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In 2010, Montaño was promoted to First Artist and has been featured in increasingly higher profile roles. His repertory includes Colas (La Fille mal gardée), Jester (Cinderella), Bluebird (The
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In May 2013, he produced and starred in a gala event in the
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He was also the subject of a BBC documentary, 'Dancing for Peace', that was broadcast in the UK and around the world in 2016. On
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February 9, 2014, Montaño produced the world premiere of Narcissus, at the Hippodrome Theatre in London. An evening of live ballet, opera, poetry and classical music concluded with the screening of the new short dance film by Italian director and choreographer
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Colombian to dance with the company having joined them in 2006. Fernando has performed in many different countries including Mexico, Russia, Japan, China, Jamaica, Spain, Italy and US, works regularly with the British fashion designer
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October 21, 2014, he produced 'Fernando Montano's Classical Cabaret' at the Hippodrome Theatre in London where he brought together rising stars from the worlds of dance, opera and classical music including mezzo-soprano Justina Gringyte.
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In October 2015, the Colombian/Puerto Rican feature film 'Fragmentos de Amor' was released. Directed by Fernando Vallejo it was the screen debut of Montaño in a small role as a Salsa Dancer.
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into very poor area of the country but at the age of 14 won a scholarship to the National Ballet School of Cuba where he won several prizes at the International Ballet Contest in
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In 2016, Fernando took a sabbatical and returned to Colombia to visit his family and be a judge on 52 episodes of the first ever Colombian series of
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