Michelangelo
Chelucci Dancer

The Italian Michelangelo Chelucci began his training in his home town of Pistoia, which he continued at the Ecole Superieure de Danse Rosella Hightower in Cannes. In 2005, he joined the Cannes Jeune Ballet under the direction of Monique Loudieres, where he performed in pieces by Rudolf Nureyev, Carolyn Carlson and Jean-Christophe Maillot, among others. From 2006 to 2015, he was a solo dancer with the resident company MaggioDanza in Florence, where he interpreted leading roles in choreographies by Michel Fokine, Vladimir Vasiliev, Evgeniy Polyakov, Aurel Milloss, George Balanchine, August Bournonville, Marco Goecke, Jirí Kylián and in new creations by Susanne Linke, Lucinda Chilos, Davide Bombana, Andonis Foniadakis and Goyo Montero, among others. During this time, he was invited to perform at the Tivoli Ballet in Denmark. He also took part in the Arsenale Della Danza project for the Biennale di Venezia. Since 2015, he has been part of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, where he danced solo parts in Maurice Béjart's repertoire and in new creations by Gil Roman, Giorgio Madia and Yuka Oishi. From 2019 to 2020, he was engaged by the Staatsballett Hannover and followed Marco Goecke to the Ballett Basel in summer 2025.