GIANNE ABBOTT

Briefly                                                    The Brazilian Gianne Abbott has been dancing since the age of 6 when she started with Classical Ballet and Jazz, since then she has never stopped dancing. Gianne has experienced various styles of dance such as Contemporary, Hip Hop, Brazilian Ballroom Dance and has specialised in Afro and Brazilian Primitive Dances with the Dance/Theatre Company “Liberdade Canto e Dança” at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) São Paulo, Brazil  2000/03.   In Brazil, Gianne has danced in a several Dance Companies, participating in national and international Dance Festivals, has been the Queen of the Carnaval of Florianópolis in 1998 (her home town) and Cidada de Samba de Florianopolis 2007, which is the title of the best samba dancer.   Gianne started her overseas career dancing on board of the M/V Super Star Virgo in 2004/05, traveling around Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and in the year after, she worked in China with the show Carmenco 2006/07.   When she first arrived in Australia in 2007, she created Sambaki – The dance of Brazil, aiming to spread the Brazilian dance and culture, and since then she has been working with in numerous Australian companies, and has been participating as teacher, performer and choreographer in Dance Festivals, Congresses and Multicultural events such as Brisbane Multicultural Festival, Sydney Salsa Congress,  Australia Dance Festival, Ritmo Brazilian Festival, Brazil Central Congress, Melbourne Latin Festival and many more. In 2008 she was the Afro Jazz teacher in the full time course SCADA (Sunshine Coast Academy of Dance and Arts).  In 2009, Gianne was the top 10 in the hit TV show So You Think You Can Dance where she was brought back to the competition to replace an injured contestant, keeping Gianne in the competition till the top 8. Gianne has had the opportunity to work with renowned artists and choreographers such as Jason Gilkison, Kelley Abbey, Jason Coleman, William Forsythe, Sarah Boulter, Juliette Verne,  just to name a few. And with the SYTYCD top 10 National Tour, Gianne got to perform in the biggest arenas of Australia.   This year, Gianne was a special guest in the TV Show The Biggest Looser; the feature dancer and also collaborated with two choreographies in the Show Ole Ola in Sydney, directed & choreographed by the “Tango master” and also one of the SYTYCD choreographers, Fabio Robles; and working with disadvantage kids in the project Yonder, promoted by Qpac (Queensland Performing Arts Centre) Gianne was the choreographer in the show Precious. Gianne really loves what she does and we can easily notice that in the way she moves.        " Dance keeps the balance in my body,          mind and my soul. I believe that with dance           in our lives we can make the world an even           better place to live  in."                                               Gianne Abbott