Jovani Furlan
Jovani Furlan (born ) is a Brazilian ballet dancer. He joined the Miami City Ballet in 2012, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2017. In 2019, he left the company to join the New York City Ballet as a soloist, and became a principal dancer in 2022. Early life and training Furlan was born in Joinville, Santa Catarina. He began ballet at age 11, at Bolshoi Theater School, after being urged by his grandmother. Three years after he began training, Mikhail Baryshnikov chose him to perform at Joinville Dance Festival, dancing an excerpt from The Nutcracker. When he was 17, he competed USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, due to the scholarships and dance company contracts offered there. Furlan, who had little experience in solos, was eliminated after the first round, but was spotted by Edward Villella and Roma Sosenko, who offered him a scholarship at the Miami City Ballet School. Though he had never heard of the Miami City Ballet, he decided to enter the school. He trained at the school for a year, in the Balanchine technique, which he was unfamiliar with but enjoyed. Career Furlan joined the Miami City Ballet in 2012, the year Lourdes