Sabrina Sophie Pretto (born Alberto Pretto) is an Italian ballet dancer. She was formerly a soloist with

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ballet company. She was previously a company member with Stadtheater Koblenz and Les Ballets Grandiva, and danced as a guest artist with

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and Fondazione Arena of Verona. Pretto was a finalist in an international shoe design contest in 2000, organized by Sammauro Industria, and launched a dancewear line called ''Albypretty''.

Biography

Sabrina Pretto was born in

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. She started training in classical ballet when she was fourteen, studying under Maria Berica Dalla Vecchia. In 2004, she moved to

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and enrolled at the Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace in

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. She graduated in March 2008 from the academy. Upon graduating, she competed in the International Dance Competition in

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and won the third place prize in classical ballet after dancing a variation from Bournonville's '' Napoli Pas de Six''. Later that year, Pretto danced with the

in their production of ''Strictly Gershwin'' and with the Fondazione Arena of Verona in the opera ''

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''. In 2008, Pretto danced as a member of the company at Stadtheater Koblenz in

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, Germany, for two seasons. In 2010, she joined Les Ballets Grandiva, an all-male comedy ballet company, and went on tour with the company in Japan. She danced solo roles with Les Ballets Grandiva in ''Westward Symmetry'', ''Gottschalk Pas de Trois'', ''Pas de Quatre Noveau'' (Brian Norris), ''Paquita Pas de Trois'', and ''Night Crawlers'' (Peter Anastos). Pretto joined

in January 2011 and performed with the company under the stage names Nina Immobilashvili and Stanislas Kokitch. With the Trockaderos she has danced soloist roles including ''La Tarantella Pas de Deux'', ''Paquita'', ''Walpurgishnacht'', ''Esmerelda'', and ''Les Sylphides'', as well as the ''Dying Swan''. However, she left the company shortly after coming out as a transgender woman, knowing that she could not continue dancing with them after physically transitioning. Pretto also performed as a drag queen under the stage name Lolita Golightly. Pretto is a fashion designer, and was a finalist in an international shoe design contest in 2000 that was organized by Sammauro Industria. She designs a line of dancewear called ''Albypretty''.

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