Sabrina Pretto

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| birth_place = Vicenza, Italy

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| education = Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace

| occupation = Ballet dancer

| years_active = 2008–present

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| former_groups = Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
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Stadtheater Koblenz
Les Ballet Grandiva

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Sabrina Sophie Pretto (born Alberto Pretto) is an Italian ballet dancer. She was formerly a soloist with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo ballet company. She was previously a company member with Stadtheater Koblenz and Les Ballets Grandiva, and danced as a guest artist with English National Ballet and Fondazione Arena of Verona. Pretto was a finalist in an international shoe design contest in 2000, organized by Sammauro Industria, and launched a dancewear line called Albypretty.

Biography

Sabrina Pretto was born in Vicenza. She started training in classical ballet when she was fourteen, studying under Maria Berica Dalla Vecchia. In 2004, she moved to Monaco and enrolled at the Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo.{{Cite web |title=DANCERS ALBERTO PRETTO |url=https://trockadero.org/dancers/alberto-pretto/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604191032/https://trockadero.org/dancers/alberto-pretto/ |archive-date=4 June 2019 }} She graduated in March 2008 from the academy. Upon graduating, she competed in the International Dance Competition in Spoleto and won the third place prize in classical ballet after dancing a variation from Bournonville's Napoli Pas de Six. Later that year, Pretto danced with the English National Ballet in their production of Strictly Gershwin and with the Fondazione Arena of Verona in the opera Aida.{{Cite web |title=Alberto Pretto |url=https://www.vkibc.org/alberto-pretto/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604191008/https://www.vkibc.org/alberto-pretto/ |archive-date=4 June 2019 }}

In 2008, Pretto danced as a member of the company at Stadtheater Koblenz in Koblenz, Germany, for two seasons. In 2010, she joined Les Ballets Grandiva, an all-male comedy ballet company, and went on tour with the company in Japan. She danced solo roles with Les Ballets Grandiva in Westward Symmetry, Gottschalk Pas de Trois, Pas de Quatre Noveau (Brian Norris), Paquita Pas de Trois, and Night Crawlers (Peter Anastos).

Pretto joined Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo in January 2011 and performed with the company under the stage names Nina Immobilashvili and Stanislas Kokitch.{{cite web|url=https://www.pointemagazine.com/inside-alberto-prettos-dance-bag-2623981342.html|title=Inside Trocks Dancer and Self-Proclaimed "Bag Lady" Alberto Pretto's Dance Bag|date=21 December 2018|website=Pointe}}{{cite web|url=https://outandaboutnashville.com/les-ballets-trockadero-de-monte-carlo-comes-to-tpac/|title=Men in Tights ... Trocks Bring Comedy Ballet to TPAC|first=James|last=Grady|work=Out & About Nashville |date=2 February 2019|publisher=}} With the Trockaderos she has danced soloist roles including La Tarantella Pas de Deux, Paquita, Walpurgishnacht, Esmerelda, and Les Sylphides, as well as the Dying Swan. However, she left the company shortly after coming out as a transgender woman, knowing that she could not continue dancing with them after physically transitioning.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/transgender-dancers-progress-can-t-come-fast-enough-n1147911|title=For transgender dancers, progress can't come fast enough|website=NBC News|date=8 March 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=https://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/vicenza/cultura-tempo-libero/20_dicembre_08/trans-formazione-punte-sabrina-2ca3b654-3981-11eb-bacf-c338cbac7a85.shtml|title=La trans-formazione sulle punte di Sabrina|first=Silvia Maria|last=Dubois|date=12 September 2020|website=Corriere del Veneto}}{{cite web |title=Alberto diventa Sabry: outing della stella del balletto |url=https://www.pressreader.com/italy/corriere-del-veneto-treviso-e-belluno/20201209/281543703503965 |via=PressReader |publisher=Corriere del Veneto |access-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922050156/https://www.pressreader.com/italy/corriere-del-veneto-treviso-e-belluno/20201209/281543703503965 |archive-date=Sep 22, 2022 |language=it |date=9 Dec 2020 |url-status=live}}

Pretto also performed as a drag queen under the stage name Lolita Golightly.{{Cite web|url=https://thotyssey.com/2016/08/23/on-point-with-lolita-golightly/|title=On Point With: Lolita Golightly|date=23 August 2016}}

Pretto is a fashion designer, and was a finalist in an international shoe design contest in 2000 that was organized by Sammauro Industria. She designs a line of dancewear called Albypretty.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com/les-ballets-trockadero-dancer-alberto-pretto|title=Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo dancer Alberto Pretto talks dancing en pointe, make up and creating his own dance wear range|date=24 August 2018|publisher=}}