Yuleanne Santos
Dancer
Originally from Teresina, Brazil, she started her early ballet training at the age of six at Teatro do Boi and continued training at Balé Jovem do Piauí in her hometown. Upon completing her training in Brazil, she moved to Italy after receiving a full scholarship to train at Balletto di Roma.
During her time as a student, she was honored to work with esteemed dance figures, such as Cornell Callender, Ana Maria Garagozzo, Alexandre Stepkine, Jose Perez and the Principal Dancer of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, Marcia Jaqueline. She was a gold and silver medalist at Prêmio Internacional de Dança de São Paulo, a prestigious Dance competition in Brazil.
In 2018, she joined Astana Ballet in Kazakhstan as a soloist, where she performed for one season works of renowned choreographers such as Ricardo Amarante, Vasily Vainonen, Yuri Grigorovich, Mukaram Avakhri, among others.
Her repertoire of soloist and principal roles includes Kitri in Don Quixote, Prelude in Chopiniana, Sugar Plum Fairy and Arabian lead in The Nutcracker, Fairy Godmother and Cinderella’s mother in Cinderella, La Sylphide (pas de deux), Spring Waters pas de deux, Dracula’s Bride in Dracula, Esmeralda (pas de six) and Phrygia in Spartacus Adagio. She’s been a guest artist with The Charleston Ballet (West Virginia) in their annual Nutcracker and Dracula productions.