Choreographer

Carlos Dos Santos

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Carlos dos Santos, Jr., is a recognized dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He has performed as a principal dancer with major Brazilian and US dance companies, including the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble (now Ailey II), Complexions, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Grupo Salto, Bale Folclorico da Bahia, Bale Teatro Castro Alves, and DanceBrazil, where he also served as rehearsal director. His choreographic credits include works for Colorado Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center (now The Ailey School), American Dance Festival, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, and DanceBrazil, as well as his own solo performances around the world.

Dos Santos has been featured in numerous TV programs as an actor, dancer, and model. His TV credits include appearances on PBS (US) and SBT TV (major Brazilian TV network), as well as coverage as a performer and choreographer in news programs around the world. His acting career includes Medea Materialis for the New York Fringe Festival, Dream on Monkey Mountain with the Denter Center Theater Company, Chaplin with the Edison Souto Theatre Group, Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands with the Fernando Guerreiro Theatre Group, and Yalorixa, a popular Brazilian soap-opera.

Dos Santos has taught at dance festivals, schools, and universities around the world, including The Ailey School, Steps on Broadway, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance School and International Summer Institute, DanceBrazil, Academy of Colorado Ballet, and Youth America Grand Prix, as well as master classes in the US, Italy, Switzerland, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Czech Republic, Argentina, and Brazil.