Stephanie Hancox

First Soloist

Stephanie Hancox was born in Australia and started her training at the Tanya Pearson Classical Coaching Academy in Sydney.

In January 2001, Stephanie came to Munich to complete her training at Ballett-Akademie / Heinz-Bosl-Foundation. Among others she danced the Corsaire-Pas de deux, in Paquita, in Light Fandango (Robert North) as well as a solo in In the Future (Hans van Manen). In September 2003 she became a member of the Bavarian State Ballet. In the season 2004/2005 she danced in Forsythe’s Limb's Theorem and Hans van Manen's Black Cake. She was promoted to Soloist rank in the season 2008/2009 and to First Soloist rank in the season 2014/2015.

With the end of the season 2015/2016, Stephanie Hancox  has left the Bayerisches Staatsballett.

Debut 2007/2008
Solo-Ariel inThe Tempest (J. Mannes)
Solo variation in Brahms-Schönberg-Quartett (G. Balanchine)
Cambio d'abito (S. Sandroni), creation

Debut 2008/2009
Sister in A Cinderella Story (J. Neumeier)
Aurora in Once Upon An Ever After (T. Kohler), creation
Prudence in The Lady of the Camellias (J. Neumeier)
Zugvögel (J. Kylián), creation
Henriette in Raymonda (R. Barra)

Debut 2009/2010
Giselle in Giselle - Mats Ek (M. Ek)
Five Brahms Waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (F. Ashton)

Debut 2010/2011
Woman 2 in My Ravel: Whichever Way he Looks... (J. Mannes), creation
Solo in Pas Fabergè 3rd Act in Sleeping Beauty (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Pas de Six in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Lady of the Street in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)

Debut 2011/2012
Marie's arty aunt / 'The Beauty of Granada' in The Nutcracker (J. Neumeier)
Fairy Variation in Sleeping Beauty (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Gods and Dogs (J. Kylián)
Whore in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Summer 2012
Gala for Tanya Pearson Taming-Pas de deux, Gala version

Debut 2012/2013
1st and 2nd Shade Variation in La Bayadère (M. Petipa/P. Bart)
Broken Fall (R. Maliphant)
4th Variation in Birthday Offering (F. Ashton)
Unitxt (R. Siegal), creation
Hostess in Les Biches (B. Nijinska)

Debut 2013/2014
The Chosen One in Le Sacre du printemps (M. Wigman)

Debut 2014/2015
The Exiles (J. Limón)