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Simona Noja
Principal Dancer of the Vienna State Opera Ballet
Born in Huedin, Romania
Education
- Received her ballet education at the Arts
University in Cluj - Napoca
- 1994 - completed studies in Philology
with a State Degree at the University „ Babes- Bolyay “ from Cluj - Napoca
Married, one son
Career
- 1986-1991 - soloist dancer with the Romanian Opera in Cluj- Napoca
- 1991-1995 - soloist at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf
- 1995-1997 - soloist at Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she danced in Roland Petit`s Les
Intermittences du Coeur and Ray Barra`s Snow Queen
- 1995 - joined Vienna State Opera as a principal dancer
- 1999-2000 - Artistic Director of the Romanian company „Teatrul de balet
Oleg Danovski"
Repertoire
- Odette - Odile in Rudolf Nureyev`s Swan Lake
- Aurora and Enchanted Princess in Peter Wright`s Sleeping Beauty
- Hippolyta / Titania in John Neumeier`s Midsummer Night`s Dream
- Constanze Mozart in Renato Zanella`s Wolfgang Amade
- Gamzatti in Vladimir Malakov`s and Patrice Bart´s Bayadere
- The title parts in Nureyev`s Raymonda, John Cranko`s Romeo and Juliet, Kenneth MacMillan`s Manon and Zanella`s Mata-Hari
- Dances: George Balanchine`s Apollo, Theme and Variations, Violin Concerto, Tschaikovski- Pas de deux, MacMillan´s Song of the Earth , Hans van Mannen`s Black Cake , M. Balkan` s Don
Quijote Roland Petit`s Carmen, Zanella`s Duo Concertante, Movements, Love Beyond, Laus Deo
- Created the leads in Zanella`s Sacre du Printemps, Thin Air, Alles
Walzer, Wiener Blut , Beethoven Opus 7 , Bolero and Nutckracker
- William Forsythe`s In The Middle…Somewhat Elevated
- Nils Christe`s Before the Nightfall
- Heinz Spoerli`s Swan Lake, Giselle, Firebird, Nutckracker, Goldberg Variations, Verklärte Nacht
- Esmeralda, in the premiere of Notre
Dame de Paris, from Roland Petit, beside Manuel Legris (Paris Opera) and Massimo
Murru (Scala di Milano ), in Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires
Performed with
- Frankfurter Ballet
- The Royal Swedish Ballet
- The Bavarian State Ballet
- The Romanian State Opera
- Hannover Ballett
- Ballet Estable del Teatro
Colon
Danced at Gala performances in Luxembourg, Helsinki, Moscow, Arnheim, Stuttgart,
Ludwigsburg , Seoul, Miami and with the solo piece Strauss incontra Verdi, created for her by Zanella , in Citta di Castello
Prizes and Awards
- 1990 - Silver Medal at the 4th
International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mss. USA
- 2001 - Prize Danza&Danza for the best dancer
- 2002 - Knight of the National Order "Star of Romania"
Established the Cultural Foundation " Simona Noja", to
provide assistance to young talents
Photo by Michael Dannenmann
Address
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Wiener Staatsoper GmbH, 1010 Wien, Opernring 2, Tel.:
+43-1-51444-0, Fax: +43-1-51444-2330
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