Durante, Viviana

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Viviana Durante Biography

Notable: Born 1967; Royal Ballet

Viviana Durante was born in Rome, Italy, in 1967. She studied in Italy and the at the Royal Ballet School. She graduated into the Royal Ballet in 1984 and was promoted to principal in 1989. She is a dancer of classical elegance and polish. She danced Manon with Irek Mukhamedov in 1991. She created the role of Irina in MacMillan’s Winter Dreams 1991, the only female role his Judas Tree 1992 and danced the title role in the revival of his full-length Anastasia 1996.

Since 1996 she has worked with the Royal Ballet as a guest artist and has also appeared with American Ballet Theatre in 1999.