Gisele Santoro

Place of Birth
Brasília – Brazil

Education

  • Master’s Degree in Dance Pedagogy (Focus: Professional Dance Training) – Palucca University of Dance Dresden
  • Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations – Centro Universitário IESB Brasília
  • State Choreographic Ballet School Kyiv (Teacher: Galina Kirilowa)

International Career as a Soloist

  • Theater der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg – First Soloist
  • Nationaltheater Mannheim – Soloist
  • Ballet de Brasília – First Soloist
  • Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Participation in numerous international galas

Her repertoire includes numerous principal roles from the classical repertoire as well as contemporary works created specifically for her.

Ballet Master / Dance Educator

  • Akademie des Tanzes Mannheim – Guest Lecturer
  • Theaterballettschule Magdeburg, Ginasiano Escola de Dan?a
  • Salzburger Landestheater, Nationaltheater Croatia Split
  • Ballet School of the Vienna State Opera, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe
  • Leipziger Ballett, English National Ballet School, among others
  • S?o Paulo Companhia de Dan?a, Ballet do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Companhia de Dan?a Deborah Colker, Ballet da Cidade de Niterói
  • Companhia de Dan?a Cisne Negro, Seminário Internacional de Dan?a Brasília

Leadership / Jury Member

  • Pedagogical Assistant – S?o Paulo Escola de Dan?a
  • Jury Member – 8th European Ballet Grand Prix Vienna
  • Coordinator for Classical Dance – Ginasiano Escola de Dan?a
  • Artistic Director and Choreographer – Ballet Jovem de Brasília
  • Assistant to the Artistic Direction and Organization – Seminário Internacional de Dan?a Brasília
  • Director and Organizer – Festival Internationaler Ballettschulen Magdeburg

Awards

  • Academic Laurea – International Relations Program, IESB/Brasília
  • Nomination for “Magdeburger of the Year 2002”
  • Scholarship Award – Theater der Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg

Numerous choreographies and productions of classical repertoire for various institutions.