Ariel Merkuri

Soloist

Born in 1995 in Tirana, Albania, Ariel started dancing at the age of five. He completed his training at the National Ballet School of Albania (2006-2011), the Accademia Teatro alla Scala (2011-2014) and the Royal Danish Ballet (2014-2017). In season 2017/18 Ariel Merkuri joined the Corps de ballet of the Bayerisches Staatsballet. In 2019 he was promoted to Demi-Soloist and per the beginning of the 2024/25 season, he was promoted to Soloist.

(Information as of September 2024)

Roles in the 2024-25 season:
Thaïs-Pas de deux from Ma Pavlova (Roland Petit), as part of the Wurzeln und Blätter MultipleBill
Lenski in Onegin (John Cranko)
Scottish Couple Pas de deux in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Mercutio and Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Dancer in Silent Screen (Sol León und Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Schmetterling Double Bill
Pas de six Solo in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)

Selected roles in previous seasons:
Hortensio inThe Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)
Golden Idol in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Marius Petipa)
Lewis Carroll / The White Rabbit in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Shepherd in Spartacus (Yuri Grigorovich)
Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
Fritz inThe Nutcracker (John Neumeier)