Gianne Abbott

Top 8 of So You Think You Can Dance Australia 2009, the Brazilian Gianne Abbott has been dancing since the age of 6 when she started with Classical Ballet and Jazz, since then she has never stopped dancing. Gianne has experienced various styles of dance such as Contemporary, Hip Hop, Brazilian Ballroom Dance and has specialized in Afro and Brazilian Primitive Dances with the Dance/Theatre Company “Liberdade Canto e Dança” at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) São Paulo, Brazil in 2000/03.

In Brazil, Gianne has danced in several Dance Companies, participating in national and international Dance Festivals, has been the Queen of the Carnaval of Florianópolis in 1998 (her home town) and Cidada de Samba de Florianopolis 2007, which is the title of the best samba dancer.

Gianne started her overseas carrier dancing on board of the M/V Super Star Virgo in 2004/05, traveling around Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and in the year after, she worked in China with the show Carmenco 2006/07.

When she first arrived in Australia in 2007, she created Sambaki – The dance of Brazil, aiming to spread the Brazilian dance and culture, and since then she has been working with in numerous Australian companies and has been participating as teacher, performer and choreographer in Dance Festivals, Congresses and Multicultural events such as Brisbane Multicultural Festival, Sydney Salsa Congress, Australia Dance Festival, Ritmo Brazilian Festival, Brazil Central Congress, Melbourne Latin Festival and many more.

In her 24 years of career, Gianne has had the opportunity to work with renowned artists and choreographers such as Jason Gilkison, Kelley Abbey, Jason Coleman, Sarah Bouter, Jet Verne, Supple, Shannon Holtzapffel, Twitch, just to name a few./

Lately Gianne was a special guest in the TV Show The Biggest Looser; the feature dancer in the Show Ole Ola in Sydney, choreographed by the “Tango master” and also one of the SYTYCD choreographers, Fabio Robles, which Gianne also choreographed two routines; and promoted by Qpac (Queensland Performing Arts Centre) Gianne is choreographing the show Precious part of the Yonder project, working with disadvantage kids in QLD.

Gianne really loves what she does and we can easily notice that in the way she moves.