Aurora Benelli Cacialli

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Aurora Benelli

Dopo gli inizi dello studio della danza classica con Brenda Hamlyn a Firenze, sua città natale, Aurora completa la sua formazione alla Royal Ballet School di Londra.Inizia, giovanissima, a lavorare nei maggiori teatri italiani ricoprendo presto ruoli solistici. Entra a far parte della Compagnia Italiana di Balletto, diretta da Carla Fracci e Beppe Menegatti, danzando importanti ruoli da solista come Myrtha in Giselle e la Fata delle Rose nel La Bella Addormentata, condividendo il palcoscenico con rinomati artisti internazionali quali, Carla Fracci, Lawrence Rhodes, Lynn Seymour, Eva Evdokimova, Paul Chalmer e Gheorghe Iancu tra gli altri. Ampliando il suo repertorio verso produzioni neoclassiche e contemporanee, ha interpretato ruoli creati da coreografi quali Antonella Agati, Millicent Hodson e Kenneth Archer e Wayne McGregor, nella cui compagnia, Random Dance (ora Studio Wayne McGregor) è stata spesso ospite.

Tuttora impegnata come insegnante e mâitre de ballet, Aurora Benelli ha lavorato con la Compagnia Italiana di Balletto di Carla Fracci, la Random Dance (ora Studio Wayne McGregor) a Londra, il progetto Mimesis, diretto da Elisabetta Terabust al Teatro Comunale a Firenze e come ospite al Laban Center di Londra.

Precedenti e numerose collaborazioni con Paul Chalmer includono lavori alle produzioni, di Giselle e L’Uccello di Fuoco con il Leipzig Ballet.Nel 2018, come assistente alla coreografia, è ancora a fianco di Paul Chalmer nella sua produzione di Romeo and Juliet che apre il Festival all’Opera Nova di Bydgoszcz, in Polonia.

Aurora Benelli ha ottenuto la più alta qualifica per American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum ed è insegnante qualificata ABT® NTC.

Fino dall'arrivo in Italia del Metodo Gyrokinesis® e Gyrotonic®, lo introduce sistematicamente nel suo training quotidiano, beneficiandone appieno per lunghi della sua carriera artistica e oltre.

Nel 2011 sotto la guida di Silvia Frosali, Specialized Gyrokinesi® and Gyrotonic® Master Trainer, consegue la Gyrokinesis® Level1 Teacher Certification. 

Aurora Benelli

After classical ballet studies with Brenda Hamlyn in her native Florence, Aurora concluded her training at the Royal Ballet School in London. She began working in the major Italian theaters at an early age, and was quickly dancing soloist roles. She joined the Compagnia Italiana di Balletto, directed by Carla Fracci and Beppe Menegatti, frequently dancing important soloist roles such as Myrtha in Giselle and The Rose Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, sharing the stage with internationally acclaimed artists, such as Carla Fracci, Lawrence Rhodes, Lynn Seymour, Eva Evdokimova, Paul Chalmer and Gheorghe Iancu among others. 

Extending her repertoire towards neoclassical and contemporary productions, she has interpreted created roles by choreographers such as Antonella Agati, Millicent Hodson, Kenneth Archer and Wayne McGregor, in whose company, Random Dance (now Studio Wayne McGregor) she was often a guest.

Now actively involved as a teacher and ballet master, Aurora Benelli has worked with Carla Fracci’s Compagnia Italiana di Balletto, Wayne McGregor Random Dance (now Studio Wayne McGregor) in London, the Mimesis project, directed by Elisabetta Terabust at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, and as a guest at the Laban Centre in London.  Previous collaborations with Paul Chalmer include works on productions of Giselle and The Firebird with the Leipzig Ballet at Oper Leipzig and Romeo and Juliet at Opera Nova Bydgoszcz, in Poland.

Aurora Benelli holds the highest qualification for the ABT® National Training Curriculum and is an ABT®NTC certified teacher.

Since the introduction of the Gyrokinesis® and Gyrotonic® Methods into Italy, she has systematically incorporated them into her daily training where she truly appreciates the beneficial support they have brought her during her long artistic career and beyond.

In 2011, under the guidance of Silvia Frosali, Specialized Gyrokinesis® and Gyrotonic® Master Trainer, she obtained the Gyrokinesis® Level 1 Teacher Certification.

My Qualifications

  • GYROTONIC® Apprentice
  • GYROTONIC® Trainer
  • GYROKINESIS® Apprentice
  • GYROKINESIS® Trainer

My Training

  • GYROTONIC® Level 1 Pre-Training Course
  • GYROTONIC® Level 1 Foundation Course
  • GYROTONIC® Level 1 Final Certificate Course
  • GYROTONIC® Level 2, Program 1 Pre-Training Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Level 1 Pre-Training Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Level 1 Foundation Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Level 1 Final Certificate Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Level 1 Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Level 1 Update Course
  • GYROKINESIS® Breathing Course Intensive
  • GYROKINESIS® Essentials
  • GYROKINESIS® Cardiovascular Breathing Course- Progression 1

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