Thiago Fayad

Thiago Fayad was born in Brazil. He initially trained as a computer technician at the Colegio Prevê Objectivo in Agudos. He received his dance training in his home country with Valéria Mattos, Eduardo Bonis and Jorge Penha, at the Internacional Dance Seminar in Brasília, in Vancouver at Lamon Dance Works, at Pacific Dance Arts, at the Royal City Youth Ballet and at the Goh Ballet Academy. He received his first permanent engagement in Germany in 2011/2012 at Theater Nordhausen. From 2012 he was engaged by the Ballett Rossa company at Theater Halle, where he performed as a soloist in the ballets »Messias«, »Anna Karenina« and »Groovin’ Bodies«, among others. He appeared as a chanson singer in Jochen Ulrich’s ballet.

As a musical performer, Thiago Fayad made his Halle debut as Diesel in »West Side Story«. In 2017 he was engaged as Alonzo and Mr. Mistoffeleees in »Cats« at the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel. In 2017/2018 he played Hanna (»La Cage aux Folles«) and Gremio (»Kiss me, Kate«) at the Anhaltisches Theater Dessau. In 2018/2019 he appeared as Hortensio (»Kiss me, Kate«) at Theater Bonn, as Jakob (»La Cage aux Folles«) at Theater Magdeburg, as László Kertész (»Roxy und ihr Wunderteam«) at Komische Oper Berlin and as Aurelio as well as Prisoner in »Kiss of the Spider Woman« at Bühne Baden. In 2019‒2022 he appeared in Disney’s »Aladdin« in Stuttgart as, among others. Prince Abdullah, Kassar and Dschaffar.