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Renato Zanella was born on June 6, 1961 in Verona, Italy. He is a ballet dancer, choreographer and director. He studied classical ballet for several years before becoming a choreographer for various professional companies. Due to his success, he has won many awards and honorary titles within the ballet community.

Zanella studied classical dance in his hometown before going on to complete his ballet education at École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower. His first engagement as a dancer came in 1982 in Basel with Heinz Spoerli. Zanella joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 1985 and was appointed permanent choreographer there in 1993, thanks to artistic director Marcia Haydée. In 1995, he was appointed artistic director and resident choreographer for the Vienna State Opera, a position he held for ten years until the end of the 2004/2005 season. From 2001 to 2005, Renato Zanella also acted as artistic director of the Vienna State Opera Ballet. From 2005 to 2011, he worked as a freelance artist on a global scale and, in September, 2011, he was appointed artistic director of the Greek National Ballet in Athens.

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Ballets

In 1989, Renato Zanella choreographed his first work, “Die andere Seite” (The Other Side). It was presented at the Young Choreographers’ programme of the Stuttgart Ballet based Noverre Society (Stuttgarter Noverre-Gesellschaft), and was included as part of Stuttgart Ballet’s repertoire.

In April 1992, Renato Zanella’s first full-length ballet, “Mann im Schatten” (Man in the Shade), was premiered in Stuttgart and his second full-length ballet, “Mata Hari”, premiered in the December of the following year with Marcia Haydée in the leading role. He had choreographed “Stati d’animo” for her and Richard Cragun previously.

Renato Zanella’s first time choreographing for the Vienna State Opera was when he staged “Voyage” for Vladimir Malakhov in October 1993. In June 1993, he created “Apollon” for the John Cranko School and Vladimir Malakhov. In December 1995, he created “Mon Euridice” for Vladimir Malakhov. In December 1993, he staged “Konzertantes Duo” for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo. His choreographs also include “Watching Waters” for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo (December 1994) and “Pieces of Earth” for Introdans (April 1995).

“Moses and Aron” (October 1999) for the Ballet of the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Berlin State Ballet). and in December 1997 he staged “Laus Deo”. His full-length ballet “Wolfgang Amadé” was premiered in March 1998, He premiered his first creation for the Vienna State Ballet, “La Chambre”, in February 1994 and the next month the Vienna State Opera included his ballet “Empty Place” as part of their repertoire. His first ballet as artistic director of the Vienna State Opera was “Konzertantes Duo”, which he premiered in September 1995.

Renato Zanella premiered his first complete programme for the company – “Strawinski-Abend: Symphony, Movements, Sacre” in April 1996.

Operas

“Guillaume Tell” (William Tell)at the Vienna State Opera,

served as movement director in “Don Giovanni”and “Roméo et Juliette” (Romeo and Juliet)

choreographed for “Jenůfa”

“Der Riese vom Steinfeld” (The Giant of Steinfeld)

“Jonny spielt auf” (Jonny Strikes Up)

“Daphne” and “Le nozze di Figaro” (The Marriage of Figaro)

He was responsible for the choreography of “... schatten von sehnsucht ...” (February 1998),

In December 2007 the opera “La Juive” (The Jewess),[8] premiered in Zürich, for which Zanella choreographed the ballet interludes. Renato Zanella also choreographed for John Adam’s opera “A Flowering Tree” which was premiered at the Chicago Opera Theater in May 2008. In 2011, the opera “Die Trojaner” (The Trojans)[9] was premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin with dance sequences created by Renato Zanella. In May 2011 the operetta “Die lustige Witwe” (The Merry Widow)[10] with ballet interludes choreographed by Zanella was premiered at the Vienna Volksoper.

Renato Zanella was responsible for setting movement for the singers in Salvatore Sciarrino’s Perseus and Andromeda, premiered by Gerald Thomas.

In April 2012, Renato provided the choreography for the opera “Fürst Igor”, which premiered at the Zurich Opera House. The work was reprised and performed in September 2012 at Hamburg State Opera.

In January 2012 the opera "Faust" had premiere in the Athens Concert Hall in Athens, staged by Zanella.[13]

In 2003, he choreographed the opera “Die Zauberin” (The Enchantress) for a co-production of the Teatro San Carlos in Lisbon and the Mariinski Theatre in St. Petersburg.

Special Projects

In the year 2000 he started a dance project called “off ballet special” in co-operation with the “ich bin o. k.” (I’m O.K.) Dance Company.

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Festivals

, as well as “Triptychon”, which was performed at the Ludwigsburg Schlossfestspiele Festival.

He premiered “Memento Mori” in co-operation with “Wien modern” (November 1997) and in December 1997 he staged “Laus Deo”.

he created “Die sieben letzten Worte” (The Seven Last Words of Christ) for the “OsterKlang” Festival in Vienna (April 1998) and “Mythos” for the “NÖ Donaufestival 1998” (June 1998). 

