Eleonora Abbagnato (Italian pronunciation: [eleoˈnÉ"Ë ra
abbaɲˈɲaË to]; born 30 June 1978) is an Italian ballet dancer,
model, and actress. She is currently an Étoile at the Paris Opera
Ballet.Born in Palermo, Abbagnato started dancing at 4 years old, and
at 12 she moved to Monte Carlo to enroll in the dance school of Marika
Bresobrasova. At 13, she toured Europe with Roland Petit's The
Sleeping Beauty, in the role of Aurora as a child. She was then
admitted, after a private audition, to the "Ecole de Danse" of the
Paris Opera as a fellowship student.In 1996, at the age of 18,
Abbagnato graduated and joined the corps de ballet of the Opera, where
she made a rapid ascent: Coryphée in 1999, Sujet in 2000, Premiere
Danseuse in 2001 and Étoile in March 2013.
abbaɲˈɲaË to]; born 30 June 1978) is an Italian ballet dancer,
model, and actress. She is currently an Étoile at the Paris Opera
Ballet.Born in Palermo, Abbagnato started dancing at 4 years old, and
at 12 she moved to Monte Carlo to enroll in the dance school of Marika
Bresobrasova. At 13, she toured Europe with Roland Petit's The
Sleeping Beauty, in the role of Aurora as a child. She was then
admitted, after a private audition, to the "Ecole de Danse" of the
Paris Opera as a fellowship student.In 1996, at the age of 18,
Abbagnato graduated and joined the corps de ballet of the Opera, where
she made a rapid ascent: Coryphée in 1999, Sujet in 2000, Premiere
Danseuse in 2001 and Étoile in March 2013.
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