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.

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