Francesco Borgato (born September 5, 1990 in
Venice
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) is an Italian recording artist, dancer, choreographer, ex-member of Ukrainian pop group
Kazaky
Kazaky is a Ukrainian synthpop dance boyband, made up of Kyryll Fedorenko, Artur Gaspar and Artemiy Lazarev. Assembled in Kyiv in 2010 by former original member Zhezhel, a skilled choreographer, the group has released two albums and several s ...
.
Biography
Early dancing career
Born in
Venice
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,
Veneto
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Veneto was part of the Roman Empire unt ...
,
Italy
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, Francesco began his dancing career at the age of 6 in a local dance studio where he got close to hip-hop, contemporary dance and ballet.
Throughout the years, his talent has been nationally recognized, winning awards in many competitions and working as a choreographer all over the country.
In 2006, after appearing as a dancer in Turkish singer
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music video for the song ''Ya Tutarsa'', he became a part of "Mighty Power" dance group, created by international choreographer and dancer Etienne Jean Marie. Once in the group, Francesco performed and danced for MTV TRL Italy (2007), Italian movie "Iago" (2008), Italian singer
Elisa
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's Mechanical Dream Tour (2009) and Italian music festival by Radio Birikina called Festival Show (2009).
Professional growth and Kazaky proposal
In 2010, he spent the summer between Los Angeles and New York training and perfecting his skills as a dancer and as a singer.
At the beginning of 2011 he posted a video on his YouTube channe
FrancescoBorgatofor his class choreography to a popular song which quickly became popular. Among the rest, the video caught the attention of Ukrainian group
Kazaky
Kazaky is a Ukrainian synthpop dance boyband, made up of Kyryll Fedorenko, Artur Gaspar and Artemiy Lazarev. Assembled in Kyiv in 2010 by former original member Zhezhel, a skilled choreographer, the group has released two albums and several s ...
who were in need of a new member and consequentially contacted Francesco to join them.
Kazaky project
In August 2011, Stas Pavlov left the group
Kazaky
Kazaky is a Ukrainian synthpop dance boyband, made up of Kyryll Fedorenko, Artur Gaspar and Artemiy Lazarev. Assembled in Kyiv in 2010 by former original member Zhezhel, a skilled choreographer, the group has released two albums and several s ...
and was replaced by Francesco Borgato. On August 6, 2011 Francesco performed for the first time with
Kazaky
Kazaky is a Ukrainian synthpop dance boyband, made up of Kyryll Fedorenko, Artur Gaspar and Artemiy Lazarev. Assembled in Kyiv in 2010 by former original member Zhezhel, a skilled choreographer, the group has released two albums and several s ...
in Stockholm, Sweden and lately embarked on a world tour with the group.
His first video with the group was released in January 2012 for the song
Dance and Change. A couple of months later, in March 2012, he then appeared, alongside the group, in
Madonna
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's video for the single "
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".
In July 2012, still a member of the group, he appeared in fashion review
V Magazine, which dedicated a
articleto them with an iconic photo shoot by
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styled by
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. A video with some footage from the shoot has been released with the title ''Kazaky Horror Picture Show''.
In October 2012 the video for
Kazaky
Kazaky is a Ukrainian synthpop dance boyband, made up of Kyryll Fedorenko, Artur Gaspar and Artemiy Lazarev. Assembled in Kyiv in 2010 by former original member Zhezhel, a skilled choreographer, the group has released two albums and several s ...
's singl
Last Nightwas released and premiered both on MTV Russia and on V Magazine site. The clip features two interludes in which Francesco narrates in his mother tongue.
In January 2013 the group performed in Turkey at th
Dosso Dossi fashion show with top model Adriana Lima doing the runway during their number.
On February 25, 2013 Francesco Borgato wrote on both his Facebook and Twitter profiles that he was leaving the group to pursue a solo career.
The rest of the group has not spoken about the fact ever since.
Solo career
According to an interview Francesco gave to his Facebook fanclub,
new music was supposed to be released starting from March 2013. Instead, no material has been released except for photo shoots. The artist is currently in the studio working on his solo comeback.
Discography
References
External links
Francesco Borgato Official Facebook PageFrancesco Borgato Official YouTube Channel
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1990 births
Living people
Italian male dancers
Italian male singers
Musicians from Venice
21st-century Italian male singers