Sonia Vinograd

Sonia Vinograd Guidotti joined the Norwegian National Ballet in 2015 and has since distinguished herself across a wide-ranging repertoire. Her most notable roles include Clara in Boyadjiev's The Nutcracker, Kitri in Nureyev's Don Quixote, the title role in Parish's Raymonda suite, Myrtha in Harvey's Giselle, Mistress in MacMillan's Manon and Betsy in Spuck's Anna Karenina. She has also performed numerous central roles in Balanchine's repertoire, including the lead role in Theme and Variations, the Russian Girl in Serenade, pas de deux in Rubies, as well as featured roles in Diamonds and Agon.

She has also performed prominent roles in works by modern masters such as Mats Ek (She Was Black and A Sort Of ...), Jiří Kylián (Falling Angels, Sweet Dreams, Symphony of Psalms and Forgotten Land) and William Forsythe (The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude and In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated). Roles have been created for her in Øyen's Timelapse, Hough's Epic Short (as Carabosse), Jo Strømgren's Stigma and Boyadjiev's Fair Enough.

From 2012 to 2015, Vinograd Guidotti danced with Dresden Semperoper Ballett. During her time there, she appeared in productions including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Bayadère and Sleeping Beauty, and worked with choreographers such as Forsythe, Dawson, Ratmansky, Ekman, Celis and Lidberg.

Vinograd Guidotti is from Barcelona, Spain, where she trained with Rodolfo Castellanos at the Conservatori Professional de Dansa. In 2012, she was a prize winner at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland.