Daniel Gaudiello (born 1982) is an Australian ballet dancer. He performed with

The Australian Ballet The Australian Ballet is the largest classical ballet company in Australia. It was founded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1962, with the English-born dancer, teacher, repetiteur and direct ...

from 2004 until his retirement as a principal artist in March 2016 to dance and teach as a freelancer.

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 Canada's National Ballet School, also commonly known as the National Ballet School of Canada, is a classical ballet school located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Along with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, it is a provider of professional ballet tr ...

and the

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. He joined The Australian Ballet in 2004 and was promoted to soloist in 2007. He was promoted to principal artist in 2010, at the same time as his wife Lana Jones. He won the Telstra Ballet Dancer Award for 2007 and was guest artist with the

English National Ballet English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin as London Festival Ballet and based in London, England. Along with The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Northern Ballet and Scottish ...

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

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, dancing Count Albrecht in ''

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'' in 2016 and Don José in '' Carmen'' in 2017.

Selected repertoire

* Des Grieux and Lescaut in

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's ''Manon'', 2014 and 2008 * Petrouchka in ''Petrouchka'', 2009 * Franz in ''Coppélia'', 2010 * Basilio in ''Don Quixote'', 2010 * Camille in

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's ''The Merry Widow'', 2011 * Romeo and Mercutio in

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's ''Romeo and Juliet'', 2011 * Red Knight in

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' ''Checkmate'', 2011 * Lensky in

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's '' Onegin'', 2012 * Albrecht in ''

'', Queensland Ballet, 2013 * The Prince in

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's ''

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'', 2013 * Prince Désiré in

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's ''

Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...

'', 2015

Choreography

* ''Tristan and Isolde'' for Bodytorque.Muses, 2011 * ''South of Eden'' for Bodytorque.a la Mode, 2010

Awards

* Australian Dance Awards, Outstanding Performance by a Male Dancer, 2011 for Franz in ''Coppelia'' * Telstra Ballet Dancer Award, 2007

References

Australian male ballet dancers Dancers of the Australian Ballet Living people People from Brisbane Telstra Ballet Dancer Award winners 1982 births {{ballet-stub