Robin Strona
Demi-Soloist
Robin Strona was born in Italy and started his training at the Ritmodanza private school in Cossato. In 2008, he joined the Scuola del Balletto di Toscana and later the Accademia della Scala, Milan. In 2011, he danced with the Royal Ballet of Flanders. In the 2012/13 season, he was a member of Ballet Zürich. Afterwards, he was engaged at Bayerisches Staatsballet from season 2013/14 through to season 2016/17 as a corps de ballet dancer and then with Semperoper Ballett in Dresden from August 2017 to October 2018. In November 2018, Robin Strona returned to Bayerisches Staatsballett. At the beginning of the 2024/25 season, he was promoted to demi-soloist. In 2019, he completed a degree in sociology at the Università di Milano-Bicocca, graduating with distinction, based on a thesis with the title „The ballet dancer’s profession: a study inside a ballet company“.
(Information as of September 2024)
Roles in the 2024/25 season (updated periodically)
Prince Siegfried in Illusions - like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Prince Leopold in Illusions - like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Gremin in Onegin (John Cranko)
Madge in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Dancer in Silent Screen (Sol León und Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Schmetterling Double Bill
Dancer in Schmetterling (Sol León und Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Schmetterling Double Bill
Hilarion in Giselle (Peter Wright after Coralli/Perrot/Petipa)
Prince Leopold and Prince Siegfried in Illusionen – wie Schwanensee (John Neumeier)
Selected previous roles
Prince Gremin in Onegin (John Cranko)
Tybalt in Romeo und Juliet (John Cranko)
Zettel in A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
Widow Simone in La Fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton)
The Duchess in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Prospero inTschaikowski-Ouvertüren (Alexei Ratmansky)