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Ammanda
Rosa (1990)
Born in São Paulo, in 1990. Rosa began her ballet training at age eight at the Escola Municipal de Bailado. In 2007, she achieved contemporary and classical repertoire ballet certificates from Especial Academia de Balé. She was awarded at the Joinville Dance Festival and the Youth America Grand Prix, in New York. Rosa attained a soloist certificate from the Royal Academy of Dance, of London, in 2007.
Ana Paula
Camargo (1986)
Born in Ourinhos (SP), in 1986. Camargo began her dance training in her hometown at the Escola Municipal de Bailado. Later she danced with the Balé Teatro Guaíra, in Curitiba (PR). She was born in an artistic family – her two siblings are also dancers. She has also trained in other styles such as contemporary, flamenco and folk dancing.
Artemis
Bastos (1983)
Born in São Paulo, in 1983. Bastos began her ballet training at age six at the Cadência Ballet, in Rio Claro (SP), before attending the Camilla Ballet, in São Paulo. From 2002 to 2004 she performed as senior prima ballerina the corps de ballet of Companhia Estável Promodança. She was a guest dancer at the Classical Dance Expo held at Centro Cultural de São Paulo (CCSP), in 2003 and 2006.
Beatriz
Hack (1988)
Born in São Paulo in 1988. Hack began her ballet training at age ten with Paula Firetti, having achieved her certificate in 2005. She also attended the Escola Municipal de Bailado de São Paulo and the Especial Academia de Ballet. In 2007, Hack was offered a position with the Ballet Clasico y Moderno de La Ciudad de Asunción, in Paraguay.
Duda
Braz (1978)
Born in 1978. She holds a certificate from the Escola Municipal de Bailado de São Paulo. Braz has entered dance festivals in six foreign countries. From 2003 to 2004 she integrated the corps de ballet of the Grupo Raça Companhia de Dança. She holds an undergraduate degree in Art. She studied piano for three years and taught ballet classes at the Studio de Danças, in Recife.
Fabiana
Ikehara (1990)
Born in São Paulo, in 1990. Ikehara began her ballet training at ager three under Paula Firetti. At 17 she attained her certificate from the Escola Municipal de Bailado. She has been awarded at festivals in Joinville and Brasília, besides having integrated the corps de ballet of the Companhia Estável Promodança, from 2004 to 2008.
Irupé
Sarmiento (1984)
Born in Salta (Argentina), in 1984. Sarmiento has been training since age ten. In 1999, she attended the American Ballet Theatre, in New York, before continuing her training at the Contemporary Dance Workshop of the Teatro San Martín, in Buenos Aires, where she integrated the corps de ballet until 2004. She trained under masters Hector Zaraspe, Ilse Weidman, Mario Galizzi and Norma Binaghi, among others.
Karina
Moreira (1989)
She was born in Rio de Janeiro, attended the Dance School Maria Olenewa and apprenticed as a ballet dancer of the corps de ballet in the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro. Between 2007 and 2009, she studied at Fundação Birgit Keil - University of Music and Performing Arts, in Mannheim, in Germany, and apprenticed in Obadisches Stoats Theater Karlsruhe. In 2009, she became part of Ballet Ireland, Dublin.
Luiza
Del Rio (1992)
She was born in São Bernardo do Campo (SP). She graduated in Classical Ballet by the Academy of Ballet Elisa of São Paulo and studied at Bolshoi Theater School in Brazil from 2006 to 2010. She has taken part on important dance competitions as the Dance Festival of Joinville, International Ballet Competition and Youth America Grand Prix.
Luiza
Lopes (1990)
Born in São Paulo, in 1990. Lopes holds a certificate from the Escola Municipal de Bailado. From 2003 to 2006 she attended classes at the Núcleo de Dança Nice Leite – Ilara Lopes. She has been awarded at dance festivals and holds a certificate from the Royal Academy of Dance. In 2006 she was granted a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School and the English National Ballet School, both of them in London. She returned to Brazil in 2008 to join the São Paulo Companhia de Dança.
Michelle
Molina (1983)
Born in São Paulo, in 1983. Molina began training at age five. In 1996, she enrolled at the Escola Municipal de Bailado de São Paulo, from which she attained a certificate in 2001. She trained under masters Tony Abbott, Miti Warangae, Aracy de Almeida, Ruth Rachou, Ibis Montoto, and Ruben Terranova, among others. She danced with the young corps de ballet at Esi Dancers and Company Ballet.
Morgana
Cappellari (1990)
Born in Curitiba (PR), in 1990. She began her ballet training at age eight at the Escola de Dança do Teatro Guaíra. In 2004, after her selection at the Youth America Grand Prix, Cappellari trained at the Harid Conservatory (Florida, USA), from which she achieved a certificate in 2008. She was granted a scholarship to train at the American Ballet Theatre (New York, USA).
