 foto by Gert Weigelt |
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 foto by Gert Weigelt |
Born
in Huedin, Romania, SIMONA NOJA received her ballet education at the Arts University
in Cluj - Napoca and in 1994 has also completed studies in Philology with a
State Degree at the University „ Babes- Bolyay “ from Cluj - Napoca .
 foto by Gert Weigelt |
Between
1986 and 1991 soloist dancer with the Romanian Opera in Cluj- Napoca, and
from 1991 to 1995 Soloist at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf, she joined
Vienna State Opera as a principal Dancer in 1995. |
Her
Viennese repertoire includes: Odette - Odile in Rudolf Nureyev`s Swan Lake , Aurora and Enchanted
Princess in Peter Wright`s Sleeping
Beauty , Hippolyta / Titania in John
Neumeier`s A Midsummer Night`s Dream,
Constanze Mozart in Renato Zanella`s Wolfgang
Amade, Gamzatti in Vladimir Malakov`s and Patrice Bart´s Bayadere , the title parts in Nureyev`s
Raymonda, John Cranko`s Romeo and Juliet, Kenneth MacMillan`s Manon and Zanella`s Mata-Hari.
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She
also dances George Balanchine`s Apollo,
Theme and Variations, Violin Concerto, Tschaikovski- Pas de deux, MacMillan´s
Song of the Earth , Hans van Mannen`s Black Cake , M. Balkan` s Don Quixote Roland Petit`s Carmen, Zanella`s Duo Concertante, Movements, Love Beyond, Laus Deo and has created
the leads in Zanella`s Sacre du
Printemps, Thin Air, Alles Walzer, Wiener Blut , Beethoven Opus 7 ,
Bolero and Nutckracker.
Her previous repertoire includes also William Forsythe`s In The Middle…Somewhat Elevated , Nils Christe`s Before the Nightfall and Heinz Spoerli`s Swan Lake, Giselle, Firebird, Nutckracker, Goldberg Variations, Verklärte Nacht . From
1995 to 1997 SIMONA NOJA is also a soloist at the Deutsche Oper Berlin
where she danced in Roland Petit`s Les
Intermittences du Coeur and Ray Barra`s Snow
Queen. |
 foto by Gert Weigelt |
She
guested with Frankfurter Ballet, The Royal Swedish Ballet, The Bavarian State
Ballet, The Romanian State Opera, Hannover Ballett, Ballet Estable del Teatro
Colon and danced at Gala performances in Helsinki, Moscow, Arnheim, Stuttgart,
Ludwigsburg , Seoul, Miami and with the solo piece Strauss
incontra Verdi, created for her by Zanella , in Citta di Castello.
| In
1990, SIMONA NOJA is the winner of the Silver Medal in the 4th
International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mss. USA. |
 foto by Michael Dannenmann |
During
the season 1999-2000, SIMONA NOJA is the Artistic Director of the Romanian company
„Teatrul de balet Oleg Danovski“.
In
2001 she got the price Danza&Danza for the best dancer.
foto by Hans
Gerritsen
