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Alfonso Bausilio
Born in Naples, Italy, Alfonso Bausilio trained at the Lyceum in Naples with Mara Fusco. He made his stage debut in 1979 at Teatro La Fenice (Venice) alongside Carla Fracci under Beppe Menegatti; engagements followed at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna and the Arena di Verona under Roberto Fascilla, again in collaboration with Menegatti. He then joined the Teatro Comunale in Florence under Eugene Polyakov, sharing the stage with Rudolf Nureyev and Patrick Dupond. From 1983 to 1985 he was a soloist with the Ballet Royal de Wallonie (Charleroi), directed by Jorge Lefebre and Menia Martinez, performing alongside Étoile Paolo Bortoluzzi. He subsequently danced as a soloist at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma and, from 1985 to 1987, with the Israel Ballet (Tel Aviv) under Berta Yampolski and Hillel Markman. He also pursued cross-training in aerobics/conditioning with Karen Voight, David Aj Green, Rog Glick, Marvin Thornton, Madonna Grimes, and Jeff Vandiver. From 1987 to 1996 he was engaged at the Stadttheater Bern, working with Riccardo Duse, Reda Sheta, McKim, Bruce Steivel, François Klaus, and Martin Schläpfer, and creating a choreographic adaptation of A Clockwork Orange. In 1996 he co-founded AS Ballett Schule in Boll (Bern) with his wife, Sônia Melo. A member of SDT (Swiss Dance Teachers), he completed the American Ballet Theatre’s ABT National Training Curriculum (Intensive) in 2012. |
Gregory Dominiak
With 23 extraordinary years in the Corps de Ballet of the Paris Opera, Gregory brings with him an unparalleled experience in classical and contemporary repertoire. Trained at the École de Danse de l'Opéra de Paris and enriched by his stay at the Rock School in Philadelphia, he has interpreted the great ballets of the classical repertoire and distinguished himself in works by the greatest contemporary names in dance: Maurice Béjart, Roland Petit, John Neumeier, Pina Bausch, William Forsythe, and Mats Ek.
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Sônia Melo
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Sônia Melo received broad classical training in which the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) was an important pillar, though her education was not limited to that method; as part of the first RAD Solo Seal examination session ever held in Brazil, she achieved the Solo Seal. She danced with the Rio de Janeiro Ballet Company alongside Desmond Doyle, Fernando Bujones, and Wilfride Piollet, and with Ballet Contraste with Carla Perotti, Yelle Bittencourt, and Alexander Minz (American Ballet Theatre). Further engagements included São Paulo City Ballet and, in 1982, the Grand Théâtre de Genève (Oscar Araiz). In 1980 she received the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA) Critics’ Prize as “Dancer of the Year.” She broadened her range in modern dance (Clive Thompson/Alvin Ailey, Yoshi Morimoto, Noemi Lapzeson, Paola Lensi), jazz (Lennie Dale, Matt Mattox), and conditioning/aerobics (Karen Voight, David A. J. Green, Rog Glick, Marvin Thornton, Madonna Grimes, Jeff Vandiver). From 1983 to 1995 she was engaged at the Stadttheater Bern, working with Riccardo Duse, Reda Sheta, McKim, Bruce Steivel, François Klaus, and Martin Schläpfer, and creating children’s choreographies for “Oliver Twist,” “Zobeide,” and the opera “Lulu.” In 1996, together with Alfonso Bausilio, she co-founded the AS Ballett Schule in Boll (Bern). She is a member of the Swiss Dance Teachers (SDT).). Sie ist Mitglied der Swiss Dance Teachers (SDT). |
Yannick Bittencourt
Born in Bern, Yannick took his first dance steps at the AS Ballett Schule with his parents, before continuing his training at the Paris Opera Ballet School and the Royal Ballet School in London. This school is therefore a return to his roots for someone who has shone on the world's greatest stages for 15 years as a soloist at the Paris Opera and as a soloist at the Zurich Ballet in 2018.
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