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Alia Al Neyadi

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Professional Ballerina

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At the age of five, Alia began ballet training in Abu Dhabi at the Cultural Foundation, being one of just five Emirati girls to take up the dance form. Four years later she stood on her toes for the first time ‘en pointe’ and became recognized as the very first Emirati ballerina.

Her years of professional training in the UAE saw her become a member of the Fantasia Ballet – the first ballet school in the country. Her repertoire includes classical ballet, classical modern, jazz, Latin and character/folk following the renowned Russian method – Vaganova Academy style, which is the only one followed by Fantasia Ballet in the UAE, and has taken yearly exams by renowned artists of Ukraine, USA and Russia. (Such as Vadim Pisarev,Nobuhiro Terada). Alia has performed in numerous competitions and festivals including within the UAE and overseas in the United States, Ukraine and Bulgaria.

She was honoured in 2009 at L’Officiel Middle East: Arab Woman Awards with ‘Talent of the Year’ and at the GR8 Middle East Awards in 2013 as ‘Best Talent’. In 2018, she won ‘Young Talent’ at the Emirates Woman: Woman of the Year Awards and Grazia Middle East 2018: Generation Z – Influencers under 25.

Alia, a BA graduate specializing in culture and society affairs from Zayed University in Abu Dhabi is currently working with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi curating classical dance and music programmes for the Abu Dhabi Region.