Mauro Bigonzetti

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Choreographer

Choreographer for the 3^rd edition of the Partner Schools Choreographic Project (2020) and two of his variations are proposed to the candidates 2020 (Rossini Cards and Furia Corporis)

Mauro Bigonzetti was born in Rome. His artistic experience begun at the Opera Theatre of his own city, where he studied and worked from 1972 until 1983. The following year, he joined Aterballetto as dancer for ten years before leaving the Company and totally focus on choreography. His first creation, Sei in Movimento, was presented in 1990. In 1997 he was entrusted with the Artistic Direction of Aterballetto that he headed until 2007, when he decided to leave the direction and continue his activity as a free-lance choreographer. He directed the Corpo di Ballo del Teatro alla Scala in 2016.

Mauro Bigonzetti created choreographies for the English National Ballet, the Ballet National Marseille, the Stuttgart Ballet, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Staatsoper Dresden, Ballet Teatro Argentino, Bale de Cidade de Sao Paulo (Brasil), Ballet Gulbenkian (Portugal), New York City Ballet, Turkish State Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Ballet du Capitole Toulouse, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Arena di Verona and the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.