Diana Ionescu

Soloist

Diana Ionescu

Soloist

Vita

Diana Ionescu was born in Constanţa (Romania). At the age of 5 she received her first ballet lessons, later she attended the Colegiul National de Arte Regine Maria Constanţa in her home town. In 2014 she continued her education at the Tanzakademie Zurich where she graduated in 2017.

In 2013 she won the first prize in the junior category at the Youth America Grand Prix. In 2016 won the gold medal at the Tanzolymp in Berlin. At the Prix de Lausanne 2017 she won a scholarship. In the 2020 Critics' Choice of the dance magazine tanz she was named as "Dancer of the year".

At the beginning of the season 2017/18 Diana Ionescu became an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet. Already at the beginning of November 2017 she was taken in the Corps de ballet. In the 2019/20 season she was promoted to Demi Soloist. Already one season later she was promoted to Soloist.
Photo Carlos Quezada
Naiad
Chr.: Douglas Lee
D: Diana Ionescu, Ensemble
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
Everybody needs some/body
Chr: Roman Novitzky
D: Diana Ionescu
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
IT.FLOPPY.RABBIT
Ch: Katarzyna Kozielska
D: Diana Ionescu, Ciro Ernesto Mansilla
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
La Bayadère
Ch. Natalia Makarova nach Maurius Petipa
D: Diana Ionescu
Photo Stuttgarter Ballett
Mayerling
Chr.: Kenneth MacMillan
D: Diana Ionescu, Friedemann Vogel
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Mayerling
Chr.: Kenneth MacMillan
D: Diana Ionescu
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The Sleeping Beauty
Chr.: Marcia Haydée
D: Diana Ionescu
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Dornröschen
Chr.: Marcia Haydée
D: Diana Ionescu, Ensemble
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Repertoire

Solo Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Aliunde Levi (Aurora De Mori)
  • Daydreamers (Edward Clug)
  • Hikarizatto (Itzik Galili)
  • Kaash (Akram Khan): Solo role
  • Mayerling (Kenneth MacMillan): Crown Princess Stephanie
  • Mehlberg (Shaked Heller)
  • One of a Kind (Jiří Kylián)
  • Swan Lake (John Cranko): Pas de six, Princess of Hungary
  • Symphony in C (George Balanchine): solo role 2nd movement
  • The Kingdom of the Shades, from La Bayadère (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa): 1st Variation
  • The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Olympia
  • The Nutcracker (Edward Clug): Queen of the forrest, Clara's mother
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée after Petipa): Princess Aurora, Grace Fairy, Sapphire, Little Red Riding Hood

Specially created Roles
  • Ballet Egyptien (Jean-Guillaume Bart)
  • Everybody Needs Some/Body (Roman Novitzky)
  • IT.FLOPPY.RABBIT (Katarzyna Kozielska)
  • Lamento (Andreas Heise)
  • Naiad (Douglas Lee)
  • REVOLT (Nanine Linning)
  • Skinny (Louis Stiens)
  • Take Your Pleasure Seriously (Katarzyna Kozielska)

Specially created Roles at Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers
  • Entropy (Jessica Fyfe)
  • Heavy Lightness (Filipe Portugal)
  • Just Sometimes (Alessandro Giaquinto)
  • Many a Moon (Armen Arturi)

Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet
  • Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko)
  • La fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton)
  • Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck)
  • Mayerling (Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Onegin (John Cranko)
  • Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Rosaline a.o.
  • Swan Lake (John Cranko)
  • Symphony in C (George Balanchine)
  • The Kingdom of the Shades, from La Bayadère (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa)
  • The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
  • The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée after Petipa)