Ferri headhunts Madison Young, António Casalinho, Margarita Fernandes to Vienna State Ballet
- Ikuko
- 2 days ago
- 1 min read
Updated: 22 hours ago
Alessandra Ferri has headhunted more. They are three amazing talents from the Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich, Germany, to the Vienna State Ballet (Wiener Staatsballett) in Austria, where she will assume the position of the artistic director in September.
The Bayerisches Staatsballett announced on 13th April 2025 in its Instagram post;
"With bittersweet feelings—of sadness, but also immense pride—we announce that Madison Young, António Casalinho, and Margarita Fernandes will be leaving the Bayerisches Staatsballett at the end of this season to join the Wiener Staatsballett."
Madison Young and António Casalinho are currently Principals with the Bayerisches Staatsballett. Margarita Fernandes is Soloist.
There have been a series of announcements about amazing talents moving to Ferri's Vienna State Ballet since last week. Above three will join Victor Caixeta, Kentaro Mitsumori (currently Principal of the Royal Swedish Ballet), Marcelo Gomes and Cassandra Trenary (currently Principal of the American Ballet Theatre).
Congratulations to all!
I am also super keen who will fill the vacant seats at their current home grounds.
Here are a couple of pictures of Madison and Victor rehearsing Don Quixote in The Royal Ballet and Opera's MacMillan studio in London and being coached by Ferri, the lady herself, in October 2024. Madison wore her Alessandra leotard (!). She gave me a permission to use these images back then but I had not used them until now. Thank you Madison.
