Yago Gonzaga

Demi-Soloist

Yago Gonzaga hails from Belém in the Brazilian state of Pará. In 2016 he graduated from the Bolshoi Theatre School in Joinville (Brazil) in the class of Dmitry Afanasyev and joined the young company of the Bolshoi Theatre School. Before that, he had also trained as a tailor and designer at Studio de Moda Claudia Alchini. From the 2018/19 season on, he danced at the Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre as principal. He was awarded the "PI Tchaikovsky" prize in Perm for the best performance with music of Peter Tchaikovsky. In 2018 he won the bronze medal and the prize of the "jury press" at the ballett competition "Arabesque". Since the 2022/23 season he has been dancing with Bayerisches Staatsballett as a demi-soloist.

(Information as of June 2025)

Roles and parts in the 2025/26 season
Four Gardeners in Le Parc (Angelin Preljocaj)

Boléro (Maurice Béjart), as part of the Waves and Circles triple bill
Illusions – like Swan Lake (John Neumeier)
Cacti (Alexander Ekman), as part of the Common Ground triple bill
Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)

Previous roles and parts
Autumn Solo in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
"Drum" Solo in La Bayadère (Patrice Bart after Petipa)
Lacquey/Frog in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)

Jewels (George Balanchine)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
Pictures at an Exhibition (Alexei Ratmansky), as part of the Passagen Triple Bill
Schmetterling (Sol León & Paul Lightfoot), as part of the eponymousDouble Bill
Tchaikovsky Overtures (Alexei Ratmansky)