Wilma Giglio

Born: 1994

Nationality: Argentinian 

Education: Began her career in Teatro del Libertador Córdoba in Argentina. In 2010 she participated in Prix the Lausanne, and was offered a scholarship to Canada’s National Ballet School in Toronto where she graduated in 2012 and was part of their post secondary program until 2014

Career: Joined the Royal Danish Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2014. Promoted to soloist in 2018 and to principal dancer in 2021

Selected Repertoire:

August Bournonville
La Sylphide (The Sylph)
George Balanchine
Diamonds (Principal Pas de Deux)
Emeralds (Principal Couple)
The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy)
Christopher Wheeldon
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Alice)
John Neumeier
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet)
Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler (Fourth Movement)
Silja Schandorff and Nikolaj Hübbe after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot
Giselle (Giselle)
Silja Schandorff and Nikolaj Hübbe after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Swan Lake (Odette/Odile)
Nikolaj Hübbe
Raymonda (Raymonda)
Don Quixote (Kitri)

Contemporary Repertoire:

Jorma Elo
Sibelius  4th Symphony
Alexei Ratmansky
The Art of the Fugue
Akram Khan
Vertical Road
Jiří Kylián
Symphony of Psalms
Wayne McGregor
AfteRite
The Dante Project
Sharon Eyal
Bedroom Folk
Jerome Robbins
Glass Pieces (Pas de Deux)

Wilma Giglio is also a guest dancer at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

Awards and grants: Prix de Lausanne Candidate in i 2010 – scholarship to Canada’s National Ballet School, Oberstinde Polly Sander’s Grant in 2017, Ole Nørlyng’s Talent Award in 2018 and the Order of Dannebrog in 2022.

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Instagram: @_miss_wil