Spotlight - Goyo Montero

Each month we highlight a Prix de Lausanne-related international dance artist.

Name: Goyo Montero

Birthplace: Madrid/Spain

Training: Formed by Carmen Roche, Azary Plisetzski, Mirta Pla, Aurora Bosch, and Lazaro Carreño

Prix de Lausanne: Prix Professionnel 1994

Previous companies/positions:

Principal Dancer in Deutsche Oper Berlin
Soloist in the Leipziger Ballet,Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Royal Ballet of Flanders

Current company/position:

Balletdirector and Head Choreographer of the Staatstheater Nürnberg Ballet

Favorite roles/choreographies:

Mercutio in Romeo and Julia, Basilio in Don Q and Puck in Midsummer Nights Dream.

As dancer my 5 years in Deutsche Oper Berlin. As choreographer: the present.

Message to the Prix de Lausanne candidates:

If you think that you are only competing with yourself everything else will be a joy.

Message to the Prix de Lausanne organisation:

I cherish my experience in the Prix de Lausanne and some people I got to know have been very important in my career. Thank you for being there for these young artists.

Link: www.staatstheater.nuernberg.de -  www.goyo-montero.com