Viviana Durante

Viviana Durante
Viviana Durante as Aurora in Sleeping Beauty (1994)
Born (1967-05-08) 8 May 1967 (age 57)
Rome, Italy
OccupationBallet dancer
Years active1984–2020
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Spouse
(m. 2009)
Children1
AwardsPrix de Lausanne
Evening Standard Ballet Award
Laurence Olivier Award
WebsiteOfficial website

Viviana Durante (born 8 May 1967) is an Italian ballet dancer, considered one of the great dramatic ballerinas of recent times.[1] She was a principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Teatro alla Scala and K-Ballet. She is the artistic director of English National Ballet School and of the Viviana Durante Company.[2][3]

  1. ^ Rogai, Natasha (October–November 2016). "The Importance of Emotion". Dance Journal/HK. 18 (5): 16.
  2. ^ "Viviana Durante Becomes Artistic Director of English National Ballet School". English National Ballet School. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ Craine, Debra. "Viviana Durante: How Isadora Duncan drew me back to the stage". The Times. Retrieved 31 December 2019.