Alba Nadal

Alba Nadal was born in Zaragoza and brought up in Catalonia, first with Olga Roig in Manresa and later on, at Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. She travelled to Madrid at the young age of twelve to continue with Victor Ullate, and finished her formation at the Royal Ballet in London. Since 2004 until 2019 she danced with the Royal Danish Ballet and now she is soloist at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe under the leadership of Bridget Breiner.

Ballet education:

1987-1994. At “Olga Roig Ballet School” in Manresa.
1995-1997. At “Institut del teatre”. Barcelona.
1998-2002. At Victor Ullate Ballet School. Madrid.
2003-2004. Full scholarship for the last year at the Royal Ballet Upper School.
2004-2019, dancer at the Royal Danish Ballet.
2019-until present day. Soloist at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.

Soloist and principals classical roles:

Flower Festival (Bournonville), “Dark Angel” in Serenade (G.Balanchine), “Birthe” in Folk Tale (A. Bournonville), Giovanina and Pas de six en Napoli (A.Bournonville), La Ventana (A.Bournonville), “Russian pas de deux” and “Pas de quatre” in Swan Lake (P.Martins), Soloist Fairy in Midsummer Night Dream (J. Neumeier), “Fairy of knowledge” in Sleeping Beauty (C. Wheeldon), “Cook” in Alice in Wonderland (C.Wheeldon), Pas d’Action in La Bayadere, Kurtisane in Manon, Pas à trois in “La Ventana” (A. Bournonville), among others.

Neoclassical/modern works:

Always/only, Petit Poème, Unfolding, when the sun is down (Kevin O’Day), Russ (as “mother” by Bridget Breiner), Viola in “Was ihr wollt?” (B. Breiner),
Million Kisses to my Skin (D. Dawson), Pas de 5 and Myrtha is Giselle (D.Dawson), The Suit by Cathy Marston, Wool over eyes, Unravel, Coping (Kristian Lever), Vertical Road (A. Khan),
Know (I. Sharabi), role of the Parents in The Death that best preserves (N. Horecna), Impenetrable Song (P. Delcroix), Strangers (S. Kloborg), Chroma and Infra (W. Mcgregor), Viscera (L. Scarlett), Cacti (A. Ekman), Lost on Slow (J. Elo), Prelude and Fugue (A. Marriott), Clocks and Clouds (F. Hernando Magadan), København and Carmen (Marcos Morau), Beside
Myself (Caroline Finn-Fisher), Eidolon (Kim Brandstrup), Air and Society of Lost Souls (J.Strømgren), Maria Magdalena in Requiem and Nomade (Tim Rushton), Petit Mort, Bella Figura, Psymphony of Psalms, Falling Angels and 27’52” (J. Kylián), Minus 7 (O.Naharin), Witness (A. Ailey), Anita in West Side Story (J. Robbins), and Slim in Come Fly Away (Twyla Tharp). Collaborations in Cross Connection Galas, Gala IBSTAGE 2017, Girona en Moviment Galas and Kammerballetten.

Academic education:

Graduated at Instituto Cervantes (Madrid).
Studied “Humanities” at U.O.C (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) and continued with “Psychology” studies at the same university.
Certified Yoga Teacher

Prizes:

• Reumert nomination as “Best Dancer” in Denmark 2017 for “A Naked Feeling” by Stefanos Bizas from Danish Dance Theatre and “Beginning and Ending” by Oliver Starpov for the role of Forest Queen, The Royal Danish Theatre.
• Annie and Otto Johs. Detlefs Foundation Grant for “Artistic development” (2018)
• Alberts Gaubiers og Poul Waldorffs Foundation Grant (2017)

Productions:

Together with David Rodriguez, Luke Prunty, Elisenda Duocastella and Manel Camp, she produces her first full length production: Casa d’àngels, inspired by the Catalan
author Mercè Rodoreda and premiered in December 2022 at Teatre Kursaal in Manresa.