Soloist
Warwick, NY
Joined Boston Ballet in 2010
Joseph Gatti of Warwick, New York joins Boston Ballet as a soloist. Gatti began dancing at the Orlando Ballet School in Florida and continued his training with Vadim Fedotov and Irina Depler. He danced with Orlando Ballet as an apprentice for two years under the direction of Fernando Bujones.
Gatti was awarded the Gold Medal at the 2003 Youth America Grand Prix in New York. At that time, he was also awarded a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in London. Upon graduating with honors he received the 2004 Dame Ruth Railton Award for Excellence in Dance.
Gatti later joined the American Ballet Theater Studio Company and in 2005 became the first American male dancer to win the prestigious Gold Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition. He has also been nominated as best male dancer for the Benois de la Danse in Moscow, Russia, was a Bronze Medalist at the USA International Ballet Competition, a Silver Medalist at the Seoul International Ballet Competition in Korea, and a Gold Medalist at the World Ballet Competition.
Joseph later joined Cincinnati Ballet where he danced for three years and then Corella Ballet for two years as a principal dancer.
Some of his Principal roles include the Prince in Val Caniparoli’s The Nutcracker, Kirk Peterson’s Sleeping Beauty and Peter Stark’s Cinderella, Albrecth and peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Romeo in Victoria Morgan’s Romeo and Juliet, Solor, Bronze Idol and lead Fakir in Natalia Makarova’s La Bayadere, Siegfried and Benno in Swan Lake, Colas in Jose Pares La Fille mal gardee and many works from the classical repertoire such as Don Quixote, Satanella, Le Corsaire, and Black Swan. Gatti’s repertoire also includes Balanchine works such as Tchaikovsky pas de deux, Tarantella and Stars and Stripes; Anton Dolin’s Variation for Four, Arthur Saint-Leon’s La Vivandiere; and other ballets by important choreographers like: Stephen Mill,Twayla Tharp,Jamal Story, Jerome Robbins, Jorma Elo,Stanton Welch,Val Caniparoli, Angel Corella, and Clark Tippet.
Gatti has been invited to perform as a guest artist for many national and international companies. His dancing has been described by The New York Times as “astounding… with seamless, fluid finishes that made rare artistry of the gimmicks.”
Read an interview with Joseph.
Photo by Gene Schiavone.
