Rafaelle Queiroz

born in Leopoldina, Brazil

Ballet Education

2002–2007 Escola Estadual de Dança Maria Olenewa, Rio de Janeiro
2007–2009 Academy of Dance, Mannheim, with a scholarship from the Birgit Keil Foundation

Engagements

2009 Badisches Staatsballett Karlsruhe /// 2019 Ballett Zurich /// 2023 Staatsballett Berlin

Repertory

Christian Spuck: Anna Karenina (title role), Winterreise, Leonce and Lena, Monteverdi, Requiem, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, Sleeping Beauty; William Forsythe: Approximate Sonata; Hans van Manen: On the Move; Christopher Wheeldon: Swan Lake (Odette/Odile); Peter Wright: Giselle (Myrtha); Kenneth MacMillan: Romeo and Juliet (Julia); John Cranko: The Taming of the Shrew (Katharina/Bianca); Peter Schaufuss: La Sylphide (Title role); Jiří Bubeníček: Rusalka (Title role); Choreographies by Crystal Pite, Edward Clug, Marcos Morau, Johan Inger, Hans van Manen, Frederick Ashton, Uwe Scholz, Youri Vamos, Heinz Spoerli, Davide Bombana, Thiago Bordin, and Reginaldo Oliveira.

Repertory in Berlin

Alexander Ekman: LIB; Christian Spuck: Bovary;

Competitions | Awards

Finalist at the Prix de Lausanne 2009 /// Langham Award at the Youth America Grand Prix 2009 /// Konstanze Vernon Prize 2022 /// Dance Award of the Friends of Ballett Zurich 2022/23