DANCERS
MICHELE ESPOSITO
Michele Esposito was born in Teverola, in the province of Caserta on 9 September 1999.
He started dancing at a very young age, at just 3 years old. At around 9 he thought about quitting to devote himself to football, but in the end he preferred not to lose all the years of study dedicated to dance. At the age of 11, thanks to a scholarship, he moved to Zurich at the ZHDK Academy of Dance until 2017, but also continued his school studies started at the Giovanni Pascoli School in Italy. From that moment on he began his career as a solo dancer and was regularly invited to the Duct National Ballet, the Bevrijidiengs Festival, the CC Amstel Danst, etc … and then he was promoted to Corps de Ballet and Coryphee to the Dutch National Ballet. He has taken part, as a soloist in countless famous ballets such as: “The Sleeping Beauty”, “Il Corsaro”, “Don Chischotte”, “The Black Swan”, “The Nutcracker” and many others. He has worked with great choreographers such as: Peter Leung, Juanjo Arques, Hans van Manen, Sedrig ver Woert, Remi Wortmeyer, Ernst Meisner, Wubkje Kuindersma and many others. He currently collaborates with Alessandra Celentano, Alberto Montesso, Elena D’Amario, Francesco Porcelluzzi, Simone Nolasco, Sebastian Malo Taveria, Simone Milani and Angelo Recchia. He has taken part in numerous television shows and in the 2022 is the winner in the dancers category of the program “Friends” of Maria de Filippi. He has been and will be the star of many TV shows.
He has also received numerous awards:
AWARDS
2010 Classical dance scholarship at the “Chianciano dance studio“, Italy
2015 Migros-kulturprozent dance scholarship Zurich, Switzerland
2016 Winner of the “Silvio Berlusconi” special prize, Italy
2016 Migros-kulturprozent I dance scholarship Zurich, Switzerland
2017 winner of the Prix de Lausanne, Switzerland (first prize, contemporary prize and best Swiss candidate)
2017 Begins to work with the Dutch National Ballet of Amsterdam, Junior company
2018 Promoted to Eleve at the Dutch National Ballet
2019 Promoted Corps de Ballet to the Dutch National Ballet
2020 Promoted to Coryphee at the Dutch National Ballet
2021/22 winner of the Friends dance category
REPERTOIRE
Coppelia – Franz solo variation
Napoli – Gennaro variation 3. act solo
Flames of Paris – Philippe variation 2. act solo
Coppelia – Franz variation 3. act solo
La Bayadere – Solor variation
Nijinski
Romeo and Julia – Rudy van Dantzig version, danced corps de ballet roles
Swan Lake – Rudy van Dantzig version, danced corps de ballet roles
The Sleeping Beauty – Sir Peter Wright version, danced Walz of the flowers and other corps de ballet roles
Don Quixote
Satanella
Le Corsaire
Black Swan
Revelry – Neoclassical ballet by Ernst Meisner
Grimm – creation between ballet and Hip-Hop by Ernst Meisner and Marco Gerris
In the Future – choreography by Hans van Manen
Fingers in the Air – choreography by Juanjo Arques
Napoli suite – Pas de Six
La Dame aux Camelias – choreography by John Neumeier soloist role and many corps de ballet role
Giselle – Pas de Quatre and corps de ballet roles
Cinderella – Autumn lead Spirit and many corps de ballet roles
Amor Vincit Omnia – Neoclassical Pas de Deux choreography by Peter Leung
The Nutcraker – soloist role as Fritz (the young brother of the main female role of claramany other roles of the corps de ballet
Manouvre – contemporary choreography by Juanjo Arques
Solo – choreography by Hans van Manen
I Feel it Too – modern choreography by Sedrig ver Woert
Prometheus – Neoclassical choregraphy by Remi Wortmeyer, Ernst Meisner,Wubkje Kuindersma
The Fourth Wall – Modern movie clip for art gallery by Miloushka Bokma
7e Symphonie – Neoclassical choreography by Toer van Schayk soloist role
Mata Hair – Neoclassical choreography by Ted Brandsen soloist role and many corps de ballet roles
He speaks fluent Italian, English and German. He just made his presence at the show “Dance On”at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan alongside the great Roberto Bolle who specifically requested it.