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DAVID SANTOS

SOLOIST

2012 – 2021 graduated from ballet school in Paraisópolis

2022 – 2023 graduated from the Pavarini Arts Center school (Centro de Artes Pavarini)

2023 – joined the Lume Casa Cultural school

2023 – Soloist of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre ballet company

Repertoire

Magedaveya (fakir), Dance with Drums - Minkus: LA BAYADÈRE
The Nutcracker, Oriental Dance, Spanish Dance, Mouse King - Tchaikovsky: THE NUTCRACKER
Neapolitan Dance - Tchaikovsky: SWAN LAKE
Diana and Acteon Grand Pas de Deux - Pugni: LA ESMERALDA
Puss in Boots - Tchaikovsky: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Gypsy dance - Minkus: LAURENCIA
Othello - Matchavariani: OTHELLO

Roles in the ballets: MOZARTIANA (choreography by George Balanchine), SECHS TÄNZE (choreography by
Jiří Kylián), FIRST FLASH (choreography by Jorma Elo) PETITE CÉRÉMONIE (choreography by Medhi Walersk),
AMORPHOUS (choreography by A. Machado), EYEBLINK (choreography by M. Barrios)

Awards

2017 – Joinville Dance Festival - 3rd place prize with Paysant Contemporary Variation (Brazil)

2019 – Joinville Dance Festival - 1st place in the Contemporary Solo (Brazil)

2021 – Joinville Dance Festival - 1st place in the Talisman Repertoire Variation, 1st place in Contemporary Solo and 1st place Contemporary Ensemble (Brazil)

2022 – Goiás Dance Festival - 1st place Aceton Repertoire Variation and 1st place in Contemporary Solo (Brazil)

2023 – Goiás Dance Festival - 1st place in Flames of Paris Repertoire Variation and 1st place in Neoclassical Solo (Brazil)

2023 – Bravos Festival - 1st place with Spring Water Pas de Deux, 1st place in Contemporary Solo and 1st place in Acteon Repertoire Variation; received nomination for the Best Dancer (Brazil)

2023 – Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition (VKIBC) - 1st place in Acteon and Flames of Paris Repertoire Variations and 1st place in Neoclassical Solo (New York, USA)