, Ballet Festival of Miami
- 2017 Oscar of the Dance ”Cinecittà World Roma”(Dancer of the Year)
- 2018: Awards Danza&Danza (Torino)
- 2019: Awards Capri international (Capri)
Repertoire (excerpt)
Giselle (J. Coralli, J. Perrot)
Raymonda (Petita, Vikharev)
Swan Lake (R. Nureyev)
Histoire de Manon (K. MacMillan)
Jewels (G. Balanchine)
Jeune Homme et la Mort (R. Petit)
Excelsior (Ugo dell’Ara)
Sleeping Beauty (A. Ratmansky)
Don Quijote (R. Nureyev)
Sacre du Printemps (G. Tetley)
Petit Mort (J. Kilian)
Bolero (M. Bejart)
Symphony in C (G. Balanchine)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (G. Balanchine)
Woolf Works (W. McGregor)
(Information as of: June 2019)
Debuts with the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Solo couple in Jewels (Rubies) (G. Balanchine)
Swanilda in Coppélia (Roland Petit)
Events with Virna Toppi
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December 2019
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Friday 20
07:30 PM · Nationaltheater
THE NUTCRACKER
John Neumeier
Family Performance: from 6 years · Children's Introductory Event: 06:45 PM
Prices ISold out
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Wednesday 25
06:00 PM · Nationaltheater
THE NUTCRACKER
John Neumeier
Family Performance: from 6 years · Children's Introductory Event: 05:15 PM
Prices ISold out
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Sunday 29
03:00 PM · Nationaltheater
THE NUTCRACKER
John Neumeier
Family Performance: from 6 years · Children's Introductory Event: 02:15 PM
Prices HSold out
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January 2020
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Sunday 19
06:00 PM · Nationaltheater
SPARTACUS
Yuri Grigorovich
U30 · Family Performance: from 12 years · Children's Introductory Event: 05:15 PM
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Saturday 25
07:30 PM · Nationaltheater
SPARTACUS
Yuri Grigorovich
Subscription
Prices H , € 88 /77 /63 /50 /- /23 /11 /8
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Past events with Virna Toppi
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October 2019
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September 2019