Fran Mangiacasale

Fran Mangiacasale is a contemporary, classical, and neoclassical dancer, teacher, and choreographer.

He started his training in Genoa with National and International teachers, he then moved to London in 2002 where he continued his professional development in Contemporary dance and physical theatre with a variety of different teachers and movement artists, Ballet with the late Roger Tully, and Dance Mastery an innovative system created by Konstantin Pavlidis.

Fran has danced in numerous companies including The Lindsay Kemp Company, National Dance Company of Wales, Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, Unstructured Light, Smallpetitklein, The London Ballet Company, The Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Nationale Reisopera ( Holland ), Hamburg Staatsoper, Opera Sao Carlo ( Lisbon ) and performed in different productions and projects with a variety of National and International Choreographers such as Chris Marney, Lucy Burge, Maxine Braham, Philippe Giraudeau, Jo Meredith, Renato Zanella and many others.
Fran was also Assistant Choreographer and Dance captain in productions at the English National Opera, Hamburg Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera Sao Carlo ( Lisbon ).

In 2013, he was invited to be assistant Choreographer and Guest Soloist with the Azerbaijan State Academic Ballet in “Shadow of Gobustain” Choreographed by Maxine Braham and organised by the ministry of culture in Baku.

As Choreographer he has created work ranging from dance theatre and Operas to contemporary dance and full ballet productions for: Toos Foundation, Opera Fabula (Vienna), XOGA, The London Ballet Company, Blackheath Opera Halls, Grange Festival Opera and Let’s All Dance Ballet Company where is currently resident choreographer, designer ad dancer.