{"id":1801,"date":"2026-02-11T16:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/?p=1801"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:48:55","slug":"caterina-calvino-prina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/caterina-calvino-prina\/","title":{"rendered":"Caterina Calvino Prina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"translation-block\">A dancer and teacher, she completed her professional training by earning all diplomas from the Kyiv Ballet Academy, directed by Alvina Kalchenko, and by attending university-level courses at the Vaganova Academy of Ballet Method. She studied under Alvina Kalchenko, Alla Nekrasova, Liudmila Volodko, and Irina Skripnik, specializing in the Vaganova Method. \nSince 1999, she has served as the Italian representative of the Ukrainian Ballet Academy (AUB) of Kyiv, and in 2005, she founded the permanent headquarters of AUB in Milan at the Teatro delle Erbe, becoming its Director. From the very beginning, she has organized events of great artistic significance in Milan\u2019s major theaters and throughout Italy, notably Grand Galas featuring international \u00e9toiles from the world\u2019s leading theaters. \nSince 2009, she has also organized tours presenting the most important ballets of the classical repertoire\u2014including Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and Don Quixote\u2014performing at illustrious venues such as the Teatro Arcimboldi in Milan, the Teatro Verdi in Florence, and many other prestigious stages. In organizing these tours, she collaborates closely with the Macedonian Opera and Ballet, providing students of the Academy the opportunity to perform alongside world-renowned professionals.\nAs a choreographer, she rounded out her training through the study of modern and contemporary dance, which she teaches at AUB, having developed a highly personal technique and style. She has earned numerous awards and accolades with her students, including the prestigious International Award \"Dancing Without Borders\" held in Kyiv in 2004, 2007, and 2012. She choreographed Carmen for AUB students, and in 2011, she was commissioned to choreograph the opera-musical La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), featuring music by Msgr. Marco Frisina. She had previously debuted as a guest choreographer for the \"colossal\" version of The Divine Comedy at the Arena di Verona in 2010, establishing herself as the official choreographer in October 2011 for the international premiere at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, which was followed by a tour across various Italian cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2012 he directed the Gran Gal\u00e0 Angeli sulle punta at the Verona Arena, which featured, among others, Les ballets Trockadero de Montecarlo, Denis and Anastasia Matvienko and other international stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2014, she has been the organizer and producer of all the shows performed by the Academy's students during the theatrical season at the Teatro Arcimboldi in Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, he oversaw the transformation of the Academy company into AUB COMPAGNIA ITALIANA DI BALLETTO, producing and distributing shows throughout Italy and entering into a partnership with the Ecoteatro of Milan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020\/21, thanks to the fruitful collaboration with the TAM Teatro Arcimboldi Milano, a new venue will be added to the Ukrainian Ballet Academy, allowing the Academy to experience the theatre's wonderful spaces on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022 she wrote and directed the musical comedy \u201cEquilibri sopra la Follia\u201d which was a great success and was confirmed for the following season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting from the 2023\/24 academic year, in collaboration with the TAM Teatro Arcimboldi Milano, he founded the three-year Contemporary professional training program \u201cTAM Formation\u201d, whose main headquarters is in the Theater itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023, the Academy's new headquarters will open at the prestigious Teatro Lirico in Cagliari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, she was entrusted with the direction and management of the renowned Dance School of the Carcano Theater, which under her direction took on new life and found important new outlets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"translation-block\">Since 2024, she has been Creative Director of the new project in collaboration with the Teatro Arcimboldi: \u201cTAM Ballet.\u201d <strong>TAM Ballet<\/strong> is a new company that aims to become a reference in Italian theater, promoting young ballet talent. With a permanent home at the Teatro Arcimboldi, it offers an ideal environment for perfecting technique and exploring new creative possibilities. <br>Fusing tradition and innovation, the company responds to the growing demand for classical ballet performances and ambitiously looks to the European scene, through international collaborations and co-productions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder and Director<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1802,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-docenti"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1804,"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1801\/revisions\/1804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cibu.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}