Gianni Gino Di Marco
Dancer and choreographer Gianni Di Marco, a native of Venezuela, began his dance training in 1981 in the Professional Division of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. Di Marco joined Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1988, was promoted to second soloist in 1990, and first soloist the following year. He joined Boston Ballet in 1995, retiring in 2005. Di Marco has also danced with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and Germany’s Opera Leipzig Ballet. Di Marco has created a number of works for a variety of institutions, including Boston Ballet fundraising galas. Di Marco’s short works—Killing Time, Amphibious Love and Gracias a La Vida—have been performed for Festival Ballet Providence’s Up CLOSE, on HOPE series. Di Marco was named principal of City Dance in 2005, Boston Ballet’s outreach program which enriches more than 3,000 Boston public school children a year, and he also teaches Boston Ballet’s Adaptive Dance Program, created for children with Down Syndrome. He has recently started a new program for kids with autism. He is co-artistic director of The Boston Conservatory’s Summer Dance Intensive.
