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Sara Renda is an Italian classic
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, on 15 December 2015 nominated Étoile at the Opéra National de Bordeaux, one of the youngest dancers to receive this recognition.


Biography

Renda is a native of
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, in the
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, where she spent her first years. Her mother is a teacher of
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, a former champion of skating, and her father works for the
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. When she was three years old, her mother enrolled her at the school dance of Annamaria Campanelli, then she attended
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of
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, where she was a member of the section "Little dancers". Later, thanks to Marco Pierin, who was taking part in the jury of a contest, she successfully auditioned at the age of 11 and entered the Academy of
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in
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. She graduated with honors, but, as she was not chosen for its ballet, in 2010 she moved to
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Career

In September 2010 she signed a contract with the Opéra of Bordeaux, four years later, in December 2014, she was appointed
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, and only one year later, at the young age of 24, she was nominated Étoile by Charles Jude, the director of the company, and Thierry Fouchet, the director of the theatre.


Prizes and recognitions

*July 2014:
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al the prestigious
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: the first Italian dancer who received a medal, in the 50 years of the existence of this contest. In the female section, the jury, under the presidency of Vladimir Vassiliev, assigned only two silver medals and two bronze ones, no gold medals. *10 January 2015: a commendation plaque, given by the
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of Alcamo, doctor Sebastiano Bonventre *2015: winner of the Danza&Danza prize, as the best Italian Dancer abroad *2015: Prize DanzArenzano Arte 2015 *15 December 2015: nominated Étoile at the Opéra National de Bordeaux


Performances

As a
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she has danced in these main roles: * ''Roméo et Juliette'' * ''Giselle'' (2011 e 2012) * Variation de l’Acte III dans ''Paquita'' (Dans les pas de Petipa, June 2012) * ''Casse-Noisette'' by Charles Jude (December 2014) * ''Tétris'' created by A.Egéa * ''Don Quixote'' * The ''Nutcracker'' and the ''Sleeping Beauty'' by Charles Jude (December 2012) * ''Strawinsky Violin Concerto'' * ''Les Quatre Tempéraments'' by G. Balanchine * ''Carmina Burana et Chopin Número Uno'' by Mauricio Wainrot * ''Un Américain à Paris et Rhapsody in Blue'' by McNeely * ''Who Cares?'' by George Balanchine * ''Il est de certains coeurs'' by Itzik Galili * ''Parfois une hirondelle'', created by C. Brumachon * ''Coppélia'' (June 2013) * ''Symphonie en trois mouvements'', created by R. Wherlock (October 2013) * ''Tam-tam et percussion'' by F. Blaska, * ''Cupidon dans Don Quichotte'' by Charles Jude (2014) * ''Pneuma'' di Carolyn Carlson, March 2014 * ''Suite en blanc'' di Serge Lifar (October 2014) * Marie in ''Casse-Noisette'' (December 2014) * ''If to Leave is to Remember'' by Carolyn Carlson (4 Tendances, 5 March 2015) * Pas de trois et danse espagnole:''Le Lac des cygnes'' by Charles Jude (June 2015) * ''Gala Petipa'' (October 2015) * Aurore in:''La Belle au bois dormant'' by Charles Jude (December 2015) * ''La Reine Morte'' di Kader Belarbi (March 2016) * rôle-titre in ''Giselle'' by Charles Jude (May 2016) * ''Le Messie'' by Mauricio Wainrot (June 2016) * Duo de ''Don Quichotte'' by Massenet, choreography by Blanca Li (Les Voyages de Don Quichotte September 2016), * Ariel:''La Tempête'' by Mauricio Wainrot (November 2016) * ''The travels of Don Quixote'' (September 2016) * ''Coppélia'' (December 2016) * ''Roméo et Juliette'' (July 2017) *''If to Leave is to Remember'' by Carolyn Carlson and ''Suite en blanc'' di Serge Lifar (October 2017) * ''Don Quixote'' (December 2017) * ''Le Riche'' by Carolyn Carlson (March 2018) * ''Notre-Dame de Paris'' (July 2019) * ''Cinderella'' (December 2019)


Curiosities

Besides dancing, Sara has these hobbies in her free time: Meditation, TV series, cinema, travelling, Latin American dance On 21 July 2017 Sara has married in
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with Riccardo Sardonè, an Italian actor and
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References


Sources


Giornale della danza

Pagina su Trapani ok

Sara Renda: ”Vivo di emozioni nel mondo speciale della danza”

Sara Renda

Concorso di Varna

Pagina su Repubblica cronaca di Palermo

Pagina su Golfoweb


Other projects


External links

* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Renda, Sara Italian female dancers People from Alcamo 1991 births Living people Italian ballerinas