Thiago Bordin
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Thiago Bordin (born March 19, 1983, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian/German ballet dancer and choreographer.
He was a principal dancer at the Hamburg Ballett (John Neumeier) and now works as a NDT artist (Nederlands Danse Theater)
He was accepted into the acclaimed Akademie des Tanzes in Mannheim, Germany, when he was spotted by prima ballerina Birgit Keil. After completing his training he received immediate work at the Hamburg Ballet under John Neumeier. After four years in the corps de ballet he was promoted to soloist and eight months later to the rank of Principal Dancer.
A magnificent dancer, Bordin combines grace in movement with purity of line and is a favorite among dance critics. Bordin has been nominated for the award Deutscher Tanzpreis, Der Faust and is recognized for his portrayal of John Neumeier's version of "Armand Duval" The Lady of the Camelias "Romeo in Romeo and Juliet.
Special Roles
Leading:
- Nijinsky
- Romeo and Paris in Romeo and Juliet
- Armand and Des Grieux in The Lady of the Camellias
- Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Wolfgang Amadeus in Windows on MOZART
- Lancelot in The Saga of King Arthur
- Günther in The Nutcracker
- Konstantin (Kostya) Gavrilovich Triple in The Seagull
- Othello in Othello (ALL NEUMEIER)
- Solor in La Bayadère
- (Natalia Makarova after Marius Petipa)
- Vaslaw
- Polyphonia (Christopher Wheeldon)
- Jewels (George Balanchine)
- Tchaikovsky Pas de deux (George Balanchine)
.Ludwig in Swan Lake
His work as a choreographer
- Violinkonzert (2001); Music: Sergei Prokofiev; for the Akademie des Tanzes Mannheim
- Poem - Love Poem (2002), Music: Robert Schumann, Zdenek Fibich; for the Tanzstiftung Birgit Keil
- Lieder (2003); Music: Squiban, Vivaldi, Barriere, Lovland; for the Tanzstiftung Birgit Keil
- Voices of Silence (2005); Music: Robert Schumann, Peteris Vasks; for the a ballet of the Badische Staatstheater, Karlsruhe
- A Foreign Sound (2009); Music: Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso; Premiere: Junge Choreografen, Hamburg; Since June 2009 in the repertoire of the Badische Staatstheater Karlsruhe
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