Nach seiner Ausbildung am Brazilian Conservatory of Dance, Rio de Janeiro, tanzte der Brasilianer Gustavo Carvalho bereits im Alter von 15 Jahren erste Solorollen für die Brazilian Ballet Company. 2010 gewann er drei Gold Medaillen beim Joinville Dance Festival (Brasilien) und die Bronze Medaille beim 3. Beijing Internationalen Tanzwettbewerb, China. Nur ein Jahr nachdem er dem Ensemble des National Ballet of Urugua...
Nach seiner Ausbildung am Brazilian Conservatory of Dance, Rio de Janeiro, tanzte der Brasilianer Gustavo Carvalho bereits im Alter von 15 Jahren erste Solorollen für die Brazilian Ballet Company. 2010 gewann er drei Gold Medaillen beim Joinville Dance Festival (Brasilien) und die Bronze Medaille beim 3. Beijing Internationalen Tanzwettbewerb, China. Nur ein Jahr nachdem er dem Ensemble des National Ballet of Uruguay (Montevideo) beitrat, wurde er bereits vom Künstlerischen Leiter Igor Yebra zum Ersten Solisten ernannt. Über die letzten Jahre hat Carvalho eine beachtliche Bandbreite an Rollen auf der Bühne getanzt: Basilio in „Don Quijote“ (Silvia Bazillis/Raúl Candal), Color in „La Bayadere“ (Natalia Makarova), Franz in „Coppélia“ (Enrique Martinez), Albrecht in „Giselle“ (Sara Nieto), Romeo in „Romeo and Juliet“ (Kenneth Macmillan), Prince Siegfried in „Swan Lake“ (Raúl Candal), Don José in „Carmen“ (Marcia Haydée), Onegin in „Onegin“ (John Cranko), Désiré in „Sleeping Beauty“ (Mario Galizzi), Des Grieux in „Manon“ (Kenneth Macmillan) und viele weitere mehr.
Für seine Darstellung des Don José in Marcia Haydées „Carmen“ war er 2017 für den Prix Benois de la Danse nominiert.
Gustavo Carvalho wird mit dieser Spielzeit neues Mitglied der Compagnie des Ballett am Rhein.
Originally from Brazil, Gustavo Carvalho started dancing solo roles at the age of 15 for Brazilian Ballet Company after graduating from Brazilian Conservatory of Dance, Rio de Janeiro. In 2010 he won three Gold Medals at the Joinville Dance Festival (Brazil) and the Bronze Medal at the 3rd Beijing International Ballet Competition, China. Only one year after joining the National Ballet of Uruguay (Montevideo) in 2014, the artistic director Igor Yebra promoted him as principal dancer of the company. Over the last years he danced a remarkable range of roles: Basilio in „Don Quijote“ (Silvia Bazillis/Raúl Candal), Color in „La Bayadere“ (Natalia Makarova), Franz in „Coppélia“ (Enrique Martinez), Albrecht in „Giselle“ (Sara Nieto), Romeo in „Romeo and Juliet“ (Kenneth Macmillan), Prince Siegfried in „Swan Lake“ (Raúl Candal), Don José in „Carmen“ (Marcia Haydée), Onegin in „Onegin“ (John Cranko), Désiré in „Sleeping Beauty“ (Mario Galizzi), Des Grieux in „Manon“ (Kenneth Macmillan) and many more.
He was nominated for the Prix Benois de la Danse for his performance of Don José in Marcia Haydée’s „Carmen“ in 2017.
With this season Gustavo Carvalho becomes a new member of the Ballett am Rhein company.
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