Ioanna Avraam
Ioanna Avraam was born in Nikosia (Cyprus). She was educated at the Nadina Loizidou Ballet School in Limassol as well as at the Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung/Ballet Academy in Munich. Her first performances she gave with Diastasis Ballet in Cyprus and with Bayerisches Staatsballett in Germany. In 2008 she joined the Ballett der Vienna State Operaund Volksoper. In 2010 she was promoted to demi-soloist of the Vienna State Ballet, in 2014 to soloist and in 2022 to first soloist. In 2023 she received the Artist Award of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts. In 2024, Ioanna Avraam was honoured twice: on 21 October, she received the Special Recognition Award of the Helena Vaz da Silva European Awards for Raising Public Awareness on Cultural Heritage at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon. On 5 November, she was awarded the Nemitsas Prize in Classical Ballet in her home country of Cyprus.
Her large repertoire comprises the title role and Peasant pas de deux in Elena Tschernischova’s »Giselle«, the title roles in Michael Corder’s »The Snow Queen« and Boris Eifman’s »Giselle Rouge«, Tatjana in John Cranko's »Onegin«, Julia in Davide Bombana’s »Roméo et Juliette«, Kitri and Amor in Rudolf Nureyev’s »Don Quixote«, Odette/Odile in Nureyev’s »Swan Lake«, Luisa in Nureyev’s »The Nutcracker«, Clémence in Nureyev’s »Raymonda«, fairy of honour and Pas de quatre in Peter Wright’s »The Sleeping Beauty«, Marie Gräfin Larisch and princess Louisa in Kenneth MacMillan’s »Mayerling«, Lescauts beloved in MacMillan’s »Manon«, Helena in Jorma Elo’s "Ein Sommernachtstraum", Gulnare and Zulméa in Manuel Legris' »Le Corsaire«, Vivette in Roland Petit’s »L'Arlesienne«, Romola Nijinsky and Armide in John Neumeier’s »Le Pavillon d’Armide«, Madame Elisabeth in Patrick de Bana’s »Marie Antoinette«, Ingrid, the bride, in Edward Clug’s »Peer Gynt«, Lilac Fairy in the world premiere of Martin Schläpfer's & Marius Petipa's »The Sleeping Beauty«, Prudence Duvernoy in Neumeierʼs »Lady of the Camellias« and Perdita in Christopher Wheeldonʼs »The Winterʼs Tale«. Moreover, she danced in works by George Balanchine, August Bournonville, Nils Christe, David Dawson, Michel Fokine, Andrey Kaydanovskiy, Jiří Kylián, Edwaard Liang, Serge Lifar, Thierry Malandain, Alexei Ratmansky, Jerome Robbins, Uwe Scholz, Heinz Spoerli, Stephan Thoss, Wachtang Tschabukiani, Rudi van Dantzig, Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe's »The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude« and »The Second Detail« sowie »Skew-Whiff« und »Source of Inspiration«. Furthermore, she performed in the world premieres of Patrick de Bana's »Windspiele«, Natalia Horecna's »Contra Clockwise Witness«, Antony McDonald's/Ashley Page's »Ein Reigen«, Daniel Proietto's »Blanc«, András Lukács’ »Movements to Stravinsky«, Pontus Lidberg's »Between Dogs and Wolves« and Martin Schläpfer's »4«, »The Seasons«, »Lontano«, »Marsch, Walzer, Polka« and »Ein Deutsches Requiem«.
Performances with Ioanna Avraam
with Madison Young, Victor Caixeta, Timoor Afshar
Kallirhoe
Cast on Sunday 26. October 2025
Abo 23
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Einen Wochentag und Lieblingsplätze wählen und fünf Vorstellungen in einer Saison genießen.
In diesem Abo sind folgende Vorstellungen enthalten:
| 26. Oktober 2025 | Kallirhoe (Ballett) |
| 23. November 2025 | Dialogues des Carmélites |
| 18. Jänner 2026 | Le nozze di Figaro |
| 01. März 2026 | Luisa Miller |
| 31. Mai 2026 | Eugen Onegin |
Die Fledermaus
Cast on Friday 28. November 2025
Die Fledermaus
Cast on Monday 8. December 2025
Ballettzyklus »Familie«
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Vom Jungen, der nicht erwachsen werden möchte, über ein humorvolles Tanzspektakel bis hin zur »perfekten Einführung in die Ballettkunst«: Für alle Menschen ab 10 Jahren lädt der Familienzyklus zum Träumen, Lachen und Verzaubern ein.