Alexandre Simões

Born in Brazil, Alexandre Simões graduated at the Mannheim Dance Academy in Germany, under the direction of Birgit Keil. In addition to his worldwide guest appearances, he has danced as a soloist with the Karlsruhe Ballet, Ballet Mainz and for most of his career at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein’s Ballett am Rhein in Düsseldorf, under the direction of Martin Schläpfer. Alexandre worked with, or danced pieces from, many of the most renowned choreographers of our time like George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Kenneth MacMillan, Peter Wright, Antony Tudor, William Forsythe, Twyla Tharp, Mats Ek, Jirí Kylián, Martin Schläpfer, Martin Chaix, Ohad Naharin, Paul Lightfoot & Sol León, Marco Goecke and Hans van Manen. After such a rich career, Alexandre now works as a freelance balletmaster and assistant, and with the Hans van Manen Foundation