The School

Our Story

The Balletto di Verona is a classical dance school founded in October 2010, with the aim of training professional dancers using the renowned Vaganova Method. The school was created by the Masters and Artistic Directors Eriberto Verardi and Anna Guetsman, and stands out as the only one in Verona to offer professional courses of this type.

The students of the Balletto di Verona come from all over Italy and abroad, thanks to the reputation of the school and the quality of the teaching. The professional courses are divided into eight academic years and include a variety of disciplines such as classical dance, character dance, pas de deux,, men's technique and contemporary dance. These courses are supported by stage experiences, which prepare students for professional careers.

The school also offers preparatory courses for children aged 4 and up, advanced courses for students aged 18 to 20 from other schools, and amateur courses for dance enthusiasts who do not aspire to become professionals. Furthermore, the Balletto di Verona organizes a summer course open to both internal and external students, which is held every July.

Over the years, several students of the school have won prizes in national and international competitions and have been admitted to prestigious ballet academies around the world, as well as having signed contracts with notable European dance companies.

Meet Our Team

Eriberto Verardi

Founder & Artistic Director

Anna Guetsman

Deputy Artisitc Director

and Teacher

Cristina Bonutti

Teacher

completes his dance studies in Reggio Emilia with

Maestro Marinel Stefanescu.

In 1985 he began his career as a solo dancer at the

Croatian National Theater in Zagreb.

In 1991 he was a solo dancer in the company of

Slovenian National Theater in Ljubljana.

In 1993 at the Landestheater in Salzburg in Austria.

From '94 to 2000 at the Stadttheater of St. Gallen in Switzerland where he became principal dancer, assistant choreographer and deputy director.

He dances practically the entire classical repertoire and choreographies by modern authors, such as Kilyan, Schilling, Sparemblek and others.

In recent years there have been several tours that take him to dance on important stages such as the Bolschoi in Moscow, the Mariinsky in St. Petersburg, the Ukrainian National Theater in Kiev, as well as in many European countries and in Brazil and Latin America.

In 2000 he was invited by Carla Fracci and Beppe Menegatti as Maitre de ballet and assistant choreographer at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma where he remained until 2005 and where he collaborated with international dance stars such as C. Fracci, R. Bolle, S. Zakarova ,

N. Tsiskarisde, I. Yebra, L. M. Cullum, S. Noja, T. Rojo.

At the Rome Opera he stages most of the classical repertoire ballets from Giselle to Sleeping Beauty, from The Sylph to Swan Lake, as well as ballets by the choreographers L.Cannito, L.Veggetti, F. Franzutti, P. Chalmer and others.

In 2003 and 2004 he will return to tour again in Russia in Moscow with the ballets Sheherazade, Firebird and Rite of Spring as Maitre de ballet with the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.

In 2005 he was invited to the Bunka Kaikan Theater in Tokyo as choreographer and assistant director of the opera Adriana Lecouvreur.

From 2005 to 2011 he was Maitre de ballet and assistant choreographer of the dance troupe of the Arena di Verona Foundation for the repertoire ballets: Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Cinderella, Corsair, also taking care of the choreography in the Festival works Arenians in Aida, Traviata, Nabucco, Carmen etc. working with international dance stars J.M. Carreno, J. Dronina, G. Picone, E. Obraztova.

In 2010 he was guest maestro at the Stuttgart Ballet.

Since 2010 he has been Artistic Director together with Anna Guetsman of the "Balletto di Verona" professional training centre.

These last 15 years have been full of great professional satisfaction for Maestro Eriberto Verardi and his students.

Many of them have been winners of national and international dance competitions and many of them have been admitted to International Academies such as:

Grace Kelly Academy of Monte Carlo, Staatliche Ballettschule of Berlin, Ballettschule Staatsoper of Vienna, Boschoi Ballet Academy of Moscow, Vaganova Academy of St. Petersburg, Zurich Dance Academy, English National Ballet School of London etc.

Several of his students preferred to finish their studies and graduate from the Verona Ballet, all of whom had work contracts in European companies such as:

National Theater of Bratislava, National Theater of Varna, Arena Foundation of Verona, Croatian National Theater of Split.

With the Verona Ballet he staged the following ballets in Italy and abroad:

The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Paquita, Masquerade, Peter and the Wolf, Grand Dance Gala,

collaborating with principal dancers and soloists at La Scala in Milan, the Vienna Opera House, the Rome Opera House and the San Carlo Theater in Naples.

He is often invited as a member of the jury and teacher of classical, men's technique, repertoire, pas de deux in national and international stages and competitions.

born in Russia, she graduated from the Choreographic Academy of Novosibirsk under the guidance of the Masters of the Bolschoi of Moscow.

At 18 he joined the ballet troupe of the Yekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, dancing as a soloist the entire classical and neoclassical repertoire such as:

Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Corsair, Bayadere, Serenade, Theme and Variations by Balanchine, Spartacus, Legend of Love by Yuri Grigorovic and many others.

During these years he has danced on tour in many European countries such as

France, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium.

In 2000 he moved to Italy and decided to dedicate himself to teaching and choreography, obtaining excellent results.

Since 2010 she has been co-director together with Eriberto Verardi of the "Balletto di Verona" professional training centre.

These last 10 years have been full of great professional satisfaction for M^ Anna Guetsman and her students.

Many of his students have been winners of national and international dance competitions, many of them have been admitted to International Academies such as:

After graduating from the Verona Ballet, several of his students had work contracts in the companies of: National Theater of Bratislava, National Theater of Varna, Arena Foundation of Verona, Croatian National Theater of Split.

She is often invited as a member of the jury and teacher of classical, repertoire and character dance in workshops and competitions in Italy and abroad.

She graduated in 2018 as a teacher at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where he deepened not only the study of classical technique, but acquired notions of music, anatomy, psychology and pedagogy.

She specializes in teaching classical dance aimed at the first academic courses, character dance, floor barre and preparatory dance. In 2017 she was also certified as a PBT (Progressing
Ballet Technique).

She began her dance studies at the age of 5, in 2013 she was admitted to the professional courses of the Verona Ballet having as teachers the Maestro Eriberto Verardi and the Maestro Anna Guetsman and participating in all the productions of the school and the company junior such as: The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Tango (music by Astor Piazzolla), Paquita, Peter and the Wolf and Masquerade, also collaborating in shows with live music and with foreign schools, such as the Seoul Youth Ballet Company (directed by Jea Keun Park).

In his training he works and studies regularly with guest teachers such as Carlos Gacio (Wiener Staatsoper), Mariella Ermini (National Dance Academy, Rome), Bruno Vescovo (Teatro alla Scala in Milan), Luigi Martelletta and Raffaele Paganini (Rome), Kristina Champaigne ( Slovenia), Ranko Yokoyama
and Loreta Alexandrescu (Teatro alla Scala).

Since 2017 he has been teaching the first, second and third academic preparatory courses at the Verona Ballet.