Dominic Antonucci is a ballet master and ex-principal dancer with the Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB). He was raised in Akron, Ohio, having been born in nearby Athens. He first attended the Nan Klinger School of Dance from age eight and subsequently the School of American Ballet in New York City. Dominic joined American Ballet Theatre in 1991 and BRB in 1994 as a soloist, where he was promoted to principal in 2003. He was appointed Ballet Master in 2009.
Roles
George Balanchine
The Four Temperaments Theme 2 Orpheus Dark Angel Slaughter on Tenth Avenue The Gangster Serenade Western Symphony
Frederick Ashton
La Fille mal gardée Colas and Thomas Enigma Variations Troyte Griffith Façade Dago The Two Pigeons Gypsy Lover Dante Sonata Scènes de ballet Symphonic Variations
David Bintley
Arthur Kay, White Dragon, Uriens, Gawain and Uther Pendragon Beauty and the Beast Beast Carmina Burana Third Seminarian Edward II Mortimer Far from the Madding Crowd Oak Hobson's Choice Fred Beenstock Salvation Army The Nutcracker Sweeties Floreador The Orpheus Suite Aristaeus, Apollo The Shakespeare Suite Petruchio The Sons of Horus Duamutef 'Still Life' at the Penguin Cafe Brazilian Woolly Monkey Giselle Peasant pas de deux and Hilarion (David Bintley and Galina Samsova's production)
John Cranko
Brouillards "Feuilles mortes" and "Des Pas sur la neige" The Lady and the Fool Midas Pineapple Poll Captain Belaye
Kenneth MacMillan
Romeo and Juliet Romeo, Benvolio and Paris Elite Syncopations "Bethena Concert Waltz" Solitaire
Hans van Manen
Five Tangos Grosse Fuge
Nahid Siddiqui
Krishna title role
Ninette de Valois
Checkmate Second Red Knight
Peter Wright Productions
Coppélia Franz The Nutcracker Prince and Drosselmeyer The Sleeping Beauty Bluebird Swan Lake Siegfried and Benno (Peter Wright and Galina Samsova's production)
Awards
Finalist, Jackson International Ballet Competition, 1994
References
External links BRB Bio Ballet.com Magazine Bio NY Times Review by Jack Anderson, October 14, 1990 Telegraph Review by Mark Monahan, May 10, 2007