Alejandro Tulio Totto

Former Principal Dancer of the Colón Theater of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ballet

He studies in the Instituto Superior de Arte (High Institute of Arts) of the Colón Theater, where his main teachers are Rodolfo Dantón, Carlos Fabris, Beatriz Ferrari, Gloria Kazda, Ana Marini, María Ruanova, Jorge Tomin and Wasil Tupin.

In 1971 he enters after contest into the Permanent Ballet of the same theater.

In 1977, after another strict contest, he is promoted to the rank of principal dancer, which he keeps until the end of his career.

He is invited by the choreographer George Skibine to study, and then to work in his company, Dallas Civic Ballet, in the U.S.A. There he dances Point and Counterpoint and is partenaire of the principal dancer Marjorie Tallchieff, with whom he dances Idyl and The Firebird.

He temporarily lives in New York city, studying with the maestro Héctor Zaraspe, in the Juilliard School.

When he returns back to Argentina, he joins again the Permanent Ballet of the Colón Theater and takes part in the grand tour throughout Latin America, performing in Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and in the Caribbean islands.

While performing in the Colón Theater, he also performs as guest principal dancer in the Ballet de Cámara Argentino, directed by the maestro Néstor Roygt, a company awarded with the prize Estrella de Mar.

In Paraguay he dances, with Nidya Neumayer, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Carmen and Coppelia.

He is a member of the Buenos Aires Festival Ballet, directed by Olga Ferri, of whom he is also partenaire.

He is also a member of the company of Liliana Belfiore and of the company of Guillermina Tarsi.

He dances Circular Ruins, of the choreographer Mauricio Wainrot.

He directs and dances in the Bagley Ballet, that performs more than fifty times.

In 2005 he is awarded by the Consejo Argentino de la Danza (Argentine Council of the Dance) for his artistic career.

Tango

He learns tango with his teacher, Antonio Todaro.

He is a dancer in the tango show of the bandoneonist Osvaldo Piro, in San Telmo Tango.

He also dances in the tango show of singer Jorge Sobral, during the tour to the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He is a member of the company Forever Tango, during the tour to the U.S.A. and England.

Ballet repertoire in the Colón Theater

His innate condition as a demi caractère dancer allows him, in the Colón Theater, to succesfully perform a wide repertoire.

He is directed by main national and international maestros and choreographers, among them:

Peter Anastos
Rodolfo Andrade
Oscar Araiz
Santiago Ayala, "El Chúcaro"
Liliana Belfiore
Vittorio Biaggi
Todd Bolender
Didí Carli
Jack Carter
John Clifford
Flemming Flindt
Yvonne Georgi
Dora Kriner
Atilio Labis
Pierre Lacotte
Vassili Lambrinos
Amalia Lozano
Gustavo Mollajoli
Patricia Neary
Vicente Nebrada
Rudolf Nureyev
Alexander Plissetsky
Zarko Prebil
Néstor Roygt
Antonio Truyol

He shares stage honors with the following national and international stars and principal dancers:

Liliana Belfiore
Anatoli Berdichev
Eva Evdokimova
Olga Ferri
Carla Fracci
Viacheslav Gordeiev
Violeta Janeiro
Alexander Lavreniuk
Ekaterina Maximova
Nidya Neumayer
Nadezhda Pavlova
Maia Plissetskaia
Sergei Radchenko
Ludmila Semeniaka
Mariana Sedova
Vladimir Vassiliev

Some of the ballets that he performs are:

Beat Suite (Oscar Araiz), soloist
Between Tangos and Milongas (Gustavo Mollajoli), soloist
Black Swan (Marius Petipa), pas de deux
Bolero (Maurice Béjart, re-staged by Alexander Plissetsky), main soloist together with Maia Plissetskaia, Anatoli Berdichev, Alexander Lavreniuk and Sergei Radchenko
Carmen (Alberto Alonso, re-staged by Alexander Plissetsky), role: The Bullfighter
Carmina Burana (Yvonne Georgi), soloist
Concerto (Kenneth Mac Millan / re-staged by Didí Carli), pas de deux
Concerto Serenade (John Clifford), soloist
Constantia (William Dollar), main role with Olga Ferri
Daphnis et Chloë (Amalia Lozano), role: The Pirate
Don Quixote (Marius Petipa), pas de deux
Don Quixote (Zarko Prebil), main role with Vladimir Vassiliev, Ekaterina Maximova, Viacheslav Gordeiev and Nadezhda Pavlova
Double Quaver (Vicente Nebrada), soloist
Fantasy (John Clifford), main role
Giselle (Alicia Alonso), roles: Albrecht, Hilarion
Graduation Ball (David Lichine), pas de deux "La Sylphide"
Hallewyn (Antonio Truyol), role: Wolventand
Interplay (Vassili Lambrinos), main role
John of Zarissa (Tatiana Gsovsky), main role with Olga Ferri
La Valse (Todd Bolender), soloist
Pentimento (Vicente Nebrada), soloist
National Pericón (Santiago Ayala, "El Chúcaro"), soloist
Polovtsian Dances of Prince Igor (Michel Fokine), main role
Pulsations (Vittorio Biaggi), soloist
Ravel Concerto (Peter Anastos), soloist
Raymonda (Marius Petipa, re-staged by Alexander Plissetsky), soloist
Romantic Encounters (John Clifford), main role
Romeo and Juliet (George Skibine), role: Teobaldo
Rythmetron (Arthur Mitchell, re-staged by Gustavo Mollajoli), soloist
Serenade (George Balanchine), soloist
Shukumei (Jack Carter), main role with Violeta Janeiro
Spartacus (Atilio Labis), roles: Spartacus, Crisius
Spiritu Tuo (Antonio Truyol), soloist
Suite en Blanc (Serge Lifar), pas de deux
Swan Lake (Marius Petipa - Lev Ivanov), role: Siegfried
The Captive (Néstor Roygt), main role
The Combat (William Dollar), main role
The Firebird (George Skibine, music: Igor Stravinsky), main role
The Four Seasons (Liliana Belfiore), main role
The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine, re-staged by Patricia Neary), soloist
The Lesson (Flemming Flindt), main role
The Miraculous Mandarin (Flemming Flindt), main role, for which he receives the prize of Dar magazine
The Mask and The Face (Dora Kriner), soloist
The Nutcracker (Zarko Prebil), soloist
The Preludes (Oscar Araiz), soloist
The Prisioner of The Caucasus (George Skibine), his first main role in 1972
The Seventh Symphony (Vittorio Biaggi), soloist
The Somnambulist (Dora Kriner), soloist
The Truth (Kenneth Mac Millan / re-staged by Didí Carli), main role
The Wedding (George Skibine, re-staged by Alexander Plissetsky, music: Igor Stravinsky), main role with Mariana Sedova
The Witch Boy (Jack Carter), role: The Preacher
To Buenos Aires (Gustavo Mollajoli), pas de deux
Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (Todd Bolender), soloist