MAURO VILLANUEVA
Ballet
Mr. Villanueva grew up in
San Antonio, Texas. He began his dance training at the age of six with
Shawn Knife. At age nine he joined the University of Incarnate Word Ballet
School directed by Buddy and Susan Trevino, Co-Founders of The Joffrey
Workshop Texas. He trained there for seven years and attended The Joffrey
Workshop Texas in the summers. In 1998 he attended a summer course and
consequently studied for two years at the Nutmeg Conservatory in
Connecticut. In August of 2000 Mr. Villanueva joined the Joffrey Ballet as
an apprentice and two years later received a full company contract.
During his thirteen years
at the Joffrey Ballet he danced many ballets throughout the world by
renowned choreographers, was a union representative for the artists twice,
and was one of two dancers chosen to participate in the search for the new
artistic director. He has appeared as a representative for the Joffrey
Ballet and on television and radio in Chicago, San Antonio, and Manila,
Philippines.
Mr. Villanueva retired
from the Joffrey Ballet in May of 2013 to pursue a career as an independent
artist. He is a dancer, educator, coach, choreographer and has been named
Co-Director of The Joffrey Workshop Texas.
Credits:
Celebration. Arpino
The
Clowns. Arpino
Confetti. Arpino
Light
Rain. Arpino
Reflections. Arpino
Round
of Angels. Arpino
Suite
Saint Saens. Arpino
Trinity. Arpino
Viva
Vivaldi. Arpino
Cinderella, The Prince. Ashton
Les
Patineurs. Ashton
A
Wedding Bouquet. Ashton
Square Dance. Balanchine
Stars
and Stripes. Balanchine
Stravinsky Violin Concerto. Balanchine
Motown Suite. Byrd
To
Know Her. Byrd
Laurencia pas D'Action. Chabukiani
Romeo
and Juliet, Benvolio. Cranko
The
Taming of the Shrew. Cranko
Creative Force. Dean
Sometimes it Snows in April. Dean
Giselle, Albrecht. Franklin after The Ballet Russe
Petrouchka. Fokine
The
Merry Widow, Camille. Hynd
Postcards. Joffrey
The
Nutcracker, The Prince. Joffrey
The
Green Table, Young Soldier. Jooss
Pretty Ballet. Kudelka
Forgotten Land. Kylian
Crossed. Lang
Age of Innocence. Liang
Woven Dreams. Liang
Billy the Kid. Loring
Smile with my Heart. Lubovitch
Othello, Iago. Lubovitch
Les Pressages. Massine
Rodeo. de Mille
Les Noces. Nijinska
Le Sacre du Printemps. Nijinsky
Tensile Involvement. Nikolais
Bells. Possokhov
Don Quixote. Possokhov
The Concert. Robbins
In the Night. Robbins
Opus Jazz. Robbins
Cloven Kingdom. Taylor
9 Sinatra Songs. Tharp
Deuce Coupe. Tharp
Waterbaby Bagatelles. Tharp
Valses Poeticos. Tomasson
Dark Elegies. Tudor
Lilac Garden. Tudor
Offenbach in the Underworld. Tudor
Son of Chamber Symphony. Welch
After the Rain. Wheeldon
Carousel: A Dance. Wheeldon
Also appeared in
Robert Altman's film, "The Company".
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