Vienna State Ballet announces joiners and promotions
- Ikuko Kurahone
- Sep 12
- 1 min read
Wiener Staatsballett (the Vienna State Ballet) announced joiners and promotions for the 2025-2026 season this month.
Joiners were announced on its official Instagram account over three days from 10th to 12th September 2025, including already-announced joiners. There are quite many.
Principals: Laura Fernandez Gromova, Cassandra Trenary, Madison Young, António Casalinho, Alessandro Frola, Kentaro Mitsumori, Victor Caixeta
Soloists: Margarita Fernandes, Rosa Pierro, Vladyslav Bosenko
Demi-soloists: Alessandro Cavallo, Rinaldo Venuti
Corps de ballet members: Francesca Cesaro, Lars Philipp Gramlich, Chloe Colter, Alex Martelli, Milda Luckuté, Laurids Seidel, Alice McArthur, Yo Nakajima, Ariel Daley, Lena Dobija
Promotions were announced in a news release on 1st September. Timoor Afshar was promoted from a Soloist to a Principal. Sinthia Liz and Giorgio Fourés were both promoted from Demi-soloists to Soloists.
Congratulations!

The Vienna State Ballet also published an interview with the new artistic director, Alessandra Ferri. Click here to read.
What does it feel like to be chosen by Alessandra Ferri? It is beyond my imagination.

