Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoya

2003 Jeune Ballet d’Europe
2003-2005 Compañia Nacional de Danza 2
2005-2006 Opéra national du Rhin
2006 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal (Corps de ballet)
2008 Promoted to Demi-soloist
2009 Promoted to Soloist
2016 Promoted to First Soloist
2018 Promoted to Principal Dancer

Solo roles in several ballets:

• Rubies (George Balanchine)
• Rassemblement (Nacho Duato)
• The Rite of Spring and Le regard d’Orphée (Stijn Celis)
• Sleeping Beauty (Mats Ek)
• Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck)
• The Firebird (Marco Goecke)
• The Nutcracker (Fernand Nault)
• Roméo et Juliette (Jean-Christophe Maillot)
• Cantata, The Four Seasons (Mauro Bigonzetti)
• The Queen of Spades (Kim Brandstrup)
• The Little Prince (Didy Veldman).

Her repertoire also includes ballets from world-renowned choreographers such as:

• Duende, Coming Together, Arenal, L'Amoroso, Jardí Tancat (Nacho Duato)
• Six Dances, Forgotten Land, Bella Figura and Symphony of Psalms (Jiří Kylián)
• Polyphonia (Christopher Wheeldon)
• Arbos, Danz and Minus One (Ohad Naharin)
• Searching for Home, Dream Away (Stephan Thoss)
• RE-,II (Shen Wei)
• Frisking (Wim Vandekeybus)
• Ondine (David Nixon)
• Désert d'amour (Dominique Bagouet)
• Dance, Chamber Suite (Lucinda Childs)
• Episodes (George Balanchine)
• Noces

Vanesa is also a choreographer. She has created, among others, the pieces Departed and Fuego for the Parlami d'Amore program, presented during Les Grands Ballets' 2018-2019 season, as well as "From the Sun to the Moon" in the program LUNA presented in April 2022.

2002 Honourable Mention (Torrelavega) - Fondation Princesse Grace Award, Monaco Dance Forum