Bridget Breiner - Stuttgart Ballet

Bridget Breiner was born in Connecticut in the U.S.A. She received her training at the BalletMet Dance Academy in Columbus, Ohio, and subsequently at the Heinz Bosl Foundation in Munich. She had her first engagement at the Bavarian State Ballet (Munich), where she was a Corps de Ballet dancer from 1992 to 1995 and a Demi Soloist from 1995 to 1996. In Munich, she danced solo roles in Swan Lake (Ray Barra), The Sleeping Beauty (Sir Peter Wright), Grosse Fuge (Hans van Manen), Concerto Barocco (George Balanchine), Sinfonietta (Jirí Kylián) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier).

Ms. Breiner joined the Stuttgart Ballet in the 1996-97 season as a Corps de Ballet dancer, was promoted to Soloist one year later and to Principal Dancer in 2001.

Since joining the Stuttgart Ballet, the following roles have been added to her repertoire: Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Tatiana in Onegin, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, the Diva in Poème de l'Exstase (John Cranko), Terpsichore in Apollo (George Balanchine), the Novice in The Cage, the Ballerina in The Concert as well as the leading role in Afternoon of a Faun (Jerome Robbins), the Lilac Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty (Marcia Haydée), Manon in The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier), Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Jean Christophe Blavier), Columbine in Pierrot Lunaire (Glen Tetley) and Queen Isabella in David Bintley's Edward II.

In addition, she has danced leading roles in: Symphony in C (Second Movement) and Stravinsky Violin Concerto (George Balanchine), Love Songs, Herman Schmerman, Approximate Sonata and the Pas de Deux from In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated (William Forsythe), 5 Tangos, Twilight, Kleines Requiem (Hans van Manen), Initials R.B.M.E., Opus I, Brouillards (John Cranko), Monotones (Sir Frederick Ashton), The Rite of Spring (Glen Tetley), Forgotten Land (Jirí Kylián), Kazimir's Colours (Mauro Bigonzetti), Suite (Uwe Scholz), Vers un Pays Sage (Jean- Christophe Maillot), Désir (James Kudelka), and Now and Then (John Neumeier).

Roles have been created for her in Delta Inserts, dreamdeepdown (Kevin O'Day), Passacaglia, dos amores, the seventh blue, Carlotta's Portrait, Songs (Christian Spuck), One to Another and Cindys Gift (Douglas Lee), still.nest (Dominique Dumais), Double Music (Jean Christophe Blavier), Fishy (Ivan Cavallari), Jupiter (Pascal Touzeau) and Exilium (Jean Gran-Maître).

Ms. Breiner has danced in various international galas and festivals in the United States, Italy, England, Hungary, France and Germany. In addition she has toured world wide with the Stuttgart Ballet.