Nelson López Garlo

With the ensemble since 2020/21

After graduating from the Escuela Nacional de Danza del Sodre in his native Uruguay, Nelson López Garlo completed further training in Buenos Aires before joining the young company Joven Ballet de Uruguay and, in 2009, the corps de ballet of Ballet Nacional del Sodre. In 2010 he moved to Argentina to join Iñaki Urlezaga’s Ballet Concierto, performing with the company on tour in cities such as Madrid, New York, Mexico City and Shanghai. In 2011, he returned to Uruguay to be part of the Ballet Nacional del Sodre under the new directorship of Julio Bocca, and remained with the company under his successor Igor Yebra. He danced there as member of the corps de ballet, as a soloist and a principal – in works by choreographers including George Balanchine, John Cranko, Jiří Kylián, Natalia Makarova, Nacho Duato, Ronald Hynd, Mauricio Wainrot and Kenneth MacMillan. In 2019, he designed the stage and costumes for the independent company Telón Arriba during their residency at Teatro Solís. Since the 2020/21 season, Nelson López Garlo has been a member of the Ballett am Rhein company, where his roles have included Mr Lopez in Demis Volpi’s “Geschlossene Spiele”, the Nutcracker and the Master in “Krabat”, as well as roles in Twyla Tharp’s “Commentaries on the Floating World”, Bridget Breiner’s “North Country”, Michèle Anne de Mey’s “Phlegmatic Summer” and Gil Harush’s “Don’t Look at the Jar”. In recent seasons, he has also expanded his repertoire to include the role of Mitch in John Neumeier’s “A Streetcar Named Desire”, Mthuthuzeli November’s “Invocation” and the role of the Father in Bridget Breiner’s “Ruß – Eine Geschichte von Aschenputtel”.