Piotr Giro (born January 16, 1974) is a Polish-born Swedish actor, dancer and choreographer.
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Biography
Piotr Giro is educated at The Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm and has been active since 1995 as an actor, dancer and choreographer both in Sweden and abroad.
Giro had his breakthrough when he portrayed the lead role in Romeo and Juliet at Royal Dramatic Theatre, a collaboration with Cirkus Cirkör, and the title role in Don Juan by Molière at Gothenburg City Theater. Giro had one of the leading roles in the film adaptation of Keillers Park by Susanna Edwards and has appeared in a number of films, including The Girl, the Mother and the Demons and Wellkåmm to Verona by Suzanne Osten.
Giro has performed with and toured alongside some of the world’s most renowned dance companies and choreographers including Batsheva Dance Company, Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus, La La La Human Steps / Édouard Lock, Cullberg Ballet and Josef Nadj company. He has also collaborated with David Byrne and with Marc Ribot.
Personal life
Piotr is a long time practitioner of Aikido, acrobatics and rock climbing. He also practices Zazen since 2010.
Filmography
1999 – The Last Words / Ultima Vez & Flemish Film / Dir - Wim Vandekeybus
2000 – Inasmuch / Ultima Vez & Quasi Modo / Dir - Wim Vandekeybus
2001 – Mantra / Svt Drama / Dir - Jörgen Hjerdt
2002 – In Spite of Wishing and Wanting / Film in Vlaanderen / Dir - Wim Vandekeybus
2003 – Five Staircases / Svt Drama / Dir - Hanna Andersson
2003 – Skeppsholmen / Svt Drama / Dir - Simon Kaijser
2004 – Graveyard Island / Agadir Film / Dir - Martin Forsström & Daniel Möllberg
2006 – Wellkåmm to Verona / Filmlance & Metronome / Dir - Suzanne Osten
2006 – Keillers Park / Film i Väst / Dir - Susanna Edwards
2007 – The Blueberry War / Mañana Film AB / Dir - Lars-Göran Pettersson
2008 – Olof 1440 Min / iFilm / Dir - Johan Ribe
2009 – The Man Below the Stairs / Svt Drama / Dir - Daniel Lind Lagerlöf
2010 – Coffe / Svt Drama / Dir - Helena Franzén
2014 – The Ceremony / Svt Documentary / Dir - Lina Mannheimer
2015 – The Anatomy of Vengeance / Dir - Reich + Szyber
Theatrework
2002 – 2003 - Romeo & Juliet by W. Shakespeare - (Romeo) - Royal Dramatic Theatre
2003 – 2004 - Dante's Divine Comedy - Gothenburg City Theatre
2004 – Don Juan by Moliére - (Don Juan) - Gothenburg City Theatre
2004 – Propaganda - The away team - Jens Östberg
2005 – 99% Unknown - Circus Cirkör
2006 – Vagabond - (Piotr Giro)
2006 – Momo the grey gentlemen - (Gigi) - Stockholm City Theatre
2008 – Edward II - (Spencer) - Unga Klara - Stockholm City Theater
2009 – 2011 - Unknown Pleasures - Dance theatre - Stockholm City Theater
2010 – Eaten by Men - Dance theatre - Reich + Szyber
2015 – 2017 - Disaster in the Jungle - (Nikos Skalkottas)
2017 – Because I'm worth it - (The man in the couple) - Stockholm City Theatre
2026 – Frankenstein - (Victor Frankenstein) - Turteatern
Dancework
1995 – Royal Swedish Opera - Opera Aida
1995 – Royal Swedish Opera - Peer Gynt
1996 – Carl Olof Berg - ÄETT, Deuce
1996 – 1998 - Batsheva Dance Company - Ohad Naharin
1997 – Angelin Preljocaj - Batsheva Dance Company - Noces
1998 – Norrdans - Jens Östberg, Jo Strømgren
1998 – 2009 - Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus
2000 – 2001 - Josef Nadj - L'Anatomie du fauve
2004 – Philippe Blanchard - Noodles
2005 – Renovating an object - Piotr Giro, Shintaro Oue
2005 – Cirkus Cirkör - 99% Unknown
2006 – Vagabond - Piotr Giro
2007 – 2008 - Örjan Andersson - Triptych
2008 – 2009 - Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus - Spiegel
2009 – 2010 - Equal - Shintaro Oue, Piotr Giro, Satoshi Kudo
2011 – 2012 - Lena Philipsson - My Dream Show - Fredrik Rydman
2012 – Royal Swedish Opera - Bluebeard’s Castle / Trouble in Tahiti
2013 – Eurovision - interval act - Northern Lights - Fredrik Rydman
Commercial & Music Videos
1993 – Pandora / Trust Me / Dir - Unknown
1996 – Thomas Di Leva / Den Glada Stjärnan / Dir - Di Leva
2002 – Roxette / A Thing About You / Dir - Jonas Åkerlund
2006 – Backyard Babies / The Mess Age (How Could I Be So Wrong) - Sony Music
2011 – Elin Lanto / Color Me Blue / Dir - Rafael Edholm
2014 – Takida / To Have And To Hold / Dir - Bengt-Anton Runsten
2015 – Ikea commercial / Dir - Jens Jonsson
2015 – Elin Lanto / Burning Heart / Dir - Robin Robinovich
2016 – Weeping Willows / My Love Is Not Blind / Dir - David Kaijser
2016 – Magnus Uggla / Dyngrak(VR) / Dir - Unknown
