Andrea Paolini Merlo
Zsófia Gyarmati
Ballet Photography

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:             Andrea Paolini Merlo                           Nationality:    Italian
Date of birth: 1969.09.01                                           Telephone:    00 36 20 3330846
Place of birth: Italy/ Atri (TE)                          Fax:                00 36 1   2695659 
Address:          Budapest, 1118. Kelenhegyi u. 30.      E-mail:     andreamerlo@mail.datanet.hu

Ballet Schools

1982-88:           „Scuola di danza classica cittá di Teramo” – Italy, Master: Liliana Merlo
1988-92:            Hungarian Dance Accademy, Master: Forgách József, Kún Zsuzsa, Adolf Hamsin, Flora Kajdani

Working places

1992-96:  Member of the Pécs National Ballet, from 1993 soloist (Director: István Herczog)
Solo Roles

  • Franz – Coppelia, chor.: István Herczog
  • Mercuzio – Romeo and Juliet, chor : István Herczog
  • Max – Max and Mouritz,chor.: E. Gleede, P. Marcus, Ferenc Barbay
  • Pas de Quattre – chor.: István Herczog, D. Katalin
  • J.S.Bach D-dur Suite No.3, Pink Floyd, J.Brahms IV. Sinfony – chor.: István Herczog
  • The Prince – Bluebeard’s Castle – chor.: István Herczog
  • Tramp – The Miracolous Mandarin – chor.: István Herczog

From 1996: Hungarian National Ballet (Director: Gyula Harangozó)
Solo Roles

  • Ivanuska(Russian Dance), The Cat – The Sleeping Beauty, chor.: M. Petipa
  • Acrobat – The Sleepwalker, chor.: G. Balanchine
  • The Servant – Don Quixote, chor.: M. Petipa
  • Stréber Józsi(Main Role) – Furfangos diákok, chor.: Gyula Harangozó
  • Crixus – Spartacus, chor.: Seregi László
  • Waiter – Pronemade Music (Térzene), chor.: Gyula Harangozó
  • The two Russians – Anna Karenina, chor.: Lilla Pártay
  • Grumio, The four Servant – The Taming of the Shrew, kor.: Seregi László
  • The Davils – The Dragedy of the man, chor.: Barbay Ferenc
  • Tramp – The Miracolous Mandarin, chor.: Gyula Harangozó
  • The Jester, Tarantella – The Swan Lake, chor.: M. Petipa/ ifj. Gyula Harangzó junior, Ildikó Pongor
  • Capulet Servanti, The Jesters, Tarantella – Romeo and Juliet, chor.: Seregi László
  • Flamma – chor.: Jeno Locsei
  • Six Dance – chor.: Jiri Kylián
  • The Death and the Maiden - chor.: Robert North
  • Drosselmeyer – The Nutcracker – chor.: Vajnonen
  • Zorba – Zorba the Greek – chor.: Gabor Kevehazy

Guest Roles

  • The Jester – The Swan Lake – Zagreb – National Ballet (2000)
  • Gala in Rome – Company of Diana Ferrara (1996)
  • Zorba – Zorba the Greek – chor.: Sofia Smailou – Greece(1994)
  • Edipo – Edipo and Giocasta – chor.: Sofia Smailou – Greece(1994)

Own Choreographies

  • Endless – Music: K. Jarrett (1999)
  • Little Eathquakes – Music: Tori Amos, Verse: Emily Dickinson (2000)
  • Encore – Music: K. Jarrett (2001)
  • Lennon Suite – Music: J. Lennon/T. Amos (2002) - First price winner at the choreographic competition of the   Vignaledanza Festival (Teatro Nuovo di Torino) in 12/07/2002 (Italy)
  • Uncertain Harmony – Music: Gy. Ligeti (Ramifications, for string orchestra - 8 minutes) (2004) – Took part at the Noverre Choreographic Studio in Stuttgart
  • Me´tamorphoses Nocturnes (first part) - Music: Gy. Ligeti (String Quartet – 8 minutes) (2006) - Invited from the Noverre Choreographic Studio in Stuttgart for the 50th anyversary performance (07/2008)
  • Hommage a Paul Klee – Music: Sandor Veress (Fantasies for 2 pianos and string orchestra-28 minutes) (2007)
  • Me´tamorphoses Nocturnes (first part+second part) - Music: Gy. Ligeti (String Quartet – 21 minutes) (10/2008)
All photographs by Andrea Paolini Merlo and Zsófia Gyarmati © A. P. Merlo All rights reserved.
A special thanks to all the dancers present on this Website for their creativity and support.