{"id":2670,"date":"2026-05-15T16:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/the-company\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:55:28","slug":"the-company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/","title":{"rendered":"The Company"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row content_placement=”middle” curly_padding=”content-padding-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1749711118578{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 6rem !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}” curly_section_title=”Il Balletto di Venezia”][vc_column width=”5\/12″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″][vc_single_image image=”2667″ img_size=”large” style=”img-frame-large” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″][vc_column_text css=””]\n

Balletto di Venezia<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We are a company created as an incubator of vision and talent, with the aim of giving voice to the new generation of classical and neoclassical dance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the artistic direction of Alessio Carbone, former Principal Dancer at the Paris Op\u00e9ra, we stand as a meeting point between excellence in training and artistic vision, offering a professional context to under-21 dancers from the world\u2019s most prestigious academies.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” gap=”30″ equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” curly_bg_repeat=”bg-no-repeat” curly_bg_position=”bg-pos-center-top” css=”.vc_custom_1784109306196{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;background: #ffffff url(https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/scarpette-background-dark.jpg?id=2302) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}” curly_section_title=”Our team”][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1779087317251{margin-bottom: 40px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”2668″ img_size=”full” css=”” el_class=”img-frame-large”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1779107704168{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”staff-text”]\n

Alessio Carbone<\/strong>
\nDirettore artistico<\/h4>\n

Alessio Carbone is Artistic Director and co-founder of the Balletto di Venezia company. Born into an artistic family, he trained in Venice with his parents and furthered his studies at the Teatro alla Scala Ballet School in Milan, graduating in 1996. After a first year with the La Scala company, he joined the Paris Op\u00e9ra, where he was promoted to Premier Danseur in 2002 and danced throughout his career, also appearing as a guest with leading international companies.
\nOver the years, alongside his artistic career, he developed a growing interest in the production and organisation of performances, founding Les Italiens de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Paris in 2016 and collaborating with theatres and festivals of international renown. Today, he is dedicated to creating projects that bring together dance, research and social commitment, while also promoting charitable initiatives and international collaborations.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1779087296354{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”2669″ img_size=”full” css=”” el_class=”img-frame-large”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1779107726712{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”staff-text”]\n

Gerardine Connolly<\/strong>
\nExecutive Director<\/h4>\n

Gerardine Connolly \u00e8 Direttrice Esecutiva e Cofondatrice de Il Balletto di Venezia. Originaria dell\u2019Irlanda, vive tra Dublino e Venezia ed \u00e8 King\u2019s Counsel presso l\u2019Inner Bar di Dublino, oltre che affermata arbitra e mediatrice con competenze nella governance aziendale e nella gestione societaria.
\nParallelamente alla carriera giuridica, coltiva da sempre una profonda passione per la danza e le arti: musicista classica di formazione, \u00e8 stata Direttrice e Presidente del Consiglio di Amministrazione di Ballet Ireland e sostiene attivamente importanti istituzioni culturali, tra cui Irish National Opera e Royal Irish Academy of Music. Collabora inoltre a progetti internazionali, tra cui la serie documentaria \u201cTemples of Opera\u201d, dedicata alle grandi realt\u00e0 del balletto europeo.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row curly_padding=”content-padding” css=”.vc_custom_1784109314392{margin-top: 6rem !important;margin-bottom: 10rem !important;border-top-width: 10px !important;border-right-width: 10px !important;border-bottom-width: 10px !important;border-left-width: 10px !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #f7f6f6 !important;}” curly_section_title=”The story”][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-2″][vc_column_text css=””]\n

