Daniel Gaudiello

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Daniel Gaudiello
Born18 October 1982
Brisbane, Australia
Occupation Ballet dancer
Employer The Australian Ballet
Spouse(s) Lana Jones
Children1
Awards Telstra Ballet Dancer Award (2007)

Daniel Gaudiello (born 1982) is an Australian ballet dancer. He performed with The Australian Ballet from 2004 until his retirement as a principal artist in March 2016 [1] to dance and teach as a freelancer. [2]

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Dance career

Daniel Gaudiello began dance lessons aged six, studying at the Johnny Young Talent School and the Promenade Dance Studio in Brisbane. He then attended The Australian Ballet School during which time he was an exchange student with the National Ballet School of Canada and the School of American Ballet. He joined The Australian Ballet in 2004 and was promoted to soloist in 2007. [3] [4] He was promoted to principal artist in 2010, at the same time as his wife Lana Jones. [5]

He won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award for 2007 [3] and was guest artist with the English National Ballet for performances of Le Spectre de la Rose in London and Barcelona, 2009.

Since leaving The Australian Ballet, Gaudiello has performed as guest artist with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, dancing Count Albrecht in Giselle in 2016 [6] and Don José in Carmen in 2017. [2]

Selected repertoire

Choreography

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ Jones, Deborah (25 March 2016). "Daniel Gaudiello exits The Australian Ballet". deborahjones.me. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 Fox, Rebecca (18 August 2016). "Set for 'one of the toughest' ballets". Otago Daily Times . Dunedin. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 Lawson, Valerie (28 November 2007). "Leaping star lost his fear of tights". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Our Dancers". The Australian Ballet. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Bennett, Sally (8 November 2010). "And they danced happily ever after". Herald Sun. Melbourne. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Daly-Peoples, John (10 February 2017). "Royal NZ Ballet season launches in Christchurch". National Business Review . Auckland. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Potter, Michelle. "Manon. The Australian Ballet". Michelle Potter...on dancing. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Badger, Linda (21 December 2011). "Romeo and Juliet - The Australian Ballet". Dance Informa. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  9. ↑ Smethurst, Chloe (27 August 2011). "British Liaisons". The Age. Retrieved 7 August 2012. Daniel Gaudiello nails the technical demands of the Red Knight
  10. ↑ Jones, Deborah. "Giselle". deborahjones.me. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  11. ↑ Potter, Michelle. "Alexei Ratmansky's 'Cinderella'. A second look". Michelle Potter...on dancing. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Potter, Michelle. "'The Sleeping Beauty'. A second look". Michelle Potter...on dancing. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Fisher, Dolce (3 June 2011). "Bodytorque – Muses". Dance informa. Retrieved 13 December 2011. Gaudiello definitely gave the audience a glimpse of his vision for the story as a full-length work.
  14. ↑ McWhinney, Trent (26 May 2011). "Interview: The Australian Ballet's Daniel Gaudiello talks about Bodytorque". NineToFive. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  15. ↑ Martin, Rebecca (15 June 2010). "The Australian Ballet - Bodytorque a la Mode". Dance informa. Retrieved 7 August 2012. What was great about this piece was Gaudiello’s willingness to take risks.
  16. ↑ "Daniel Gaudiello". Australian Dance Awards. 2011. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2011. For a dashing, elegant and mature portrayal of Franz [in Coppelia] ...
  17. ↑ "Daniel Gaudiello's dance award win". The Australian Ballet. 2011. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.


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