Damiano Pettenella, born and raised in Verona, received his ballet training at the ballet school of La Scala in Milan where he graduated in 2000.
He had his first engagement as a Corps de ballet member at La Scala from 2000 to 2002.
At the beginning of the season 2002/03 Damiano Pettenella joined the Stuttgart Ballet as a Corps de ballet member. In 2006/07 he was promoted to Demi Soloist. His promotion to Soloist followed at the beginning of the 2009/10 season.
In 2010 Damiano Pettenella created his first choreography: the Pas de deux One for Elisa Badenes and William Moore, both dancers at the Stuttgart Ballet, premiered at “Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers”.
REPERTOIRE
Leading and Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet - A Streetcar named Desire (John Neumeier): Kiefaber
- Bolero (Maurice Béjart)
- Bravo Charlie (Marco Goecke)
- Brouillards (John Cranko)
- Corps (Hans van Manen): Second Pas de deux
- Das Fräulein von S. (Christian Spuck): solo role in the 2nd act
- das siebte blau (Christian Spuck)
- Don Quijote (Maximiliano Guerra): Camacho, José-Antonio
- Forgotten Land (Jiří Kylián): Couple in Grey
- Fratres (John Neumeier)
- Gaîté parisienne (Maurice Béjart) : Friend
- Giselle (Production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina): Hilarion
- Goecke at the Chamber: The Nutcracker (Marco Goecke): Drosselmeier
- Grosse Fuge (Hans van Manen)
- Hamlet (Kevin O’Day): Claudius
- I fratelli – The Brothers (Mauro Bigonzetti): Simone
- Jeu de Cartes (John Cranko)
- Kleines Requiem (Hans van Manen)
- La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss after August Bournonville): Pas de huit
- Le sacre du printemps (Glen Tetley)
- Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck): King Peter
- Letters of Others (Bridget Breiner)
- Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck): Rodrigo, Jack the Ripper
- No more play (Jiří Kylián)
- Onegin (John Cranko): Gremin
- Othello (John Neumeier): Jago, one of the five soldiers
- Pierrot lunaire (Glen Tetley): Brighella
- Poème de l’extase (John Cranko): Vision
- Présence ( John Cranko): Roy
- Return to a strange Land (Jiří Kylián): Part 4
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Tybalt
- Slice to Sharp (Jorma Elo)
- Swan Lake (John Cranko): Rotbart, Friend of the Prince, Spanish Dance
- Symphony in C (George Balanchine): Demi Solo Fourth Movement
- The Cage (Jerome Robbins): First Intruder
- The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine): First Theme
- The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko): Host
- The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Monsieur Duval
- The Shaking Tent (Marc Spradling)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa): Carabosse, Prince of the South, Wolf
- The Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan)
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Hortensio
- Urlicht (William Forsythe)
- Voluntaries (Glen Tetley): Pas de trois
- Yantra (Wayne McGregor)
Specially created Roles- ..., la peau blanche... (Christian Spuck): Rosny
- Alben (Marco Goecke)
- Das Fräulein von S. (Christian Spuck): Argenson, police minister
- Dummy Run (Douglas Lee)
- I fratelli – The Brothers (Mauro Bigonzetti): Simone’s Friend
- Igor Poems (Kevin O’Day)
- Il Concertone (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- melodious gimmick to keep the boys in line (Marc Spradling)
- Nautilus (Wayne McGregor)
- Orlando (Damiano Pettenella): Nicholas Greene
- Orphée et Euridice (Staging, Choreography: Christian Spuck)
- Sweet Sweet Sweet (Marco Goecke)
- The Sandman (Christian Spuck): Prof. Spalanzani
- Viciouswishes (Marco Goecke)
Specially created Roles at Noverre-Society: Young Choreograhpers- 1 Big Bla Bla (Ralitza Malehounova)
- Blushing (Marco Goecke)
- Duet For Six (Armando Braswell)
- Errant Paths (Robert Conn)
- from me to you (Demis Volpi)
- Ickyucky (Marco Goecke)
- Sirs (Bridget Breiner)
- The Foul Prank oder Der böse Streich (Bridget Breiner)
Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- Carmen (John Cranko, new production: Reid Anderson and Georgette Tsinguirides)
- Gambling, x 5 (Nicolo Fonte)
- Giselle (Production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina)
- Hikarizatto (Itzik Galili)
- Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko)
- Kazimir’s Colours (Mauro Bigonzetti)
- La fille mal gardée (Sir Frederick Ashton)
- La Sylphide (Peter Schaufuss after August Bournonville): James' friend
- Lachrymal (Douglas Lee)
- Le sacre du printemps (Glen Tetley)
- Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck)
- Nautilus (Wayne McGregor)
- Onegin (John Cranko)
- Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan)
- Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
- Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
- Swan Lake (John Cranko)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa): Cavalier
- The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Pas de six
- Theme and Variations (George Balanchine)
Further Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet- The Shaking Tent (Marc Spradling)
Leading Roles at the Theater La Scala - Amarcord (L. Camito)
- Excelsior (Luigi Manzotti): Solo
- Nôtre Dame de Paris (Roland Petit)
- The Sleeping Beauty (Rudolf Nurejew): Four Princes
Corps de ballet Roles at the Theater La Scala - Carmen (Roland Petit)
- Etudes (Harald Lander)
- Giselle (P. Ruanne, S. Guillem)
- Swan Lake (Rudolf Nurejew)
- The Nutcracker (Rudolf Nurejew)
OWN CHOREOGRAPHIES
- OneWorld Premiere at the Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers at June 9th, 2010, Stuttgart Ballet