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Rebecca Horner<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Wiener Staatsballett: Corps de Ballet (2007-?, 2012-2015), Demi-Soloist (2015-2017), Soloist (2017-present)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\"RebeccaRebecca Horner was born in Vienna, Austria on February 10, 1989. At age four, Horner started training in the performing arts at Performing Center Austria. Soon after, she starred in a television movie Unser Opa ist der Beste<\/em> (My Grandpa is the Best<\/em>) in 1995, followed by several more movies for the next three years.<\/p>\n

Horner then transitioned to ballet, studying at Ballettschule der Wiener Staatsoper. She joined Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper und Volksoper in 2007. After a maternity leave, she rejoined the company in 2012, was promoted to demi-soloist in 2015, and soloist in 2017.<\/p>\n

Her repertoire is extensive: John Neumeier’s Josephs Legende<\/em> (Potiphar’s Wife) and Le Sacre <\/em>(main role), Stephan Thoss’ Bluebeard’s Secret<\/em> (Bluebeard’s Mother), Patrick de Bana\u2019s Marie Antoinette<\/em> (Maria Theresia), Rudolf Nureyev\u2019s Raymonda<\/em> (Countess Sibylle) and Swan Lake<\/em> (Spanish dancer), Vesna Orlic\u2019s One Thousand and One Nights<\/em> (Princess Budur), Boris Nebyla’s Afternoon of a Faun<\/em> (Pas de Deux), Andrey Kaydanovskiy’s The Ugly Duckling <\/em>(Mother Duck), Elena Tschernischova\u2019s Giselle<\/em> (Myrtha), Davide Bombana\u2019s Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/em> (Queen Mab), and Edward Clug\u2019s Peer Gynt<\/em> (The Woman\/Wife). She has performed other lead roles in Vesna Orlic’s Carmina Burana<\/em>, Ben van Cauwenbergh’s Tanzhommage an Queen<\/em>, Jir\u00ed Kyli\u00e1n’s Bella Figura<\/em>, William Forsythe’s The Second Detail<\/em>, Alexander Ekman’s Cacti<\/em>, Edwaard Liang\u2019s Murmuration<\/em>, Jorma Elo\u2019s Glow \u2013 Stop<\/em>, and Wayne McGregor\u2019s EDEN|EDEN<\/em> and originated lead roles in Eno Peci’s Petruschka<\/em> and Andrey Kaydanovskiy’s The Firebird<\/em>.<\/p>\n

She has been awarded the Goldener Roy (1997), the Promotion Prize from the Ballettclub Wiener Staatsoper & Volksoper (2015), and the Fanny El\u00dfler-Ring (2019). Horner was nominated for Best Dancer of the Year by Tanz<\/em> Magazine and for the Leadings Ladies Award by Madonna<\/em> Magazine. She has been praised for her \u201celegant and classical lines\u201d by Bach Track<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Horner\u2019s daughter was born in 2011.<\/p>\n