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About Fernando Montaño
- Fernando Rodriguez Montaño (born 6 March 1985) is a Colombian ballet dancer, and soloist with the Royal Ballet, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
- On November 19, 2015 he made his debut in a principal role when he performed 'the lover' in The Two Pigeons. He is the first Colombian to dance with the company having joined them in 2006.
- Fernando has performed in many different countries including Mexico, Russia, Japan, China, Jamaica, Spain, Italy and US, works regularly with the British fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, and produces and choreographs his own shows around the world.
- He was described by BBC TV in 2013 as 'the Colombian Billy Elliot'. In 2016 Fernando took a sabbatical and returned to Colombia to visit his family and be a judge on 52 episodes of the first ever Colombian series of Dancing with the Stars, known locally as Bailando con las Estrellas. He was also the subject of a BBC documentary, 'Dancing for Peace', that was broadcast in the UK and around the world in 2016.
- On September 10th 2016 Montaño premiered 'Foot-Ba', his new fusion of dance and football, at the globally televised opening ceremony of the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Cali.
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