Biography

a little about me

Born in Buenos Aires Argentina, Ana Sophia Scheller began dancing at the age of six. At the age of nine, she started taking Ballet classes with Katty Gallo (former soloist ballet dancer at the Teatro Colon) and Raul Candal (former principal ballet dancer at the Teatro Colon). She was admitted to the institution named Superior de Arte del Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires at the age of 10. At the age of 13, she received a scholarship as part of Argentinas National Presidential Prize for Cultural Excellence in Classical Dance for three consecutive years before moving to New York. In 2000, she enrolled as a full time student at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet. At SAB MS Scheller performed at the 2002 and 2003 Workshop Performances dancing the principal role in Ballo della Regina and Brahms Schoenberg Quartet third movement (Balanchine) and Aurora in the Wedding Pas de Deux from the Sleeping Beauty (Martins).             

In August 2003 Ms Scheller joined American Ballet Theater Studio Company where she performed featured roles in Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Forsythe), Symphony in C and Tarantella (Balanchine).

She joined New York City Ballet as a member of the corps of ballet in April 2004.In December 2006 she was promoted to soloist, then in May 2012 she was made principal with the New York City Ballet.

At the age of 18 she was partnered with Julio Bocca as a principal guest in his farewell world tour in Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela and Madrid Spain.

In 2012 she guested with Teatro Massimo in Palermo for the production of Cinderella  as Cinderella under de Direction of Luciano Canito.

She is also guest artist in many Galas around the world such as Nureyev Ballet Festival in Kazan (Russia),Gala International del Teatro Colon (Argentina), Gala de Ballet de Buenos Aires, Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition, Singapure and many more.

In July 2017 she joined San Francisco Ballet as a principal dancer under the direction of Helgi Tomasson.

In September 2019 she joined National Ballet of Ukraine , Kiev as a principal dancer . Where she performed full length of Swan Lake (Odette and Odile ), Sleeping Beauty ( Aurora ) , Giselle ( Giselle ) , La Sylphide (TheSylph), A Touch of Ilusión by Ricardo Amarante

George Balanchine

Apollo
Ballo della Regina
Brahms Schoenberg Quartet (Third Movement)
Cortège Hongrois
Divertimento No. 15
George Balanchines The Nutcracker™ (Sugarplum, Dewdrop, Marzipan)
Emeralds from Jewels
A Midsummer Nights Dream (Hippolyta)
La Sonnambula
La Source
La Valse
Raymonda Variations
Symphony in C (First Movement)
Symphony in Three Movements
Stars and Stripes
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3
The Four Temperaments
Vienna Waltzes
Walpurgisnacht Ballet
Who Cares?

Melissa Baraks

A Simple Symphony

Helgi Tomasson

Nutcracker

On a Theme of Paganini

Sleeping Beauty (Aurora)

Peter Martins

A Fool for You

The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora and Princess Florine)

Swan Lake

Alexei Ratmanskys

Concerto DSCH

Russian Seasons

Jerome Robbins

2 and 3 Part Inventions Interplay

“Anita” West Side Story Suite

Opus 19 The Dreamer

Christopher Wheeldon

DGV: Dance a Grande Vitesse

Les Carillons

Ms Scheller originated a feature role in:

Christopher dAmboises -Tribute

Jorma Elos- Slice to Sharp

Christopher Wheeldons- Estancia

Christopher Wheeldons- Les Carillons

Mauro Bigonzetti- Oltremare

National Opera of Ukraine

Swan Lake

Giselle

Sleeping Beauty

“Touch of Illusion” by Ricardo Amarante

La Sylphide

Other ballets performed at different ballet Galas and performances:

Coppelia pas de deux, Don Quixote pas de deux (Petipa), Le Corsaire pas de deux (Petipa), Esmeralda pas de deux (Petipa), Black Swan pas de deux (Petipa),Sleeping Beauty pas de deux (Petipa),Harlequinade Pas de Deux (Petipa) Alegro Brillante (Balanchine), Tarantella (Balanchine), Grand Pas Classique (Petipa), Diana and Acteon Pas de Deux (Vaganova), Paquita (Petipa), Diamonds pas de deux (Balanchine), Rubies pas de deux (Balanchine)

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1999

Prize for cultural excellence

At the age of 13, she received a scholarship as part of Argentinas National Presidential Prize for Cultural Excellence in Classical Dance for three consecutive years.

2003

American Ballet

Joined American Ballet Theater Studio Company where she performed featured roles in Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (Forsythe), Symphony in C and Tarantella (Balanchine).

2004

World tour

At the age of 18 she was partnered with Julio Bocca as a principal guest in his farewell world tour in Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela and Madrid Spain.

2012

Principal Dancer

At the age of 26 she was made principal with the New York City Ballet.

2017

Principal Dancer

She joined the San Francisco Ballet as the principal dancer.

2019

principal dancer

She joined National Ballet of Ukraine , Kiev as a principal dancer . Where she performed full length of Swan Lake (Odette and Odile), Sleeping Beauty (Aurora) , Giselle (Giselle) , La Sylphide (TheSylph), A Touch of Ilusión by Ricardo Amarante.

Honors

Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise in June 2003

1990

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1992

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