Gregory Gonzales

About Gregory Gonzales

Gregory Gonzales graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Kinesiology/Dance. Gregory received a dance scholarship during his time at UNC and earned the Best Dancer Award. While at university he discovered his love of choreography in the composition classes offered and took full advantage of every choreographic opportunity that presented itself. From these he gained valuable experience choreographing musicals, opera, theater and concert stage dance. Gregory was also a full scholarship student at the American Dance Festival and this allowed him to work closely with several successful choreographers, notably Doug Varone and Sardono Kusamo.

Gregory has danced the bulk of his career at Colorado Ballet where he was promoted to Principal in 1997 and danced leading roles as well as character roles in works by major choreographers such as Martha Graham, Agnes de Mille, George Balanchine, Eugene Loring, Christopher Wheeldon, Sir Frederic Ashton, Peter Pucci, Toru Shimazaki and Doug Varone. He created several works for the Colorado Ballet which include Carmina Burana, Peter Pan (both co-choreographed), Incantation, Broken Web and Last Breath. For the 2003-2004 season he was made a Choreographer in Residence. Gregory has also set work for the David Taylor Dance Theater, Ballet Ariel and Tango Colorado and has choreographed for the Denver School of the Arts, International Youth Ballet and The Academy of Colorado Ballet. Gregory also received a commission for a work from the University of Northern Colorado in 2005 and was selected to present a piece for the Denver Independent Choreographer’s Project as well as for the Aspen Dance Connection’s Choreography Festival.

Gregory danced with several companies before coming to Colorado Ballet which includes Ballet Pacifica, Ballet Arizona, Nevada Dance Theater, David Taylor Dance Theater, Kim Robards Dance and The Wylliams-Henry Dance Theater. Gregory was a co-founder of On Edge Productions staging combat and comedy at numerous festivals. He was adjudicated by The Society of American Fight Directors and was recommended in rapier and dagger. Gregory is also a teacher and has taught ballet, floor barre, partnering, men’s class, contemporary ballet, modern, jazz and acting for dancers for several schools and companies, notably; Ballet Ariel Company and School, Between the Bones, Kim Robards Dance, Encore Dance, Denver School of the Arts and their after school program, The Academy of Colorado Ballet and International Ballet’s summer intensive programs. Gregory also enjoys studying Argentine Tango and plays guitar in the Natural Tango Orquesta Tipica. He has performed in theater and film work and has been cast in several independent film projects in the Denver area.

Choreography

Gregory has had the opportunity to set choreographic work on many companies and venues including Colorado Ballet, David Taylor Dance Theater, International Youth Ballet, Tango Colorado, Ballet Ariel and Denver School of the Arts to name a few. He has created full length ballets and contemporary ballets and modern pieces. Gregory enjoys the choreographic process and developing movement with the dancers and loves to explore the possibilities of expression and feeling that exist in dance as poetry and metaphor. He was a Choreographer in Residence at Colorado Ballet from 2003-2004 and for Ballet Ariel from 2005 up until the present.

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Gonzales has an ability to mine dancers for amazing, eclectic movements that can vary from frantic shaking and seemingly impossible postures on the floor, to full out and wide-open dance.

- Donald K. Atwood, World Dance Reviews

Choreography Videos

Broken Web

Last Breath

Peter Pan

Teaching

Gregory enjoys teaching many forms of dance including ballet, modern, jazz, acting for dancers and floor barre. He earned a degree in Kinesiology/Dance and this gives him a unique view in helping students meet their own particular challenges in the classroom. He currently is a guest ballet teacher for the Denver School of the Arts and an instructor for Ballet Ariel Company and School. He has taught for several summer intensive programs some of which are Colorado Ballet Summer Intensive, International Ballet School Summer Intensive and Ballet Ariel Summer Intensive to name a few.

He has taught master classes for the University of Northern Colorado, Aspen Dance Connection, Metropolitan Academy of Dance, Castle Rock School of Gymnastics and other schools throughout Colorado and Wyoming.

Gregory is available to teach master classes and workshops. Please call or email for more information.

Performing

Gregory has performed with several companies including Colorado Ballet, Ballet Pacifica, Ballet Arizona, Nevada Dance Theater, Wylliams-Henry Dance Theater, Kim Robards Dance, Zikr Dance and David Taylor Dance Theater to name a few. He has also worked as a guest artist in many productions throughout the U.S. Gregory spent the bulk of his career at Colorado Ballet and was promoted to Principal in 1997 and danced many leading roles and character roles.

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Gregory Gonzales, a riveting Revivalist, was sharply impressive, tempering bursts of hell and brimstone with measuredly grave humanity. I also felt there was an underlying humor there.

- Hilary Ostlere – Dance Magazine

Performing Videos

Arabian from The Nutcracker

Stage Combat

Gregory has been adjudicated by the Society of American Fight Directors and was recommended in rapier and dagger by David Boushey. He has experience in working with many different forms of theater where the art of stage combat is necessary to further the plot through character development yet the actors remain safe and are able to express through their combative movement. From comedy to drama, Gregory has created in many venues including ballet, tango, theater, opera, independent film and renaissance fairs. He was co-creator of On Edge Productions, which specialized in stage combat and comedy, along with Dale Girard and had personal coaching from Jerome Smith who was a founding member of the Society of American Fight Directors.

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