Resume

Elisabetta completed her MA degree in Compared Languages and Cultures at Macerata University and her BA Degree in Modern Languages, Arts and Cultures at Urbino University (major in Russian language, literature and culture). Her MA thesis examined the work of the Russian choreographer Boris Eifman’s Red Giselle, while her BA thesis analysed the structure of the librettos of Tchaikovsky’s ballet trilogy. She completed a second MA in Teaching Italian as Second Language at Macerata University and worked as tutor of Italian language since 2011. She studied at Saint Petersburg State University, worked as organizer of cultural events and tutor of Italian language at the Italian Institute of Moscow (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

She is currently an International PhD candidate at Sydney University, Department of Theatre Performance Studies, where she is conducting a research on the influences of the Russian ballet acting approaches on the Australian companies founded by former Ballets Russes émigrés. She completed RAD ballet examinations and performed in an Italian contemporary ballet company from 2003 to 2010.