Thiago Bordin
Thiago Bordin (born March 19, 1983 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian ballet dancer. He is a principal dancer in the Hamburg Ballet.
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 Romeo in Romeo and Juliet.
Special Roles
Leading:
- The Young Man in "Jeux" und Leonid Massine in Nijinsky
- Silvius in As You Like It
- The Blessings of Cupid in The Sleeping Beauty
- Tadzio, Jaschu and Aschenbach's Concepts in Death in Venice
- 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
- Bohort in Parzival–Episodes and Echo
- 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
- Spring and Fall
- Magnificat
- Préludes CV
- Mozart 338
- Polyphonia (Christopher Wheeldon)
- Jewels–Emeralds (George Balanchine)
- Tchaikovsky Pas de deux (George Balanchine)
Created on Thiago Bordin:
- Sascha in Préludes CV
- Nocturnes and Nachtwanderung
- from "Songs of the Night"
- Pizzicato Polka (New Year's Concert 2006, Vienna)
- Beautiful Freaks (Marco Goecke)
Awards
- 2000: finalist, Prix de Lausanne
- 2001: finalist, Grand Prix d'Eurovision for Young Dancers
- 2006: Dr.-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Prize
- 2010: Prix Benois de la Danse
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