Dancer

Gleidson Vasconcelos Hoffmann is an internationally award winning performing artist, dancer, teacher and choreographer. The Brazilian-American artist was born in Minas Gerais, Brazil and begun acting and singing in school and church at the age of 7. He started studying ballet, jazz and modern dance at the age of 10 at Studio Arte Dança. He studied under Adriana Goncalves, Liudmila Polonskaya, Svetlana Osieyva, Galina Yordanova, Olivier Pardina, Pablo Moret and Magaly Suarez. Mister Gleidson is a merit scholarship alumni of The Harid Conservatory in Fl and The School of American Ballet in New York City.

Repertoire

Le Corsaire -La Bayadere - Sleeping Beauty -The Nutcracker - Swan Lake - Don Quixote - Paquita - Harlequinade - Giselle - Coppelia - Romeo and Juliet - Flames of Paris

La Vivandiere - The Fairy Doll -Cinderella - The Cavalry Halt - Serenade - Stravinsky Violin Concerto - Concerto Barocco - Carnival of the Animals - Carmen - Porgy and Bass

Raymonda - Petit Elfs - Blue Danube Waltz - Staccato - La Fille Mal Gardee - Excerpt from my Life - Charlie Chaplin - Time out of Memory - Mambo Italiano - Topia - Diversions

Company Performance

Ballet Arizona - Royal Winnipeg Ballet -New Jersey Ballet - Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami - Jose Mateo Ballet Theater

Awards and Honors

Gold Medal World Ballet Competition

Best Choreography Award at World Ballet Competition

1st Place Festival Internacional de Danca de Joinville

Silver Medal at Youth America Grand Prix NYC Finals

2nd Place Passo de Arte

1st Place and Revelation Prize at Junior SesI-Capezio

Silver Medal at Mercosul- Rio De Janeiro

1st Place Russian Pointe Ballet Competition

Honorary Mention at Biennal Internacional de Danca- Uberlandia

Rudolf Nureyev Fellowship Award Winner

Jeannot B. Cerroni Outstanding Artist in Performance Award