Teaching with Good Women for the first time, Diego’s class will be encouraging dancers to be versatile in their expressions and to be able to portray a wide array of moviment styles into their practice, like Breakdance, Capoeira, floor work, tension release and musicality.

Born in Mococa-SP, Brazil, Diego Ramalho’s beginning in dance was in Breakdance and Brazilian Capoeira. In his teens, he was persuaded to enroll in formal ballet training and was invited to be a member of Coastal City Ballet Company in Vancouver, BC, where he performed leading roles in full-length ballets such as Swan Lake, Giselle, Cinderella, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as working with contemporary choreographers. Diego has been a guest artist in productions across Canada, USA and Brazil and joined Ballet Edmonton in 2018 where he has been exploring his choreographic voice under the mentorship of Wen Wei Wang. His recent work “Valei-me” has been presented for diverse audiences across Canada, including the National Arts Centre in Ottawa as part of Ballet Edmonton’s 2023 e-motion tour.