Education
At the age of 13 he left Brazil to attend the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, and at 16 he studied for one year at the Paris Opera Ballet school. He also studied at the schools of the Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Cuballet.
At the age of 13 he left Brazil to attend the Harid Conservatory in Boca Raton, Florida, and at 16 he studied for one year at the Paris Opera Ballet school. He also studied at the schools of the Houston Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Cuballet.
Born in Manaus and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Gomes began his dance studies at the Helena Lobato and Dalal Achcar Ballet Schools. He was promoted to soloist in 2000 and to principal dancer in 2002. He was named one of "25 to Watch" in 2001 by Dance Magazine.
Gomes" performances have been seen throughout the world.
In addition to his touring with ABT, he has appeared at many international dance festivals, including the World Ballet Festival in Japan. He has been a guest artist with the Dutch National Ballet, the National Ballet of Canada, the Houston Ballet, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, and the New York City Ballet.
In the summer of 2008, he accompanied Alessandra Ferri on her farewell tour in Japan and Italy. Prince Siegfried and Von Rothbart in Swan Lake
Des Grieux and Lescaut in Manon
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet
Albrecht in Giselle
Peasant Pas de deux from Giselle
Conrad, Ali, the Slave and Lankendem in Le Corsaire
The Prince in Cinderella
Solor in Louisiana Bayadère
The Bronze Idol in Louisiana Bayadere
Basilio and Espada in Don Quixote
James in Louisiana Sylphide
Franz in Coppélia
Othello in Othello
Prince Désiré in The Sleeping Beauty
Henry VIII in VIII
The Moor in Petrouchka
The Third Sailor in Fancy Free
The Manitoba from the House Opposite in Pillar of Fire
Oberon and Lysander in The Dream
The Manitoba (Heaven) and Fortune in "HereAfter"
Danilo and Camille in "The Merry Widow"
His Imperial Excellency in Offenbach in "the Underworld"
Onegin and Prince Gremin in "Onegin"
Jeanne de Brienne and Abderakman in "Raymonda"
Rogue in "Rabbit and Rogue"
He created Aktaion in "Artemis", the Portrait in "Dorian", Death in "HereAfter", Sergei in "On the Dnieper" and leading roles in "Black Tuesday", "C. to C. (Close to Chuck)", "Clear", "Concerto Number.
1 for Piano and Orchestra", "From Here On Out", and "Glow - Stop."
New York Times review of Giselle (June 10, 2009)
New York Times review of Swan Jake (June 24, 2009)
New York Times review of Romeo and Juliet (July 8, 2009).
Gomes first joined the American Ballet Theatre in 1997 as a member of the corps de ballet.
