Born in Nuoro, Italy, Angelo Greco trained at La Scala Ballet School in Milan. He danced with La Scala Ballet before joining San Francisco Ballet as a soloist in 2016. He was promoted to principal dancer in 2017, and named Diana Dollar Knowles Principal Dancer in 2022.
“This is Greco’s domain. His arresting elevation, turn aplomb and overall swagger make him perfect for a most difficult role.”—Culture Vulture
Angelo Greco has danced major roles in Helgi Tomasson’s Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Nutcracker, and The Sleeping Beauty; Wheeldon’s Cinderella; and Balanchine’s Divertimento No. 15 (Lead Man and Theme) and Prodigal Son (Son). He created roles in Possokhov’s Optimistic Tragedy (Two Sailors), Rhoden’s LET’S BEGIN AT THE END and The Promised Land, Welch’s Bespoke, and Wheeldon’s Bound To.
Angelo danced principal roles in Pas de Deux from Le Corsaire (after Petipa); Lander’s Études (excerpt); Ratmansky’s Piano Concerto #1 of Shostakovich Trilogy and Seven Sonatas; Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer and Other Dances; Tomasson’s The Fifth Season, Haffner Symphony, On a Theme of Paganini, Soirees Musicales, Swan Lake (Act 1 pas de trois), and Trio; Scarlett’s Hummingbird; Thatcher’s Foragers, and the pas de deux from Vainonen’s Flames of Paris. His repertory includes Pita’s Salome (Hostages) and Tomasson/Possokhov’s Don Quixote (Basilio and the Act 3 pas de deux).
Elsewhere, his repertory included principal and featured roles in Béjart’s Gaîté Parisienne (Bim), Duato’s Nutcracker, MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet (Romeo), Nureyev’s Don Quixote (Basilio), and Ratmansky’s The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Desiré and Bluebird). Angelo performed Don Quixote with Yuan Yuan and Friends on tour in Shanghai in November 2018, Nutcracker at the Santa Barbara Festival Ballet, December 2018, with Roberto Bolle and Friends on tour and at the On Dance Gala in Milan, Italy, in June 2018, and at the New Year’s Ballet Gala in Baden-Baden, Germany, in December 2017. He danced Basilio in Don Quixote with Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in Rome, Italy, in November 2017.
Angelo won the award for best male dancer at The International Competition for the Erik Bruhn Prize in Toronto, Canada, in November 2016. He received the Outstanding Artistry Award, presented by Dance Europe, in 2011 and 2012.
In Angelo’s own words:
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE COSTUME AND WHY?
The Don Quixote costume from the third act. I like how old-fashioned it looks.
WHAT’S YOUR PERFECT DAY?
When I feel free.
WHEN I’M NOT WORKING I ENJOY…
Playing the piano. I’ve never taken lessons so I’m self-taught.