Roberta De Simone

compagnia-roberta-desimone Roberta studied ballet technique at the Renato Greco School of Dance (Rome), with teacher Lia Calizza. In 2005, she joined the Dance School of the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome under the direction of Paola Jorio where she graduated as a classical-academic dancer in 2009. During the years of study he participated in some productions of the company of Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, such as “Giselle” and “Sleeping Beauty”. In October 2009 she joined the staff of Balletto di Roma on a permanent basis, for which she played solo and main roles in all the new and repertoire productions, in the Italian and international tours: “Romeo and Juliet”, “Bolero” and “Cenerentola” by Fabrizio Monteverde, “The Arena Love” by Michele Pogliani, “Contemporary Tango” and “Futura” by Milena Zullo, “We/Part” and “Fem” by Paolo Mangiola. In 2015, the choreographer Fabrizio Monteverde entrusted her with the role of the protagonist Odette in “Swan Lake, or Swan Song”, for which she was recommended by national critics. In 2016 he played Desdemona in “Otello” by Monteverde himself and in the following years participated in all the new productions of the company, including “Giselle” by Itamar Serussi and Chris Haring, “Turning” by Alessandro Sciarroni, “Arcaico” by Davide Bombana: she is among the protagonists, in 2020, of “Io, Don Quixote”, choreography and direction by Fabrizio Monteverde, and participates in the first streaming version of “Première”, choreography by Andrea Costanzo Martini. Since 2017 she has been conducting masterclasses and focuses on the repertoire of Balletto di Roma for the “Training on Tour” project. Currently, in addition to carrying out the activity of dancer, she works alongside several authors of the company as assistant to the choreography and maître de ballet. Since 2020 she is assistant to M° Derevianko and teacher for the professional courses (CAP) of Balletto di Roma School.