Gaetano Posterino

Gaetano Posterino (* April 15, 1974 in Cosenza / Italy) is an Italian dancer, choreographer and dance director for ballet, dance theatre and opera. In the age of 6 years he began his dance education in Cosenza (Italy). From 1985 to 1989 he graduated with a scholarship and successfully at the National Ballet School of Canada in Toronto.
Artistic career as ballet dancer
From 1989 onwards, following his graduation he started his career in Italy with the Ballet L'Ensemble de Micha Van Hoecke, Balletto di Toscana and at the National Opera House in Catania. Then Gaetano Posterino danced on an international scale as soloist for various well-known ballet companies in Argentina, USA, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy and Germany.
He was performing on stage in choreographic works of e.g. Oscar Araiz, Elgi Tomasson, Derek Daine, Richard Wherlock, Pablo Ventura, Enrico C. Musmeci, Peter Schaufuss, James Sutherland, Nils Christe, Ben van Cauwenbergh, Boris Traline, Tarek Assan, Antonio Gomes, , Mats Ek, Inbal Pinto, Ed Wubbe and Stephan Thoss.
In 2001 Boris Traline engaged him for Stars of the XXI Century to the Roman Theatre of Verona with a world-wide tour.

From 2000 until 2005 Ben van Cauwenbergh contracted him as first soloist for the Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden.
Artistic career as choreographer
At an early stage he discovered his talent for choreography. Since 1995 parallel to his dance career Gaetano Posterino works as artistic director, choreographer and ballet master for numerous ballet companies, theatres and dance festivals. First long-term engagements started with guest choreographies for the International May Festival Wiesbaden from 2001 until 2004.
In 2004 he was promoted as choreographer in residence by Ben van Cauwenbergh for the Hessian State Theatre Wiesbaden. There he created until 2007 besides the series I-X of contemporary dance various new creations for the repertoire of Wiesbaden Ballet.

Also in 2004 he began his engagement as artistic director and main choreographer for the International Dance Theatre Reutlingen where he created numerous new creations for ballet and dance theatre.
From 2008 until 2011 Gaetano Posterino created as choreographer in residence under the direction of Robert Conn for the Augsburg Ballet at the Augsburg Theatre.
Within further engagements, co-productions, guest choreographies as well as with his Posterino Dance Company he is touring as freelance choreographer in Europe. This includes four productions of the opera Schwanda der Dudelsackpfeifer, for which he was in charge as choreographer under the direction of Axel Köhler for Semperoper Dresden in 2012, 2014 and 2016 as well as for Teatro Massimo di Palermo. The magazine Opernwelt has chosen this production at Semperoper Dresden as rediscovery of the year 2011/2012.
Oeuvre Catalogue
"Against myself" (1995), "Carmina Burana" (2001), "Hommage an Charlie Chaplin" (2002), "Stimmungen eines Fauns" (2002), "Cinderella" (2002), "Carmen" (2002), "Operalectric" (2003), "Icarus" (2003), "Mobile è la Luna" (2003), "Hemera" (2004), "Romeo und Julia" (2004), "Vertigo" (2004), "Metamorphose" (2004), "Just at home" (2005), "Armide" (2005), "Time Lock" (2005), "The Swan" (2005), "Dornröschen" (2005), "Bach Sonate" (2006), "Gina geht aus ..." (2006), "Coppélia" (2006), "Zone" (2006), "Wild Things" (2006), "Vivaldi“ (2006), "Weil ich Dich brauche" (2007), "Ein Fremdling überall" (2008), "ViceVersa" (2008), "Die Zofen" (2008), "For a smoke" (2008), "Atmo" (2008), "Hommage an Pina" (2009), "Gravity in space" (2009), "Das Land des Lächelns" (2009), "Sphere" (2010), "Rhapsody in Blue" (2010), "Les Noces" (2010), "Geschichte vom Soldaten" (2010), "Pulcinella" (2010), "Einfach so" (2011), "Vom Dunkeln ins Licht“ (2011), "Schwanda, der Dudelsackpfeifer" (2012), "Der Soldat" (2012), "Enemy in the Figure” (2015), “Novilunio - From Dark to Light” (2015)
Awards
;as choreographer
• 2007 ÖTR Contest, Vienna, second price for „Time Lock“
• 2006 USA International Ballet Competition, Jackson, second price for „Vivaldi“
• 2006 International Ballet Competition, Varna, second price for „Zone“
• 2005 Helsinki International Ballet Competition, Helsinki, first price for „Time Lock“
;as ballet dancer
• 2002 Balletto Award 2000 (Dance Magazine) as one of the most active Italian dancers in Europe
• 1999 „Laudatium“ of Queen Margarete of Denmark for his artistic performance as a dancer in Demark, Copenhagen / Denmark
• 1990 „Audience Award" at 1st Concorso Internazionale di Danza Città di Rieti / Italy

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