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Pietra De Mello-Pittman
Pietra-Marie de Mello-Pittman Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 14 April 1983) is a Brazilian-British retired The Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet dancer and co-founder and co-director of Sisters Grimm Ltd, Sisters Grimm Ltd. She founded the company with composer Ella Spira in 2009 while still in the corps de ballet. A former First Artist of The Royal Ballet, she graduated into the Company in 2002 and trained at Royal Ballet School, The Royal Ballet Upper School. She was promoted to First Artist in 2008 and retired from the Company in 2015. In 2021 she received an MBE for services to International Trade and the Creative Industry in the 2021 New Year Honours, New Year Honours. Early life Mello-Pittman was born in Rio de Janeiro to a Brazilian mother and English father. She attended St Catherine's School, Bramley, St Catherine’s School Bramley, Surrey, from 1988 to 1999, before joining the Royal Ballet Upper School in London at age 15. While still at the school, Pietra performed w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietra Mello-Pittman Co-founder Of Sisters Grimm
Pietra means "stone" in Italian language. It is also rarely used as a given name (feminine of Pietro, ''Peter''), corresponding at almost to Petra (given name), Petra. It may refer to: People * Pietra Brettkelly (born 1965), New Zealand film director * Pietra Montecorvino (born 1962), Italian singer and actress * Pietra Rivoli (born 1950s), American economist * Pietra (surname), an Italian surname Other uses * Pietra Brewery, a Corsican brewery * La Pietra, a school in Honolulu, Hawaii See also * * *Peter Pietras (1908–1993), American soccer player *Pietro, given name *Pietrari (other) *Petra, a city in Jordan *Petra (other) {{disambiguation, given name, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondine (ballet)
::''See also Ondine, ou La naïade for the ballet on the same theme by Pugni and Perrot'' ''Ondine'' is a ballet in three acts created by the choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton and composer Hans Werner Henze. Ashton originally produced ''Ondine'' for the Royal Ballet in 1958, with Henze commissioned to produce the original score, published as ''Undine'', which has since been restaged by other choreographers. The ballet was adapted from a novella titled ''Undine'' by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué and it tells the tale of a water nymph who is the object of desire of a young prince named Palemon. The première of the ballet took place at the Royal Opera House, London, on 27 October 1958, with the composer as guest conductor. The first major revival of this Ashton/Henze production took place in 1988. History The three-act ballet of ''Ondine'' was commissioned and produced for The Royal Ballet in 1958 by the choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton. The resulting ballet was a collaborati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
