Ioanna Avraam is a Cypriot ballet dancer, and a first solo dancer at the Vienna State Ballet since 2022. She is one of eight female first solo dancers at the Vienna State Ballet, its most senior dancers.[1]
Avraam was born in Nicosia, Cyprus.[2][3] She lived with her grandparents until aged three, as her parents were studying overseas.[3] They then moved to Limassol, as her father was a refugee from Famagusta.[3] She trained at the Nadina Loizidou Ballet School in Limassol, and at the Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung/Ballet Academy in Munich.[2]
She started her career with Cyprus' Diastasis Ballet and the Bavarian State Ballet.[2] In 2008, she joined the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper Ballet.[2] In 2010, she was promoted to semi-soloist in 2014 to soloist.[2] In September 2022, she was appointed a first solo dancer by the company's ballet director Martin Schläpfer.[4]
In October 2024, Avraam will be awarded a "Special Recognition" by the jury of the Helena Vaz da Silva European Award for Raising Public Awareness on Europe's Cultural Heritage.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Wiener Staatsballett: Erste Solotänzerinnen". Vienna State Ballet. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Ioanna Avraam". Wiener Staatsoper. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Panagi, Pieris (17 January 2023). "Ioanna Avraam: The Dancer Within". Welcome Magazine. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Ioanna Avraam – New first soloist". Wiener Staatsoper. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Cypriot ballet dancer Ioanna Avraam to be awarded "Special Recognition" by jury of Helena Vaz da Silva Award". Cyprus Business News. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.