Walter Angelini studied at Accademia Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano where he also gained performing experience with the ballet company of the same name. He was awarded a full scholarship for the JKO at American Ballet Theatre of New York City where he graduated. He has danced, as a Soloist and Principal Dancer, all around the world. He had the privilege of performing a wide repertoire from iconic choreographers including Marius Petipa, Frederick Ashton, August Bournonville, Vasili Vainonen, Yury Grigorovich, George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián, Rudolf Nureyev and Leonid Lavrovsky. His favorites roles include “Albrecht” from the ballet “Giselle”, “Oberon” from “The Dream”, “The Cavalier” from “The Nutcracker”, “Dorion” from “Vampires”. Walter Angelini, along with his wife Ines Albertini, was the Artistic Director and Principal Dancer of US International Ballet from 2017 to 2020. They brought to this position a gift for choreographing and for teaching, a dynamic vision, and the pursuit of excellence. Walter Angelini and Ines Albertini mesmerized audiences of all ages and backgrounds with their original ballet productions including “Vampires”, “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Wizard of Oz”. They are currently working on two new productions that “Étoile Ballet Theatre” will premiere during the 2020/2021 season: “Snow Maiden” and “The Seasons of Love”.

Walter Angelini is born in a small village in the heart of the Brianza region of northern Italy on 1st July 1991. He has a happy childhood surrounded by friends and family, and spends much of his time trekking, playing tennis, swimming and attending the local football school.
At just six years old, he expresses the wish to attend a dance school. And so his artistic journey starts in a small school, where he first takes up modern dance but, given his inclination and physical attributes, his teacher points him towards ballet.

In 2001, at 11 years old, he passes the selection process for the Accademia Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano with flying colors. He starts the first year of the eight-year course, embarking on a life full of new experiences, but also involving big and continuous sacrifices in order to respect the double commitment of dance and school. He works with the best teachers, including Loretta Alexandrescu, Leonid Nikonov, Tatiana Nikonova, Vera Karpenko, Paolo Podini, Emanuela Tagliavia; under the direction of Anna Maria Prina until 2006, and then Frédéric Olivieri. He takes part in all the school’s annual shows, including Coppelia, Paquita, Class Ballet staged by Asaf Messerer, Serenade staged by Patricia Neary and Raymonda, Symphony in D staged by Arlette Van Boven. He also takes part in various productions at Teatro Alla Scala including, Nutcracker, Gala Nureyev, International Gala, Pipistrello, Don Quixote and Vedova Allegra. Furthermore, in the summers he attends various summer intensives, including the Royal Ballet of London, Rosella Hightower’s school in Cannes and the Alicia Alonso course in Madrid.

At 17 years of age, after attending the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, he wins a scholarship for the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at American Ballet Theatre; and so he moves to New York, where he attends the last academic year, under the direction of Franco de Vita and he graduates in May 2010. He has the pleasure of studying with Kevin McKenzie, Harriet Clark, Olga Dvorovenko, Martine van Hamel, Susan Jaffe, Jessica Lang, Kate Lydon, Raymond Lukens, Clarice Marshall, and Lupe Serrano. He performs in the show Napoli, in a soloist role; and in Oblivion, choreograph hed by Jessica Lang. He signs a contract for the 2010-2011 season with Boston Ballet, before even graduating, but due to the lengthy visa application process, he is not able to honor it.

During this season Walter doesn’t lose heart and is noted by Maestro Michele Villanova during one of his workshops and later dances his choreographies at the Teatro Municipale Di Piacenza, Italy. He collaborates with numerous Italian academies including Arte e Spettacolo in Lesmo, Spazio Novecento in Gallarate, and in Milan, he has the opportunity of meeting Maestro Walter Venditti at the company Complesso Ambrosiano.

For the 2011-2012 season various companies in various countries including London, South Carolina, New Jersey, and New York, are interested in him. He signs a contract with “Atlantic City Ballet” under the direction of Phyllis Papa ballerina from American Ballet Theatre. The season leads him to perform a large part of the classical repertoire including “Dracula”, “The Nutcracker”, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and the contemporary choreography of the director Phyllis Papa “Eclipse” and “Drums”.

In November 2011 he gives a Thanksgiving Day performance (live on ABC channel 6) together with his partner Ines Albertini at the prestigious Philadelphia Art Museum, with a pas de deux choreographed by Phyllis Papa, with the tenor Nathan Pacheco.

In December 2011he dances a tango and a piece choreographed by Michele Villanova with his partner, Ines Albertini in the charity show “Accendi una stella per il tuo natale 2011” at “Teatro Municipale di Piacenza – Italy”. Various leading figures are invited, including the theatre actors Mino Manni and Silvia Siravo and the Italian singer Povia.

On 19 August 2012 Walter Angelini and his partner are invited by the lyrical singer Andrea Bocelli to dance during the “Vivere AmanDo” event organized by him in favor of the ARPA e M.E.V.V (volunteer doctors of Medici Volontari Versilia) association. They exhibit a Tango by Astor Piazzolla and a special remake of Romeo and Juliet to music by Nino Rota from Franco Zeffirelli’s film all played live by Bocelli’s pianist Giuseppe Santucci. Pianists Giuseppe Santucci, Amos e Matteo Bocelli, soprano Paola Sanguinetti, trombonist Andrea Toffanelli accompanied by the pianist Riccardo Arrighini, bow stringed instruments of the Puccini festival foundation and presenter laria Della Bidia participate in the event. Numerous international political figures and celebrities from the show world are present, among which the Italian actor Giorgio Panariello and the singer Renato Zero.

For the 2012-2013 season, he is chosen by the Russian Pasha Kambalov, who trained and worked at the Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, to join the company of the “First State Ballet Theatre” of Wilmington, Delaware. The season calls him to interpret classical repertoire ballets Walpurgis Night, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker and three different galas in which Walter performed in Don Quixote Pas, in Paquita variation and Flames of Paris (with Ines Albertini), he also dances the contemporary choreography of “Muckin’ About” and “Nonsense in the Sense of Innocence” (choreographed by Viktor Plotnikov), “Irene” and “Midsummer Night’s Dream”.

For the 2013-2014 season, he joins the Dance Theatre of Tennessee, Nashville. The season calls him to interpret main roles in ballets Giselle, Nutcracker, and Hansel and Gretel and numerous contemporary pieces of local and international choreographies.

In 2014 he joins the Dance Alive National Ballet as a Principal Dancer. Walter performed a large repertoire including Scheherazade, Vampyra, Nutcracker, Cinderella, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Swan Lake, Lady Bug and Allegro Brillante by Balanchine.

Walter Angelini, along with his wife Ines Albertini, was the Artistic Director and Principal Dancer of US International Ballet from 2017 to 2020. They brought to this position a gift for choreographing and for teaching, a dynamic vision, and the pursuit of excellence. Walter Angelini and Ines Albertini mesmerized audiences of all ages and backgrounds with their original ballet productions including “Vampires”, “Alice in Wonderland” and “The Wizard of Oz”. They are currently working on two new productions that “Étoile Ballet Theatre” will premiere during the 2020/2021 season: “Snow Maiden” and “The Seasons of Love”.

Walter is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 5.