Ballet
Beyond Vibrations
The National Theatre
Biography
Born in Palermo, Italy, in 1999, Federica Bona began her ballet studies at the age of five at the Associazione Danza Aurino e Beltrame under the guidance of Candida Amato. In 2015, she was awarded a scholarship to attend a week-long course at the Ballettschule Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier and participated in the International Summer School at the Royal Ballet School in Covent Garden, London. Later that year, she joined the prestigious Accademia Teatro alla Scala Ballet School in Milan. During her time there, she performed in various productions, including The Nutcracker (Frédéric Olivieri) at the Piccolo Teatro Strehler, Cinderella at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, and the Teatro alla Scala, as well as Paquita at the Teatro Comunale of Ferrara.
After graduating in 2018, Federica joined the ballet company of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, where she performed in Swan Lake (Ricardo Nuñez). In August 2019, she became a member of the Czech National Ballet. Since then, she has performed in key productions from the classical repertoire, such as Swan Lake (John Cranko), La Bayadère (Jorge Torres), The Nutcracker – A Christmas Carol (Youri Vámos), Serenade (George Balanchine), Onegin (John Cranko), La Fille mal gardée (Frederick Ashton), The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée), Coppélia (Ronald Hynd), La Sylphide (Johan Kobborg), A Streetcar Named Desire (John Neumeier), Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko), and Cinderella (Jean-Christophe Maillot).
Federica has also embraced the contemporary repertoire, performing in works such as Petite Mort (Jiří Kylián), Bohemian Gravity (Yannick A. D.), and Frank Bridge Variations (Hans van Manen).
Current roles
Awards
2015
John Neumeier Scholarship, Ballettschule Hamburg
This scholarship is awarded to talented dancers to support their training at the school, enabling them to develop their skills under the guidance of experienced instructors and the renowned Hamburg Ballet.