Paula
Penachio (1986)
Born in São Bernardo do Campo (SP), in 1986. Penachio began her ballet training at age seven at the Kleine Szene Studio de Dança. She has been awarded at several dance festivals such as those of Joinville (top score, best dancer) and she has danced with the Companhia de Dança de Santo André, the Especial Cia. de Danças Clássicas and the Companhia de Dança de São José dos Campos.
Pilar
Giraldo (1986)
Born in Rio de Janerio, in 1986. Geraldo began her training in her hometown at the Grupo Cultural de Dança-Ilha. After achieving a certificate from the Escola Estadual de Danças Maria Olenewa, she danced with the companies El Passo Cia de Dança and the DeAnima Ballet Contemporâneo. In 2006 Giraldo traveled to Germany. In that country, she achieved a certificate from the Manheim University of Music and Performing Arts and, from 2006 to 2010, she danced with the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, first as corps de ballet member and later as soloist.
Roberta
Bussoni (1985)
Born in Recife (PE), in 1985. Bussoni was trained at the ballet school of Ismael Guiser and Yoko Okada. In 2009, she was selected prima ballerina in the Centro Pró Danza, of Cuba. She has performed at Cia. Only Broadway, Cia. Paulista de Teatro Musical and in the Brazilian staging of The Phantom of the Opera.
Thaís
de Assis (1985)
Born in 1985. Assis began her dance training at Escola Municipal de Bailado de São Paulo. She took lessons from Tony Abbott, and danced with Corpo de Baile Jovem de São Paulo and Especial Companhia de Danças Clássicas. She was awarded at the Joinville Dance Festival and, in 2002, performed as guest dancer in the Classical Dance Expo held at Centro Cultural São Paulo.
Thamiris
Prata (1987)
Born in Santos (SP), in 1987. She achieved a certificate from the Escola Municipal de Bailado. Prata has danced with the Balé da Cidade de Santos and the Cisne Negro Cia. de Dança. She has been awarded gold medal at the Joinville Dance Festival and competed in the Youth America Grand Prix, in New York.
Acaoã
Castro (1992)
He is from the City of São Paulo. He started his dance studies at the age of seven in São Paulo and graduated in Classical Ballet, Jazz and Contemporaneous Dance by the Special Academy, under direction of Guivalde de Almeida. Between 2004 and 2006, he joined the Company Estável Promodança and in 2010 the Companhia Brasileira de Danças Clássicas (Brazilian Company of Classical Dance).
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Andre
Grippi (1990)
He was born in Campinas (SP) and started his career at Academia Ballet e Cia (Ballet Academy and Company), in Campinas. Among his awards, it features a silver medal is in Passo de Arte (Art Step) (2009) and a bronze medal in the Festival CBDD (2009). Between 2009 and 2010, he was a scholarship student of the Pacific Dance Arts School, in Vancouver, Canada, under artistic direction of Li Yamin and between 2010 and 2011 he was an intern in Joffrey Ballet Academy, in Chicago, the United States. He also joined Lamondance Works - Vancouver (2009). His professors include: Tânia Fortes, Vivien Fortes, Alexei Kremenev, Anna Renznik, Chartel Arthur, Graça Sales and Willy Shives. He joins São Paulo Companhia de Dança from January 2012.
Bruno
Veloso (1985)
Born in São Paulo, in 1985. Veloso began his dance training at Escola de Ballet Sandra Amaral, in 2003. In 2006, he joined the corps de ballet at Espaço de Danças e Artes Paulista. From 2003 to 2008, he performed as soloist at the Companhia Estável Promodança.
Diego
de Paula (1984)
He was born in Suzano and started his dance studies in 1995, at Studio Márcia Belarmino, in Suzano, São Paulo. From 1998 to 2000, under direction of Maurício Oliveira, he joined the Company Estável Promodança. From 2001, he was accepted at Akademie des Tanzes, directed by Birgit Keil, in Mannheim, Germany. In 2003, he was hired by Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe, also in Germany, where he was promoted to soloist in 2006 and Primo Ballerino in 2008, position which he held until 2011. He has already danced choreographies and versions of ballets of Uwe Scholz, Jean-Christopher Maillot, Hans Van Manen, Mac Millian, Balanchine, Peter Wright, Ashton, among others. He joined São Paulo Companhia in 2011.
Ed
Louzardo (1985)
Born in Belém, in 1985. Louzardo first came in contact with dance at age 11. His ballet training began at the Royal Academy of Dance, from which he went on to Escola de Danças Clara Pinto and finally achieving a certificate under Ana Unger, in whose company he started his professional career. Louzardo was a soloist with the Cia Brasileira de Danças Clássicas de São Paulo.
