Francesco Piccinin
(dancer)
EDUCATION AND WORK
Francesco Piccinin began training in Italy in a private ballet school (2005–2010) and continued at the Ballet Adacemy Teatro alla Scala under the tutelage of Leonid Nikonov. In 2012–2014, he attended the Ballet Academy of Vienna State Opera, studying with Bella Rachinskaya, graduating with maximum results in all disciplines (pas de deux, contemporary and classical repertoire). In 2015, he joined the Finnish National Ballet and since 2017, he is a member with the Estonian National Ballet.
REPERTOIRE
Prince (Harangozó/Kocsák’s “Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs”)
Grand pas classique (Tbilisi Ballet Festival, 2019)
Romeo, Paris (Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet”)
Nutcracker-Prince, Nutcracker-Doll, Mirlitons (Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker”)
Prince Siegfried, Pas de trois (Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”)
Cat, Blue Bird pas de deux (Tchaikovsky’s “The Sleeping Beauty”)
Albrecht, Peasant Pas de deux (Adam’s “Giselle”)
Friend of Solor (Minkus’ “La Bayadére”)
Keres (Kask’s “Keres”)
Jack of Hearts (Schiavoni’s “Alice in Wonderland”)
Prince (Kask/Steiner/Mölder’s “Louis XIV – the Sun King”)
Birbanto (Adam’s “The Corsair”)