Vincenzo Veneruso
Born in Naples in 1993, he graduated from the prestigious Teatro San Carlo School of Dance in Naples, under the direction of Anna Razzi. In 2014 he participated in the "Jia Ruskaja" prize at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. During his career he has danced in several productions with the corps de ballet of the Teatro San Carlo, including Giselle, The Nutcracker and Zorba the Greek.
In 2016, he joined the Parisian company of choreographer Philippe Lafeuille, with whom he continues to perform in France and across Europe. Three years later, in 2019, he signed his first international choreography with Brahms's Les Valses d'Amour for the Corps de ballet of the National Theatre of Ljubljana in Slovenia.
His passion for creation was crowned in 2020 when he received the Culture Award of the city of Cecina for the show #Ridanzeremo in collaboration with the dancers of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. In 2021, he was invited to the Netherlands as a choreographer for Contact-Tango, and had the honour of presenting, at the G20 summit in Rome, his piece Anna, created for the star Eleonora Abbagnato and set to music by Paolo Buonvino. This moving work is also performed for the Andrea Bocelli Foundation.
Alongside his studies in political science, he obtained a degree in musicology and dance from the University of Paris in 2021, with the jury's praise. In March 2022, he presented the piece L'Orchestre for the PNSD "Rosella Hightower" at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes. His choreographies Contact-Tango and Casse-Noisette, co-directed with Jean-Sébastien Colau, were successfully performed by the Corps de ballet of the Teatro Massimo in 2022. In July 2023, he signed the choreography of Silvia for the Teatro Massimo as part of the show Wellber & Dance at the Teatro di Verdura. This remarkable work earned him the City's Excellence Award for Dance, awarded by the Mayor of Portici.
Biancaneve
The ballet “Biancaneve” weaves a contemporary narrative around the classic story of Snow White, unfolding in a whirlwind of mesmerizing dance movements, moving music and breathtaking staging. Set in an enchanted forest, the audience is immersed in the captivating world of a young princess, Biancaneve, whose beauty and innocence inspire both adoration and jealousy. The ballet’s choreography seamlessly intertwines with Rachmaninoff’s evocative melodies, bringing to life a touching journey of self-discovery, love and resilience.
Titre 1
Photo : Rosellina Garbo
Anna
Violence against women and drug addiction. At the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, choreographer Vincenzo Veneruso stages the fragilities and contradictions of contemporary society with the theatre's ballet corps and the new show "Anna". Conducting the orchestra is composer Paolo Buonvino, who wrote the music.
Photo : Rosellina Garbo
Casse-Noisette
Photo : Rosellina Garbo
A freezing winter, a long time ago... In the street, in front of a large house, the two Drosselmayer brothers, dressed in rags, sell dried fruit, like every winter. They are poor and alone, but happy, dancing and playing in front of their improvised stall, where they sell the best hazelnuts in Palermo. But a little mouse sneaks in to steal the hazelnuts. Pietro and Dario trap it: in a deafening explosion, the mouse transforms into a half-human, half-rodent creature, furious and hungry, who casts a spell on Pietro, transforming him into a wooden nutcracker. Desperate, Dario squeezes the nutcracker tightly. He hears a faint heart beating: Pietro is imprisoned in this wooden shell, and he must find a way to free him...