Ferdinando Chefalo

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Ferdinando Chefalo (* 1964 in Italy ) is an Italian ballet dancer , choreographer and director who has lived and worked in Austria since the 1980s .

Live and act

Ferdinando Chefalo was born in Italy in 1964 and grew up in Switzerland . He received his dance training for eight years with Rolf Bertschinger at the Accademia di Danza Classica in Lugano and graduated on June 30, 1984 with a ballet diploma. He was trained in singing by the former Viennese opera singer Walter Kreppel , among others .

Chefalo, who studied acting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna from 1987 to 1990 and graduated on June 12, 1990 with the stage maturity examination before the Vienna Joint Stage Examination Commission, took further acting lessons from director Elisabeth Schuster . After beginning his stage career at the Stadttheater St. Pölten , further engagements followed at the Theater an der Wien , the Volksoper Vienna , the Raimundtheater , the Ronacher , the Kleine Komödie , the Häbse-Theater in Basel , as well as at various other places of work. As an actor, singer and dancer he has worked on numerous pieces such as Cats , La Cage aux Folles , The Man of La Mancha , Grease , Kiss Me, Kate , Avant, Avanti! , La Cage aux Folles , The Farmer as Millionaire , Die Bernauerin , Pariser Leben and numerous other productions with. Overall, Chefalo was involved in over 2500 performances.

In addition, he worked as an actor, especially in the 1990s, in various film and television productions and was in All for the Mafia , Medicopter 117 - Every Life Counts , A Guardian Angel on Travel , Tatort , Iris & Violetta , A Little Refreshment , among others , Tonino and Toinette , Julia - an unusual woman , One Life to Live , The captain or Tom Turbo to see. Chefalo was also often used for well-known brands in commercials. Since the 1990s he has also worked as a choreographer and director for theater, television and events and has already worked as chief choreographer in over 300 productions for the ORF . He often appeared in front of the camera himself, for example in Starmania , musical! The show , dancing stars or heroes of tomorrow . In 2010 he appeared as a prominent player on the second season of the television show Das Match . From 2000 to 2003 he was the artistic director of the Loop-Line Brand & Live Communications AG agency .

Today the Chefalo , who lives in Laxenburg, often appears as a choreographer and director at various theaters throughout Austria and in neighboring countries.

Web links

Commons : Ferdinando Chefalo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "The Match" - Red cards for Ferner, Fleischhacker, Chefalo and Gaissmaier , accessed on October 10, 2018
  2. ↑ Ferdinando Chefalo as a player in Das Match , accessed on October 10, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Chefalo, Ferdinando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian dancer, choreographer and director
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Italy