Graduated from the Ballet Department of the University of Utah in 2007 and later from the Juilliard School as the professional dancer. In 2011 he was invited to NDT 2, where he demonstrated a huge potential and the ability to work hard, as a result, he was soon transferred to NDT 1, the “big league” of the world ballet. The critics mentioned that Chuck Jones’s performances in NDT 1 Productions (Stop-Motion, The Statement, Woke Up Blind) go on a new level in contemporary dance.
An enormous experience that he gained over the years of work at NDT lets him perform in various venues, from huge halls to museum premises.
His master classes are in demand all over the world thanks to his expressiveness and the ability to show the context behind the dance pattern.
Anette Delgado
Principal Dancer of the National Ballet of Cuba
Dance Open: 2009, 2011
Graduated from the National Ballet School of Havana in 1996. From 1999 to 2001 Anette worked at the Jeune Ballet de France, with which she performed in several countries of Europe and America. Today she continues her work at the National Ballet of Cuba. Prize-winner at international ballet competitions. She has been selected in several seasons by the Magazine Dance Europe among the most outstanding top-level dancers of the world. She performs leading roles in works of the romantic-classical grand tradition and contemporary works by Cuban and foreign choreographers as well.
Osiel Guneo
Principal Dancer of the Bayerishes Staatsballett
Dance Open: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Critics from different parts of the world named him “the King of Dance”, “Cuban sensation” and “fast-rising star”.
Born in Matanzas, Osiel Guneo trained at the Cuban National Ballet School in Havana and in 2008 he joined the Cuban National Ballet. Being appointed a Principal Dancer in 2011, danced leading classical roles and touring performance spaces such as the London Coliseum, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Lincoln Center in New York.
In 2013 he joined The Norwegian National Ballet and immediately gained audience’s love with his skills and charm — both in romantic roles such as Prince in Swan Lake and Cinderella or The Nutcracker and character parts like Bluebird in Sleeping Beauty or the Moor in Petrushka. The same year he was named Best Newcomer on the international dance scene in the annual Positano Awards.
Vladimir Grigoriev
Honoured artist of Russia
Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
Dance Open: 2006
Graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy. Soloist of the Moscow Academic Music Theatre named after K.S. Stanislavsky and V. Nemirovich-Danchenko and the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Won the First Prize and the Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Luxembourg (1995).
Marcelo Gomes
Principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre
Dance Open: 2011
Began his dance studies at the age of 5 in Rio de Janeiro. In 1993, he traveled to the USA where he continued his training at the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, as well as at the schools of the Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, and Cuballet. Mr. Gomes was awarded second place at the National Society of Arts and Letters in 1994, and was the recipient of the Hope Prize at Lausanne in 1996. Mr. Gomes joined American Ballet Theatre in 1997 as a member of the Corps de Ballet, and rose quickly through the ranks, being promoted to Soloist in 2000 and Principal Dancer in 2002. Mr. Gomes tours all over the world.
