Fernando Melo

Fernando Melo, dancer. Fernando Melo comes from Rio de Janeiro, but trained at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School. Prior to joining the Göteborg Ballet in 2004 he danced with Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf in Germany. Whilst with the Göteborg Ballet he’s been seen in works by Stijn Celis, Tero Saarinen, Wim Vandekeybus, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, Johan Inger, Jirí Kylían and Mats Ek. As a choreographer Fernando Melo has created works for Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Germany, Introdance in Holland, Luna Negra Dance Theatre in Chicago and for the Göteborg Ballet Bate (2005), Boxman (2008) and The Guest House (2010).