Freddy Ramirez
FREDDY RAMIREZ (choreographer) is a Bronx, NY born and raised performer, choreographer and teacher. He began dancing at Broadway Dance Center & STEPS in NYC where he focused his energy on studying all aspects of dance including Tap, Contemporary, Street Jazz, Ballet, & Modern. His training led him to begin his professional career as a core member and eventually a principal dancer for In Forward Motion modern dance company which debuted works from Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, and Colin Connor to name a few. He has performed in music videos and industrials in the U.S. and his dancing led him to Italy where he was featured in ”Tango!”
In the musical theatre world Freddy has performed on Broadway in “Grease!” and in numerous Equity productions of ”West Side Story” as Bernardo (including 250th Anniversary productions), ”Cabaret” as Victor,” Gypsy” as L.A., ”Aida,” ”Miss Saigon,” ”Man of La Mancha,” ”Evita” as the featured Tango Dancer and ”Fosseto” name a few; and he has toured in the European Touring Company of A Chorus Line and the First U.S. National Touring Companies of ”Grease!” and ”Peter Pan.”
Expanding his art into choreography, Freddy has choreographed works performed in Germany, Italy and here in the US. He is an associate artist at Capital Repertory Theatre, the assistant artistic director at the Northeast Ballet Company and has created choreography for both.
He most recently choreographed the world premieres of ”Naked Influence” and ”Some People Hear Thunder,” as well as ”The Irish and How They Got That Way,” “Full Monty,” “She Loves Me,” “Mamma Mia,” “Camelot,” “A Christmas Story,” “Gypsy” and “The Secret Garden” at Capital Repertory Theatre. Other choreography credits include ”Guys & Dolls,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Damn Yankees,” “Carousel,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and ”Little Shop of Horrors” for numerous Union regional and repertory theatres. Freddy has also been the choreographer for the Collaborative School of the Arts at Proctors, where he created the choreography for ”All Shook Up,” “Aida,” “Pippin,” “Les Misérables,” “RENT” and “Into the Woods.”