ABOUT ME Armando Braswell is a professional dancer from Brooklyn, NY. While attending LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, he also trained at The School of American Ballet and The Ailey School. Upon graduating, Armando was accepted to The Juilliard School and received his B.F.A. in Dance in 2006. During his time at The Juilliard School, he also was a soloist with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet. In June 2006, Armando moved to Germany to dance with Ballet Theater Munich in the company's last season under the direction of Philip Taylor. In October 2007, Armando became a founding member of Gauthier Dance, the new resident company at Theaterhaus Stuttgart in Germany. Armando has danced ballets by William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Hans Van Manen, Paul Lightfoot/Sol León, Mauro Bigonzetti, Christian Spuck, Phillip Taylor, Richard Alston, George Balanchine, Elliot Feld, José Limón, Carolyn Carlson, Eric Gauthier and Francesco Nappa.CREATIVE SIDE Aside from his dancing career, Armando is also an aspiring choreographer. Armando has created ballets for numerous festivals and competitions such as The 22nd International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover, The 13th International Solo-Dance-Theatre Festival in Stuttgart, and the 2009 Tanzwelten Festival at the Staatstheater Braunschweig. Recently Armando created the ballet "On My Side" for the Gauthier Dance production "Out Of The Box". In July 2009, Armando created "Duet For Six" for The Noverre-Gesellschaft with dancers from the Stuttgart Ballet.
ABOUT ME
Armando Braswell is a professional dancer from Brooklyn, NY. While attending LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, he also trained at The School of American Ballet and The Ailey School. Upon graduating, Armando was accepted to The Juilliard School and received his B.F.A. in Dance in 2006. During his time at The Juilliard School, he also was a soloist with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet.
In June 2006, Armando moved to Germany to dance with Ballet Theater Munich in the company's last season under the direction of Philip Taylor. In October 2007, Armando became a founding member of Gauthier Dance, the new resident company at Theaterhaus Stuttgart in Germany. Armando has danced ballets by William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Hans Van Manen, Paul Lightfoot/Sol León, Mauro Bigonzetti, Christian Spuck, Phillip Taylor, Richard Alston, George Balanchine, Elliot Feld, José Limón, Carolyn Carlson, Eric Gauthier and Francesco Nappa.
CREATIVE SIDE
Aside from his dancing career, Armando is also an aspiring choreographer. Armando has created ballets for numerous festivals and competitions such as The 22nd International Competition for Choreographers in Hannover, The 13th International Solo-Dance-Theatre Festival in Stuttgart, and the 2009 Tanzwelten Festival at the Staatstheater Braunschweig. Recently Armando created the ballet "On My Side" for the Gauthier Dance production "Out Of The Box". In July 2009, Armando created "Duet For Six" for The Noverre-Gesellschaft with dancers from the Stuttgart Ballet.
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"In Passage"
Music: Arvo Pärt
Premiered at the International Competition For Choreographers in Hannover, Germany. 2008
2 dancers
Duet For Six
Music: David Lang
Premiered at the Noverre Geschellshaft Young Choreographers Evening in Stuttgart, Germany. 2009
6 dancers
Push
Music: Philip Kannicht & Aphex Twin
Premiered at the International Solo-Tanz -Festival in Stuttgart, Germany. 2009
1 dancer
Meet Me Halfway, Im Searching Sideways
Music: Meshell Ndegeocello, Stewart Walker, & John Powell. Premiered at the Gartnerplatz Theater. Ballet Theater München Tänzer Choreographen IX. 2007
On My Side
Music: Philip Kannicht
Premiered at "Out Of The Box" at The Theaterhaus Stuttgart. 2009
4 dancers
DUET FOR SIX
BACK TO CHOREOGRAPHY
PUSH
IN PASSAGE
MEET ME HALFWAY, IM SEARCHING SIDEWAYS
CONTACT ME
info_armandobraswell.com
SOCIAL NETWORKS
INTERVIEWS
An Interview: Armando BraswellThe Winger.com
Dancing in The European UnionDance Spirit Magazine
Skilled American Labor Heads Oversees, in Toe ShoesNY Times
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Regina Brocke
Jo Grabowski
Ida Zenna
Offen für die Lektionen des Lebens
STUTTGARTER NACHRICHTEN
MUSIC PRODUCTION
Philip Kannicht, KNNCHT PROD
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