• 19 March 1983: Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Trained at the ballet school of Sao Paulo
• Trained wiyh a full scholarship at the Akademie des Tanzes Mannheim
• 2001: Engaged by the Hamburg Ballet
• 2005: Promoted to Soloist
• 2006: Promoted to Principal

Choreographer's work:

• 2001: Violinkonzert
• 2002: Poem - Love Poem
• 2003: Lieder
• 2005: Voices of Silence
• 2009: A Foreign sound
• 2011: Perhaps Whisper

Awards and Prices:

• 1997: First Price as best up-and-coming Young Dancer in Joinville, Brazil
• 1999: Silver Medal in Brasilia, Brazil
• 2000: Finalist at the Prix de Lausanne
• 2000: First Price of the Tanzstiftung Birgit Keil
• 2001: First Price in Helsinki
• 2001: Finalist at the Grand Prix d'Eurovision for Young Dancers in London
• 2005: The German Dance Prize "Future"
• 2006: Dr-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-price
• 2006: Nominated for "the Faust 2006" for his performance of Romeo in Romeo & Juliet
• 2010: Benois de la Danse 2010 for his interpretation of Armand in Lady of the Camelias
• 2010: Premio Positano "Léonide Massine"