Thiago Granato
Biography
Thiago Granato is a Brazilian choreographer and performer based in Berlin. His performances have been presented in different countries such as Brazil, Uruguay, Israel, Spain, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Italy, France, Romania, Lebanon and Korea. Among the performances are “Plano B” (2008), “We Are Not Superficial, We Love Penetration” (2008), “Tombo” (2009), “Basement” (2011), “This Is Concrete” (2012) und “Treasured In The Dark” (2015). He worked with artists such as Simone Mello, Adriana Grechi, Lia Rodrigues, João Saldanha, Laura Samy, Cristina Moura, Sandro Amaral, Neto Machado, Cristian Duarte, Thelma Bonavita, Mathilde Monnier, Enora Riviére, Cecília Bengolea, Lenio Kaklea, Frédéric Gies and Jefta van Dinther. He took part in the Ex.e.r.ce 8 program, coordinated by Xavier Le Roy, at the Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier (France). As a teacher he worked at DOCH - University of Dance and Circus and at Cullbergbaletten (Stockholm/Sweden). Also mentoring at HZT/UdK – Universität der Künste (Berlin/Germany). During the years of 2013 and 2014 he was fellow at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart (Germany) where he developed his current project entitled “Choreoversations” that combines research, creation and the production of a trilogy of solo dance pieces. In 2015 he was artist in residency at Centre International des Récollets in Paris (France). Currently, he works on the second solo of the trilogy “Choreoversations” supported by the grant Prêmio Funarte de Dança Klaus Vianna 2014 (Brazil).