Ilana Werner
First Soloist
Ilana Werner– whose parents were both dancers - was born in Zurich (Switzerland) and trained in her native town, in Monte Carlo and at the Munich Ballet Academy. She got a scholarship from the Ambrosoli Foundation and the Migros Kulturgenossenschaft.
Having graduated, she joined the Bavarian State Ballet in season 2003/2004 as a Corps de ballet dancer. Her repertoire includes Mats Ek’s Apartment, Forsythe’s Limb’s Theorem, one of the shadow varations in La Bayadère, Kylián's Bella Figura, a solo in van Manens Five Tangos and Balanchines Serenade.
She was promoted to soloist in February 2009 and to First Soloist in July 2012.
Debut 2006/2007
Solo in Song of the Earth (MacMillan)
Fairy variation in The Sleeping Beauty (Petipa, Liška)
Debut 2007/2008
Miranda in Der Sturm (Mannes)
Debut 2008/2009
Sister in A Cinderella Story (J. Neumeier)
Julia in Romeo and Juliet (J. Cranko)
Girl in Grey in Les Biches (B. Nijinska)
Olympia in Lady of the Camelias (J. Neumeier)
Solo in Viola Concerto II (M. Schläpfer)
Odalisque in Le Corsaire (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Pas de six in Swan Lake (M. Petipa/L. Iwanow/R.Barra)
Clémence in Raymonda (M. Petipa)
Olga in Onegin (J. Cranko)
Debut 2009/2010
Giselle in Once Upon An Ever After (T. Kohler)
Solo in Dämmern in Terpsichore-Gala IX (J. Neumeier)
Debut 2010/2011
Princess Claire in Illusions - Like Swan Lake (J. Neumeier)
2. dream variation in Don Quijote (R. Barra; M. Petipa, A. Gorski, Tradition)
Rocio in Don Quijote (R. Barra nach M. Petipa, A. Gorski, Tradition)
Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty (I. Liška,; M. Petipa)
Debut 2011/2012
Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Voices of Spring (F. Ashton)
Pas fabergée in Sleeping Beauty (M. Petipa / I. Liška)
Marie in The Nutcracker (J. Neumeier)
Solo "Of Youth" in Song of the Earth (K. MacMillan)
The Youngest Sister in Las Hermanas (K. MacMillan)
2. Pas de trois in Goldberg-Variationen (J. Robbins)
Lise in La Fille mal gardée (F. Ashton)
Debut 2012/2013
2. Shade Variation in La Bayadère (M. Petipa/P. Bart)
1. Pas de deux in Goldberg-Variationen (J. Robbins)
3. Solo-Girl in Choreartium (L. Massine)
The Moor's wife in The Moor's Pavane (José Limón)
Ilana Werner– whose parents were both dancers - was born in Zurich (Switzerland) and trained in her native town, in Monte Carlo and at the Munich Ballet Academy. She got a scholarship from the Ambrosoli Foundation and the Migros Kulturgenossenschaft.
Having graduated, she joined the Bavarian State Ballet in season 2003/2004 as a Corps de ballet dancer. Her repertoire includes Mats Ek’s Apartment, Forsythe’s Limb’s Theorem, one of the shadow varations in La Bayadère, Kylián's Bella Figura, a solo in van Manens Five Tangos and Balanchines Serenade.
She was promoted to soloist in February 2009 and to First Soloist in July 2012.
Debut 2006/2007
Solo in Song of the Earth (MacMillan)
Fairy variation in The Sleeping Beauty (Petipa, Liška)
Debut 2007/2008
Miranda in Der Sturm (Mannes)
Debut 2008/2009
Sister in A Cinderella Story (J. Neumeier)
Julia in Romeo and Juliet (J. Cranko)
Girl in Grey in Les Biches (B. Nijinska)
Olympia in Lady of the Camelias (J. Neumeier)
Solo in Viola Concerto II (M. Schläpfer)
Odalisque in Le Corsaire (M. Petipa/I. Liška)
Pas de six in Swan Lake (M. Petipa/L. Iwanow/R.Barra)
Clémence in Raymonda (M. Petipa)
Olga in Onegin (J. Cranko)
Debut 2009/2010
Giselle in Once Upon An Ever After (T. Kohler)
Solo in Dämmern in Terpsichore-Gala IX (J. Neumeier)
Debut 2010/2011
Princess Claire in Illusions - Like Swan Lake (J. Neumeier)
2. dream variation in Don Quijote (R. Barra; M. Petipa, A. Gorski, Tradition)
Rocio in Don Quijote (R. Barra nach M. Petipa, A. Gorski, Tradition)
Princess Florine in Sleeping Beauty (I. Liška,; M. Petipa)
Debut 2011/2012
Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (J. Cranko)
Voices of Spring (F. Ashton)
Pas fabergée in Sleeping Beauty (M. Petipa / I. Liška)
Marie in The Nutcracker (J. Neumeier)
Solo "Of Youth" in Song of the Earth (K. MacMillan)
The Youngest Sister in Las Hermanas (K. MacMillan)
2. Pas de trois in Goldberg-Variationen (J. Robbins)
Lise in La Fille mal gardée (F. Ashton)
Debut 2012/2013
2. Shade Variation in La Bayadère (M. Petipa/P. Bart)
1. Pas de deux in Goldberg-Variationen (J. Robbins)
3. Solo-Girl in Choreartium (L. Massine)
The Moor's wife in The Moor's Pavane (José Limón)