Fellipe
Camarotto (1987)
He was born in Osasco and started his dance studies with Clayds Zwing and Sasha Svetloff at 8 years old. In 2005, he joined the Bolshoi Theater School in Brazil and graduated in 2007. From 2008 to 2010, he was a dancer of the Company Jovem Bolshoi (Young Bolshoi) and in 2010, he participated on the ballet season The Nutcracker with the company Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, in Canada. He was awarded third place in the Hungarian International Ballet Competition, in Hungary, 2010. He worked professionally as soloist with great names of dance as Natalia Osipova, Vladimir Vassiliev and Ivan Vasiliev, Anton Korsakov and others in performances in Brazil, Uruguay, Italy, Russia and Canada. He professionally apprenticed with the companies Bolshoi Theater, in Russia, and La La La Human Steps, in Canada. He joins São Paulo Companhia de Dança from January 2012.
Joca
Antunes (1985)
Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985. He trained at the Grupo Cultural de Dança – Ilha and Escola Estadual de Dança Maria Olenewa. Antunes achieved a certificate from the London Studio Centre. He danced with the Ballet Jovem do Rio de Janeiro, DeAnima Ballet Contemporâneo, Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, Companhia de Dança de São José dos Campos, and K-Ballet Company, in Tokyo, Japan.
Juliano
Toscano (1991)
Born in Joinville (SC), in 1991. Toscano achieved a dance certificate from the Bolshoi Theater School in Brazil (2000 – 2007), and then from the Conservatório Brasileiro de Dança (2008) and the Especial Academia (2008 – 2009).
Milton
Coatti (1981)
Born, in 1981. Coatti began his dance training under Nilson Rodrigues. He has danced with Cisne Negro Cia. de Dança, Siameses, J. Garcia & Cia. and Companhia de Danças de Diadema, in addition to performing as an intern at Cia. Deborah Colker. He has danced since 2004 as an independent artist. Coatti has been awarded as dancer and choreographer. In 2006, he staged the solo Alguém pra Chamar de Meu Bem, in the program "O Masculino na Dança" presented at Centro Cultural São Paulo.
Nelson
Pacheco
(1985)
He was born in Rio de Janeiro. He graduated in Classical Ballet, Modern and Contemporaneous Dance, started his studies at Escola da Dança N.I, in Rio de Janeiro and in 2004 he was hired as the professional ballet dancer of Companhia de Dança Masculina Jair Moares (Male Dance Company Jair Moraes), of Curitiba. Between 2005 and 2010, he made part of Cisne Negro Companhia de Dança (Black Swan Dance Company), in São Paulo.
Nielson
Souza (1990)
Born, in 1990. Souza began his dance training at the Bolshoi Theater School in Brazil. His principal masters were Amarildo Cassiano, Ana Sampaio, Jair Moraes, Denis Nevidomyy and Nicolay Akchurin. He danced with the corps de ballet of the Balé Jovem de Salvador, a contemporary dance company directed by Matias Santiago.
Norton
Fantinel (1987)
Born in Porto Alegre, in 1987. Fantinel began his dance training at the Ballet Vera Bublitz before transferring to the Bolshoi Theater School in Brazil for further education. He has performed as guest dancer in the United States, Italy, Japan, France, and other countries. Until 2009 he held a soloist position at The Washington Ballet Company, in the United States, under director Septime Webre. Fantinel has worked with Mark Morris, Lila York, and Anne Marie Homes, among other dancers.
Rafael
Gomes (1986)
Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1986. Gomes began his dance training at age 13 at the Centro de Dança Rio, where he attained his certificate in 2002. He integrated the corps de ballet of the Companhia Jovem de Ballet do Rio de Janeiro and the Cia. de Dança Deborah Colker, having performed in Brazil and abroad.
Rafael
Gomes (1986)
Born in São Paulo, in 1984. Panta began his dance training in Londrina (PR), at Escola Municipal de Dança and later transferred to the city of Ourinhos, where he enrolled at the Escola Municipal de Bailado. After achieving his certificate, Panta returned to São Paulo where he joined the Cisne Negro Cia. de Dança.
Rodolfo
Saraiva (1986)
Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1986. Saraiva began his dance training at Rhitmus Centro de Artes e Movimento. He took ballet classes from Silvana Andrade. He has performed with Laso Cia. de Dança, under Carlos Laerte, and the dance companies of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro and Teatro Municipal de Niterói.
Samuel
Kavalerski (1983)
Born in Francisco Beltrão (PR), in 1983. Kavalerski began his dance training at age 12 in his hometown. He danced with the Balé Teatro Guaíra and Quasar Cia. de Dança, in Goiânia (GO). He also holds an undergraduate degree in art and works as web designer.
Yoshi
Suzuki (1989)
Born in Ribeirão Preto, in 1989. He trained under Carla Petroni, Ricardo Scheir, Toshie Kobayashi, Jair Moraes, Henrique Talmah, and Jorge Teixeira, among other masters. Suzuki was awarded in festivals such as those of Joinville (best dancer) and Danzamerica, in Argentina. He danced with Companhia de Dança de São José dos Campos, under artistic director Ricardo Scheir.