Fabio Grossi
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FABIO GROSSI is one of the leading dancers of the Rome Opera Ballet and a partner of world famous Italian Ballerina Carla Fracci.
Born in Rome, he trained at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza (Italy). He also studied with Marika Besobrasova in Monte-Carlo, Rosella Hightower in Cannes, Raymond Franchetti in Marseilles and Wilhelm Burmann in New-York.
In 1997 he was a First Prize Winner at the Rieti Competition (Italy) and a Finalist at the Moscow International Competition (Russia) directed by Yuri Grigorovich. He won the Léonide Massine Award in Positano (Italy).
In 1998 he made his debut with Aterballetto (Italy), then he worked with the Grand Théatre de Genève, the Leipziger Ballett, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan and the Ballet National de Marseilles.
He performed leadings roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe, Uwe Scholz, Ohad Naharin, Amedeo Amodio, Marie-Claude Pietragalla and Mauro Bigonzetti.
In 2003 he joined the Rome Opera Ballet, performing as partner of Italian Ballerina Carla Fracci in creations by Beppe Menegatti and Luc Bouy.
As a Principal Dancer, his repertoire includes nearly all the major classical, neoclassical and romantic roles in the most famous ballets such as Giselle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Mikhail Fokine's Les Sylphides, Léonide Massine's Pulcinella and George Balanchine's La Chatte and The Ball.
At the Rome Opera House, many principal roles in new contemporary works have been made especially for him.
Fabio Grossi is appreciated as one of the most talented Italian dancers of the young generation.
Wikipedia's Italian page for FABIO GROSSI
FABIO GROSSI in Swan Lake, Ballet-Dance Magazine's review by Toba Singer
