Vallo, Ambra

Ambra Vallo Photos

Ambra Vallo Biography

Notable: Birmingham Royal Ballet

Ambra Vallo was born in Naples, Italy. She trained at the Royal Ballet School of Flanders. At 17 she became a Soloist with the Royal Ballet of Walloons and the Royal Ballet of Flanders. She joined English National Ballet in 1993 and was soon promoted to Senior Soloist. She joined Birmingham Royal Ballet in 1996, where she was made a Principal in 2001.

Repertoire includes:

• Giselle (title role)
• Romeo and Juliet (Juliet)
• The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora)
• Swan Lake (Odette/Odile)
• The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy)
• Coppélia (Swanilda)
• Don Quixote (Kitri)
• La Fille mal gardée (Lise)
• Cinderella (title role)
• Bournonville’s Napoli (Teresina)
• Le Corsaire
• Diana and Actaeon pas de deux
• Paquita
• La Bayadère, Études (leading role)
• Graduation Ball
• Elite Syncopations (‘Calliope Rag’)
• Solitaire (Polka Girl)
• The Two Pigeons (Young Girl)
• Voices of Spring
• The Walk to the Paradise Garden
• Enigma Variations (Dorabella)
• Apollo (Polyhymnia)
• Symphonic Variations
• Serenade
• Symphony in Three Movements
• The Four Temperaments (Sanguine Variation)
• Concerto barocco
• Square Dance
• Tchaikovsky pas de deux
• Tarantella
• Western Symphony
• Bintley’s Far from the Madding Crowd (Bathsheba)
• Edward II (Isabella)
• Arthur (Guinevere)
• Beauty and the Beast (Belle)
• Hobson’s Choice (Vickey Hobson, Salvation Army)
• Carmina burana (Lover Girl)
• Choros
• Dance House
• The Seasons (‘Spring’)
• Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room
• Van Manen’s Five Tangos