Segovia, Spain
Born in Warwick, New York and raised in Orlando, Florida. He started dancing at age 10 with the Orlando Ballet School in Florida and continue his training with Vadim Fedotov and Irina Depler in Orlando. At 17 years old he joined Orlando Ballet as an aprentice under the direction of Fernando Bujones. In 2003 he received the Gold Medal in the Youth American Grand Prix Ballet Competition in New York and a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in London. Upon graduating with honors he received the 2004 Dame Ruth Railton Award for Excellence in Dance. In 2003, he participated in the American Ballet Theatre summer intensive and later he joined the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company for the 2004/2005 season.


In 2005, Mr. Gatti became the first American Male Dancer to win the Gold Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition, were he was invited by Victoria Morgan to join Cincinnati Ballet as a soloist and later he continued as a Principal Dancer until 2008. Joseph Gatti was nominated as best male dancer for the Benois de la Danse in 2006. He also recieved the Bronze Medal in the 2006 USA International Ballet Competition and the Silver Medal in the 2006 Seoul International Dance Competition, Korea. In 2007, he received the Gold Medal in the First World Ballet Competition in Orlando, Florida. Joseph was coached by Orlando Molina for many competitions and this last one by Magaly Suarez. In 2006, Mr. Gatti was chosen to be featured in a video entitled "The Male Ballet Dancer" presented by renowned master teacher and trainer Finis Jhung.


Joseph Gatti has been invited as a Principal Guest Artist with the Ballet Municipal de Lima, Peru; Ballet Concerto of Puerto Rico; the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami and many other galas and festivals around the United States, including the Miami International Ballet Festival and the Gala of the International Ballet Starts in Cincinnati.

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Dance: African, Ballet, Ballroom, Break Dance, English, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Modern, Salsa, Swing, Sport, Tango Sports: Baseball, Bicycling, Boxing, Cross Country Running, Darts, Fly Fishing, Football, Handball, Jazz, Running, Modern, Ice Hockey, Pilates, Roller Hockey, Roller Skating, Soccer, Speed Walking, Weight Lifting, Yoga, Ping Pong, Fishing Language: English Accents: Italian, New York City, Russian, Scottish, Spanish, Standard British Additional: Clowning, Improvisation, Mime, Stage Combat, Voice Characterizations