In June 2003 he choreographed “Sensi” which was premiered at the Beethoven Festival in Bonn. Renato Zanella choreographed the ballets “Petruschka” and Renard for the Diaghilev-Evening (premiered on 23 March 2005).

and he created the ballet in “Maskerade” (Masquerade), a co-production between the Bregenzer Festspiele (Bregenz Festival) and the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden. He presented “From Vienna With Love” at the 200th birthday tribute to August Bournonville in Copenhagen.

He also created choreographies for “An der schönen blauen Donau” (The Blue Danube) and “Opern-Soiree-Polka” (Opera Soiree Polka) (1996), “Carnevals-Botschafter” (Carnival Messages) and “Marsch D-Dur” (March in D Major) (1997), “Tausend und eine Nacht” (One Thousand and One Nights) and “Persischer Marsch” (Persian March) (1998), “Rosen aus dem Süden” (Roses from the South) and “Banditen-Galopp” (Bandit’s Gallop) (1999), “Opern-Maskenball-Quadrille” (Masked Ball Quadrille) and “Freikugeln” (Magic Bullets) (2000), “Seviliana” (the Sevillana) and “Galop” (a Galop) from “Le Trouvère” (2001), “Die Schönbrunner” (2002), “Wo die Citronen blühn’n” (Where the Lemons Blossom) and “Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka” (2003), “Carmen Quadrille” and “Hopser-Polka” (2004) for the Vienna Opera Balls. In addition, he has created solos for Vladimir Malakhov (Louis XIV.), Simona Noja (Strauss incontra Verdi), Roberto Bolle (Ave Verum), a solo that was even performed in the Vatican, Giuseppe Picone (Dying Swan) and Shoko Nakamura (Ombra).

Renato Zanella has been repeatedly asked to work for numerous festivals: “Wiener Blut” (Viennese Blood or Viennese Spirit) was premiered in 1997 at the Vienna Dance Festival “Im Puls Tanz Wien 97”. He choreographed for the ballet “Via Salis” in Altausse in the year 2000, for “Adiemus Live!” for the VOESTival in Linz with Karl Jankins, for “Renard”, “Trois Gymnopédies” (the three Gymnopédies) and “Die Geschichte vom Soldaten” (The Soldier’s Tale) at the Attergauer Kultursommer (summer festival) in 2001, “Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus” (The Creatures of Prometheus) and “Karneval der Tiere” (The Carnival of the Animals) with Sir Peter Ustinov for the VOESTival festival in Linz in 2003, with Lalo Schifrin in 2006, with Ute Lemper in 2007 and with George Fenton in 2008. Since 2009 Renato Zanella has been responsible for overseeing and supervising the dance section as artistic director at the “Festival of the Aegean” on Syros Island in Greece for which he choreographed, inter alia, “Zorba” (Zorba the Greek) and “Medea’s Choice” based on the opera “Medea” by Mikis Theodorakis.

In 2009 Renato Zanella extended the scope of his artistic activities by staging operas – his first project being “Cosi fan tutte” which was staged at the “Attersee Klassik” Festival and met with great success with both the public and the critics.

In 2010 Zanella oversaw the production of Bizet’s “Carmen” at the sixth “Festival of the Aegean” on Syros Island where he is responsible for overseeing and supervising the dance section as artistic director. He staged “La Traviata” with Natalia Ushakova as Violetta at the “Festival of the Aegean” in 2011. In January 2012 the opera "Faust" had premiere in the Athens Concert Hall in Athens, staged by Zanella.

Minor Works

as were his works “Distanz” (Distance) (1989) and “Ein Tag” (One Day) (1990).

He created “Brishen” and “Barocco” for the flamenco company “Compañía Suite Española” in 2011.

Unoriginal Works

and in November of the same year he presented his new version of “Der Nussknacker” (The Nutcracker).

His version of “Spartacus” was presented in April 2002.

and in December 2003 he presented a new version of “Kadettenball” (Graduation Ball) and Duke’s Nuts.

His choreographies for “Apollo” and “Feuervogel” (The Firebird) were presented at the Fondazione Arena di Verona.

Solos

Since 1991, he has created numerous solos for the students of the John Cranko School who have taken part in the Prix de Lausanne Competition, and from 1992 onwards, he has developed small pieces for Birgit Keil, Marcia Haydée, Richard Cragun and Christoph Lechner for a series of workshops behind the scenes.

and in 1999 he also choreographed solos for Carla Fracci and Manuel Legris.

Other Creators

(music: Igor Strawinski; stage design/scenery: Christian Ludwig Attersee; costumes: Christof Cremer)

(directed by David Pountney)

(directed by Roberto de Simone)

(directed by Jürgen Flimm)

(directed by David Pountney)

(directed by Jürgen Flimm)

(directed by Günter Krämer)

(directed by Nicola Joël)

(directed by Giorgio Strehler)

(directed by Hans Neuenfels)

, premiered by Gerald Thomas.

, directed by Nicola Raab,

directed by Marco Arturo Marelli,