Marcelo Gomes (dancer)

Marcelo Gomes (born September 26, 1979) is a Brazilian ballet dancer currently performing with the American Ballet Theatre.

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• Roles
• Reviews
• References

Born in Manaus and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Gomes began his dance studies at the Helena Lobato and Dalal Achcar Ballet Schools. At the age of 13 he left Brazil to attend the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, and at 16 he studied for one year at the Paris Opera Ballet school. He also studied at the schools of the Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Cuballet. Gomes was a Prix de Lausanne winner in 1996.

Gomes first joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1997 as a member of the corps de ballet. He was promoted to soloist in 2000 and to principal dancer in 2002. He was named one of "25 to Watch" in 2001 by Dance Magazine. In 2008 was a winner of one of the most prestigious awards in ballet, the Prix Benois de la Danse in Moscow for his role as Othello in Lar Lubovitch's ballet Othello.

Gomes' performances have been seen throughout the world. In addition to his touring with ABT, he has appeared at many international dance festivals, including the World Ballet Festival in Japan. He has been a guest artist with the Dutch National Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, the Houston Ballet, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, and the New York City Ballet. In the summer of 2008, he accompanied Alessandra Ferri on her farewell tour in Japan and Italy.

Roles

Prince Siegfried and Von Rothbart in Swan Lake

Des Grieux and Lescaut in Manon

Romeo in Romeo and Juliet

Albrecht in Giselle

Peasant Pas de deux from Giselle

Conrad, Ali, the Slave and Lankendem in Le Corsaire

The Prince in Cinderella

Solor in La Bayadère

The Bronze Idol in La Bayadere

Basilio and Espada in Don Quixote

James in La Sylphide

Franz in Coppélia

Othello in Othello

Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty

Henry VIII in VIII

The Moor in Petrouchka

The Third Sailor in Fancy Free

The Man from the House Opposite in Pillar of Fire

Oberon and Lysander in The Dream

The Man (Heaven) and Fortune in "HereAfter"

Danilo and Camille in "The Merry Widow"

His Imperial Excellency in Offenbach in "the Underworld"

Onegin and Prince Gremin in "Onegin"

Jeanne de Brienne and Abderakman in "Raymonda"

Rogue in "Rabbit and Rogue"

He created Aktaion in "Artemis", the Portrait in "Dorian", Death in "HereAfter", Sergei in "On the Dnieper" and leading roles in "Black Tuesday", "C. to C. (Close to Chuck)", "Clear", "Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra", "From Here On Out", and "Glow - Stop."

Reviews

NY Times review of Giselle (June 10, 2009)

NY Times review of Swan Jake (June 24, 2009)

NY Times review of Romeo and Juliet (July 8, 2009)