Biography

Anthony Randazzo was invited by Mikko Nissinen to be Rehearsal Director at Boston Ballet in 2002. He works with the Company on a wide variety of repertoire, teaching Company class, assisting choreographers and stagers, staging existing works and coaching dancers. Randazzo works closely with resident choreographer Jorma Elo on numerous new works and revivals.

Randazzo first trained in Michigan with his mother, Marjorie Randazzo. He continued his training at Canada’s National Ballet School under the direction of Betty Oliphant. Invited by Alexander Grant, he joined the National Ballet of Canada and worked with esteemed artists such as Celia Franca, Erik Bruhn, Peter Schaufuss, Glen Tetley, Robert Desrosiers, Danny Grossman, and Constantin Patsalas.

In 1987, Helgi Tomasson invited Randazzo to join San Francisco Ballet. He became a Principal in 1988. He was featured in a wide range of repertoire, and his partnership with Evelyn Cisneros-Legate is highly acclaimed. Randazzo was named, “San Francisco Ballet’s premiere danseur noble” by the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1997 Randazzo returned to the National Ballet of Canada to work as Artist-in-Residence, retiring from the stage 18 months later. Randazzo is an Honorary Member of Cecchetti International.

Randazzo performed leading roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Sir Frederick Ashton, William Forsythe, Jiří Kylián, Paul Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Rudolf Nureyev, John Cranko, Sir Kenneth MacMillan, and Harald Lander. He originated roles in creations by Helgi Tomasson, James Kudelka, David Bintley, Mark Morris, and Val Caniparoli. He was well known for Principal roles in Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, and La Sylphide.