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CodeDS/UK/21416
NameZucchetti; Valentino (c.1988); Italian Ballet dancer
Datesc.1988
GenderMale (cisgender)
Place of Birth/OriginCalcinate, Italy (born)
RelationshipsPartner of Mercedes Schindler (ballet dancer)
BiographyItalian dancer Valentino Zucchetti is a First Soloist of The Royal Ballet. He trained at The Royal Ballet Upper School and on graduation joined Zürich Ballet. He joined the Company in 2010, promoted to First Artist in 2011, Soloist in 2012 and First Soloist in 2014.

Zucchetti won the School’s Ursula Moreton Choreographic Award in 2005. He choreographed Sonata for Six for the School’s 2013 matinee and regularly creates pieces for The Royal Ballet’s Draft Works. In 2013 he choreographed Orbital Motion for New English Ballet Theatre. (Royal Opera House website)

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