Anna Chiara Amirante and Alessandro Staiano in Theme and Variations

Anna Chiara Amirante and Alessandro Staiano in Theme and Variations, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, choreography by George Balanchine. Stand With Ukraine, Ballet For Peace fundraising gala, Teatro di San Carlo, Napoli, Italy, 4.4.2022.

Annachiara Amirante. She trained at the Ballet School of the San Carlo Theater, directed by Anna Razzi, graduating in 2005. Her professional career was at the Teatro alla Scala Milan, the Rome Opera and the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.

Alessandro Staiano. He graduated in 2011 at the Ballet School of the Teatro di San Carlo under the direction of Anna Razzi. He worked at the Rome Opera and the San Carlo Theater.

Photos by Jack Devant © with kind permission of Teatro di San Carlo, special thanks to Giulia Romito.