The Story<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Once a world capital of ballet, Venice shone in the eighteenth century with more dance theatres than any other city. Yet in the 1980s, when the resident company at Teatro La Fenice closed due to a lack of funding, this great tradition began to fade. Giuseppe Carbone, then director of the company and father of Alessio Carbone, decided to found Balletto di Venezia, with the extraordinary figure of his wife Iride Sauri, Prima Ballerina of La Fenice, at its heart.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”4rem”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]The new company brought dance back to Venetian theatres and to the city\u2019s most iconic locations, from Piazza San Marco to the Grand Canal, transforming Venice into an open-air stage. But in the early 1990s, this chapter too came to an end, when Giuseppe Carbone moved to Milan to lead the ballet company of Teatro alla Scala. Since then, the great tradition of classical ballet in Venice has remained silent, leaving a void that distanced local audiences from this art form. Until now.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Alessio Carbone ha ripreso la tradizione di famiglia e fatto rinascere la compagnia del Balletto di Venezia. Al suo fianco, Gerardine Connolly, gi\u00e0 Chairwoman dell\u2019Irish Ballet.
\nCon il progetto Stelle di Domani, la compagnia riporta sul palco i capolavori che hanno fatto la storia della danza, dando vita anche a nuove creazioni, affidate a coreografi contemporanei capaci di parlare il linguaggio della danza classica. Opere inedite che intrecciano il passato glorioso della Serenissima con il futuro del balletto, restituendo a Venezia il ruolo che le spetta: quello di culla viva e pulsante dell\u2019arte coreutica.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_btn title=”Download the brochure” style=”custom” custom_background=”#2d5763″ custom_text=”#ffffff” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ballettodivenezia.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F07%2FBdV_doumento-sponsor_ballerini_web_en.pdf|target:_blank|”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” curly_padding=”content-padding-none” css=”.vc_custom_1749544802650{background-color: #2d5763 !important;}” curly_parallax_parent=”true” el_class=”parallax-visible” curly_section_title=”Gallery” curly_section_color=”rgba(255,255,255,0.44)”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1470068083577{margin-top: -5.1875rem !important;}” curly_parallax_parent=”true”]

[vc_single_image image=”2632″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image” css=”” el_class=”test”][vc_single_image image=”2633″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_single_image image=”2634″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_single_image image=”2635″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_single_image image=”2636″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_single_image image=”2637″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_single_image image=”2638″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_single_image image=”2639″ img_size=”large” onclick=”link_image” css=””][vc_single_image image=”2640″ css=””]<\/div><\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”8rem”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row content_placement=”middle” curly_padding=”content-padding-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1749711118578{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 6rem !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}” curly_section_title=”Il Balletto di Venezia”][vc_column width=”5\/12″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″][vc_single_image image=”2667″ img_size=”large” style=”img-frame-large” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″][vc_column_text css=””] Balletto di Venezia We are a company created as an incubator of vision and talent, with the aim of giving voice to the new generation of classical and neoclassical dance. Under the artistic direction of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2670","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Company | Balletto di Venezia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Company | Balletto di Venezia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row content_placement=”middle” curly_padding=”content-padding-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1749711118578{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 6rem !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}” curly_section_title=”Il Balletto di Venezia”][vc_column width=”5\/12″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″][vc_single_image image=”2667″ img_size=”large” style=”img-frame-large” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″][vc_column_text css=””] Balletto di Venezia We are a company created as an incubator of vision and talent, with the aim of giving voice to the new generation of classical and neoclassical dance. Under the artistic direction of […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Balletto di Venezia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-15T09:55:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/og-image.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/\",\"name\":\"The Company | Balletto di Venezia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T14:13:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-15T09:55:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Company\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Balletto di Venezia\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Balletto di Venezia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Balletto-di-Venezia_logo_320.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Balletto-di-Venezia_logo_320.png\",\"width\":320,\"height\":187,\"caption\":\"Balletto di Venezia\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Company | Balletto di Venezia","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Company | Balletto di Venezia","og_description":"[vc_row content_placement=”middle” curly_padding=”content-padding-xs” css=”.vc_custom_1749711118578{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 6rem !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}” curly_section_title=”Il Balletto di Venezia”][vc_column width=”5\/12″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″][vc_single_image image=”2667″ img_size=”large” style=”img-frame-large” css=””][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-sm-offset-1″][vc_column_text css=””] Balletto di Venezia We are a company created as an incubator of vision and talent, with the aim of giving voice to the new generation of classical and neoclassical dance. Under the artistic direction of […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/","og_site_name":"Balletto di Venezia","article_modified_time":"2026-07-15T09:55:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/og-image.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/","name":"The Company | Balletto di Venezia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-15T14:13:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-15T09:55:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/the-company\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Company"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/","name":"Balletto di Venezia","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Balletto di Venezia","url":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Balletto-di-Venezia_logo_320.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Balletto-di-Venezia_logo_320.png","width":320,"height":187,"caption":"Balletto di Venezia"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2670"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2745,"href":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2670\/revisions\/2745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ballettodivenezia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}