Vantell Smith

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Vantell Smith
Native name Vantell Smith
Born 4 May 2001 (2001-05-04) (age 22)
Berlin, Germany
Residence Vienna, Austria
Nationality German
Education Bachelor of Arts, State Ballet School Berlin
Occupation
Years active 2001 - present
Known for Dancer
Home town Berlin, Germany
Height 6.3"
Website
https://www.instagram.com/vantellsmith/

Vantell Smith (born May 4 2001 in Berlin, Germany) is a German stage dancer from Berlin. Currently a dancer at the Staatsoper Berlin, he works with the Staatsballett Berlin.[1] In other areas also known as vantell.


Career

Vantell Smith is a professionally trained stage dancer who completed his training at the Staatliche Ballettschule Berlin. While still in training, he was sent by Marco Goecke to Hanover for a trial internship at his newly structured Opera House in Hanover in 2019, where he was able to gain numerous experiences.[2] After graduation, he moved 2 years later to the Staatsoper Berlin, where he is working and dancing on a new program of the Staatsballett Berlin under the direction of Arshak Ghalumyan and Christiane Theobald[3]. Vantell had a lot of contact with choreographers while still in school and in his second house, and has worked with the likes of Marco Goecke, Martin Buczko, Nacho Duato, Torsten Händler, Andonis Foniadakis, Lukáš Timulak, Medhi Walerski and others. Also in the gala of Polina Semionova 2017 he was allowed to perform with his group in the piece „All long dem day“ by Marco Goecke made especially for the school [4]. In television Vantell Smith is not an unknown face and already appeared in television channels such as ZDF, RRB and as well as in MDR in the broadcast of on Stefanie Hertel with the State Youth Ballet Berlin in 2017. In magazines on behalf of his ballet school such as the BZ.

Public figure

Vantell Smith is not only known in the dancer world. As a streamer on Twitch, he keeps people entertained with reactions to videos or even playing games. As a friend of other award-winning national streamers AnniTheDuck and RevedTV, Vantell does not see himself as Streamer. Dancing remains his profession. And he doesn't foresee stopping anytime soon.

Web links

  • Staatsballet Berlin Ensemble Staatsballett Berlin Ensemble List 2022
  • Marco Goecke's Company Marco's Article from Italian Newspaper 27-02.2021
  • Blog News from Staatsballett Berlin Article about Fellows
  • An Article of the Polina & Friend Gala Article about Polina & Friends