Biography
Juliano Nunes trained at the Brazilian Dance Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro before continuing his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, where he earned both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts. Throughout his career, he has been a member of renowned companies including the Royal Ballet of Flanders, Leipziger Ballett, the ballet company of Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and Gauthier Dance in Stuttgart. He has worked with choreographers such as William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Hans van Manen, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Yuri Grigorovich and Akram Khan.
His own choreographic work has earned him international recognition, with creations for the Royal Ballet in London, American Ballet Theatre, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 2, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Acosta Danza, Philadelphia Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre, Ballett Zürich, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Staatstheater Hannover, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet West, Origen Festival Cultural and Teatro di San Carlo. He has also created choreography for the Netflix series »Tiny Pretty Things«. Juliano Nunes is Resident Choreographer at Philadelphia Ballet. Beyond his work for the stage, he has collaborated on visual projects with artists including Penélope Cruz, Residente and FKA twigs. He received a Latin Grammy for »313«, a collaboration with Penélope Cruz and Residente. In the 2026/27 season, Juliano Nunes creates the choreography for »Ein Sommernachtstraum« with Leipziger Ballett.