Riccardo Ferlito

Corps de ballet

Riccardo Ferlito

Corps de ballet

Vita

Riccardo Ferlito was born in Berlin and grew up in Catania (Italy). He began his ballet training at the A.S.D.C. Dietro Le Quinte in Catania. In 2013 he went to the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart from which he graduated in 2019.

In 2010 he successfully took part in the Youth America Grand Prix in Paris where he won the third price. At the Concorso Sicilia In in 2012 he won the gold medalawarded by the President of Italy.

For the 2019/20 season Riccardo Ferlito was an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet. In the following season he became a member of Stuttgart Ballet’s Corps de ballet.
Photo Roman Novitzky

Repertoire

Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Cassiopeia's Garden (Christian Spuck)
  • Extract of: Impuls (Roman Novitzky)
  • Lamento (Andreas Heise)
  • Lost Room (Fabio Adorisio)
  • One of a Kind (Jiří Kylián)
  • Reflection/s (Roman Novitzky)
  • Second Round from: Jeu de Cartes (John Cranko): Joker
  • Self-Deceit (Vittoria Girelli)
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): Fritz' friend, cossack
  • The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Servant

Specially created Roles
  • Ascaresa (Alessandro Giaquinto)
  • Dimora (Alessandro Giaquinto)
  • Messenger (Louis Stiens)
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): Harlequin (Solo), guest at the christmas party

Specially created Roles at Noverre: Young Choreographers
  • Abuo (Nnamdi Christopher Nwagwu)
  • Veritas vos liberat (Emanuele Babici): Solo

Corps de ballet roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Bolero (Maurice Béjart)
  • Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck)
  • Mayerling (Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Onegin (John Cranko)
  • Swan Lake (John Cranko)
  • The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée after Petipa)
  • The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko)