Patrick Piras

Background

About Patrick Piras

From Udine, Italy, Patrick began his dance training at the age of 6 while living in Alghero, where he focused on professional ballroom dancing for three years until he decided to stop following an injury. At age 14 he moved back to his hometown, where he came close to dance again thanks to Arianna Zanello who invited him to attend her school Filodanza and later became his mentor. He then focused his study in ballet, modern, jazz, and contemporary dance and attended several summer intensives in Italy, mostly as a scholarship student, standing out because of his talent. He came to The Ailey School in 2013, and is currently a Scholarship Student. He has performed works by Alvin Ailey, Matthew Rushing, Ronnie Favors, Tracy Inman, Martin Lofsnes, Amy Hall, Darshan Bhuller, Nathan Trice, Nicholas Villenueve, and Christopher Rudd. He has performed “Memoria” with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theather at New York City Center in December 2014 and “Concurrence” representing the Ailey School in the Ailey Spirit Gala at David H. Koch Theather in June 2016. Patrick has also performed with 360° Dance Company and is currently a part of Nai Ni Chen Dance Company and Arch Contemporary Ballet; he is currently part of the faculty of The Ailey School where he teaches ballet.