Romina Kołodziej

Romina Kołodziej

First soloist
She graduated at the Ballet School Bytom, Poland in 2001 and the National Ballet School in Gdansk in 2005. In the summer of 2005 and 2006 she was participating in the project Europa Dance, France. In season 2005/2006 she was member of the Theatre Class in the State Opera in Vienna, Austria.
 
Since 2006 she was member of the SND Ballet, since 2009 soloist. In 2011 she was promoted to leading soloist. Between 2010 and 2012 she was also soloist with the Ballet of the State Theatre Košice.
 
Her repertory with the Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre includes principal roles such as Medora (Le Corsaire, ch. V. Medvedev, S. Fečo after M. Petipa; ch. V. Malakhov), Nikia, Gamzatti (La Bayadère, ch. R. Avnikian after M. Petipa), Aurora (Sleeping beauty, ch. B. Yuldashev after M. Petipa), Odette/Odile (Swan Lake, ch. R. Avnikian after M. Petipa, L. Ivanov), Tatiana, Olga (Onegin, ch. V. Medvedev), Clara (The Nutcracker, ch. F. Nault), Giselle (Giselle, ch. O Šoth), Myrtha (Giselle, ch. R. Avnikian after J. Perrot, J. Coralli), Gulnara (Le Corsaire, ch. R. Avnikian, B. Juldashev), Helena (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ch. Y. Vámos), Anastasia (Ivan the Terrible, ch. L. Vaculík), Diana (Esmeralda, ch. V. Medvedev, S. Fečo), Romola de Pulszky/Myrtha (Nijinsky – God of Dance, ch. D. de Andrade), Lienka Marienka (A Beetle Was Born, ch. I. Holováč), Russian girl Solo, Waltz solo couple (Serenade, ch. G. Balanchine), Tchaikovsky pas de deux (ch. G. Balanchine), Angelika (Angelika, ch. Mauro de Candia) and parts in ballets Paquita (ch. M. Petipa), Grand pas classique from Raymonda (ch. J. Chang after M. Petipa), La Sylphide (ch. A. Bournonville), solo (4 seasons, ch. J. Kudelka), Un Ballo and Six Dances (ch. J. Kylián), 15 Heterosexual Duets (ch. J. Kudelka), Inspiration, Zmena, Stretnutie s labuťou/The Encounter with Swan (ch. M. Radačovský), When to Die Means to Live (ch. I. Holováč), Resemblance of Femininity (ch. G. Lambrecht) and Take Me With You (ch. Robert Bondara).
 
Awards
14th All–Poland Dance Competition (2005) – 3rd place
13th All–Poland Dance Competition (2003) – 2nd place
20th International Competition of Dance in Warna, Bulgaria (2002) – semi-final
12th All–Poland Dance Competition (2001) – 1st place