Savion Glover Dance Open: 2017

Savion Glover decided to return tap dancing back to fame and to clear it off unnecessary rules, and he succeeded in his art like, perhaps, no one before him. His secret lies in the crazy joyful energy with which he dives into his dance and from which he generates his stormy rhythms. He believes that tap dancing is the way of expressing oneself, a way to breathe, live and communicate with the world. Glover debuted on Broadway when he was 12 in the Tap Dance Kid. Later he played the main role in the Broadway show Jelly’s Last Jam where he performed together with Gregory Hines, and in 1989 he starred in the film Tap alongside Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis Jr. He is often called the “golden legs of the world”. He is the winner of the Tony Award for his musical Bring in’da Noise, Bring in’da Funk that he created, choreographed and where he played the lead role. Glover conquered many famous venues of the world, including Moulin Rouge, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. He is the founder of the tap dance school The HooFeRZCLuB School For TaP. He actively performs around the world, gives master classes and popularizes tap dancing as the way of thinking and the way of life.

Joseph Gatti Principal Guest Dancer Dance Open: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018Dance Open Award: Mister Virtousity 2013, Best Duet 2014

Born in USA. Began dancing at the Orlando Ballet School and continued his training with Vadim Fedotov and Irina Depler. Won the gold medal at the Youth America Ballet Competition (2003) and received a scholarship to the Royal Ballet in London. Winner of a large number of awards, including the Gold Medal of the New York International Ballet Competition (2005) and the Mr. Virtousity Award at the Dance Open Ballet Festival (2013). As a soloist and principal dancer performed with Cincinnati Ballet, Corella Ballet and Boston Ballet. Performs leading roles of the classical repertoire, as well as numerous pieces of so-called modern classic (John Cranko, Peter Stark and others). Also in his repertoire — pieces by George Balanchine, William Forsythe, Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian, Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon.

Mathieu Ganio Etoile of the Paris Opera Ballet Dance Open: 2012

Mathieu Ganio was born in Marseille, France, the son of Ballet National de Marseille principal dancers Dominique Khalfouni and Denys Ganio. He began dance lessons at the age of seven and studied at the École Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille from 1992 to 1999, before completing his training at the Paris Opera Ballet School. In 2001 he joined the corps de ballet of the Paris Opera Ballet and won promotion to the rank of coryphée in 2002 and sujet in 2003. On 20 May 2004, following a performance of Don Quixote, he was appointed étoile, bypassing the rank of premier danseur. In 2005 he was awarded the Benois de la Danse as outstanding male dancer. He has since added to his repertoire: Colas in La Fille mal gardée (Ashton), Émeraudes, Diamants / Joyaux, Les Quatre Tempéraments, Symphonie en ut, Apollon, Agon (Balanchine), Le Maître de ballet in La Petite danseuse de Degas (P. Bart), L’Oiseau de feu, Serait-ce la mort? (Béjart), Albrecht in Giselle (after Coralli and Perrot), the title role in Onéguine (Cranko), Artifact Suite (Forsythe), James in La Sylphide(Lacotte, after Taglioni), Lucien d’Hervilly in Paquita (Lacotte after Mazilier and Petipa), Etudes (Lander), the title role in Caligula (Le Riche), Suite en blanc (Lifar), Des Grieux in L’Histoire de Manon (MacMillan), Amoveo (Millepied), Armand in La Dame aux camélias, Troisième Symphonie de Gustav Mahler (Neumeier), Prince Désiré in La Belle au bois dormant, Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, l'Acteur-vedette in Cendrillon, Drosselmeyer / Prince in The Nutcracker, Roméo in Roméo et Juliette (Nureyev), Eros in Psyché (Ratmansky), Dances at a Gathering (Robbins).

Remi Wortmeyer Principal Dancer of the Dutch National Ballet Dance Open: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017Dance Open Award: People's Choice Award 2014, Mister Expressivity 2016

Graduated from the Australian Ballet School. Danced with the Australian Ballet and American Ballet Theater, then with Dutch National Ballet. He is also a guest artist in Russia, England, France, Germany, Japan, Australia and China. His repertoire contains a large number of the leading roles in classical ballets: Desiree, Basilio, des Grieux, Romeo and others. Aminta role in John Neumeier’s Sylvia earned him the 15 th place in the ranking of 100 best dancers in Europe in 2011. Among other Awards — Alexandra Radius Prize and the Prize Critic's Choice for the best performance. C. Wheeldon, D. Dawson, A. Ratmansky, W. McGregor, P. Lightfoot, K. Pastor, B. Millepied have all choreographed ballets on him. Remi is a successful choreographer himself, as well as an ccomplished painter.