Fabio Grossi (dancer)


Fabio Grossi is a retired Italian dancer and ballet teacher.

Early life

He trained at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome, where he graduated with full marks.
He studied all over Europe with many international teachers including Marika Besobrasova, Rosella Hightower, Patricia Carey, Wilhelm Burmann, Philip Beamish, Raymond Franchetti.

Performing career

At age 19, Grossi was a First Prize Winner at the Rieti Dance Competition in Italy and the only Italian to be a Finalist and a Diploma Winner at the 1997 Moscow International Ballet Competition in Russia, which was directed by Yuri Grigorovich.
On October 11, 1997 he made his debut as a Soloist with Aterballetto.
Then he successively joined:
From 2003 to 2007, he has been one of the leading dancers of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma performing as partner of Italian Ballerina Carla Fracci.
On May 11, 2008 he danced his farewell performance as a Guest Artist of the Arena di Verona, with the role of Albrecht in Giselle at the Teatro Filarmonico.

Choreographic repertory

As a Principal Dancer, Grossi's repertoire included most of the major classical, neoclassical and romantic roles of the ballet tradition such as Giselle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Mikhail Fokine's Les Sylphides and Petrushka, Léonide Massine's Pulcinella and George Balanchine's re-created pieces La Chatte and The Ball.
At the Rome Opera House, numerous principal roles in neoclassical and contemporary new works have been made on him.
He also performed lead roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe, Uwe Scholz, Ohad Naharin, Robert North, Amedeo Amodio, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Mauro Bigonzetti and many others.

Accomplishments

He won the Léonide Massine Ballet Award in Positano twice, as an Emerging Talent in 1997 and as an Established Artist in 2007, and the Anita Bucchi Dance Award as the Best Male Dancer of the Year with the following motivation:
"Young artist with unequalled personality and charism. His performances are the out-come of a very hard work of research, synthesis and introspection, completed by a vigorous and mature technique."
Described as "a major star in the making", he has been regarded by critics and audience as one of the most talented Italian dancers of the moment and as one of the best the Rome Opera Ballet has lately had among its ranks.
In 2014 the Accademia Nazionale di Danza honoured him with an evening at the Teatro Ruskaja.

Teaching career

From 2008 to 2016 Grossi taught ballet, working at the Arena di Verona as a ballet master and at the National Academy of Dance in Rome as guest teacher, choreographer and Pas de Deux instructor.
On June 23, 2014 he came back on stage after a six years-long absence as a "distinguished and amusing" Doctor Coppelius in the Rome Academy's traditional production of Coppélia, and he got rave responses from the audience.
Since 2016 he is not involved in the world of ballet anymore.

Personal life

He is married to Tiziana Lauri, with whom he lives in Rome.