Gino Berti has been involved in the entertainment industry for over twenty-five years.
He has been fortunate enough to have been associated with an extensive variety of Musical Theatre, Industrial, Concert, Television and Film productions involving various styles of choreography and staging.
Some of Gino’s accomplishments include choreographing the world premier of “Legends”, a take off of the Ed Sullivan show featuring twenty years of legendary artists, as well as the world premier of its predecessor, “Twist and Shout, the British Invasion”. Gino has remounted numerous productions of Gillian Lynnes Broadway choreography “CATS”, as well as choreographing numerous productions of “Beauty and the Beast” and “Forever Plaid”. Other credits include “A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum”, “My Fair Lady”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, The Goh Ballet, and The Miss Universe Canada Pageant, where he is the resident choreographer and co-director. In addition, he was the associate choreographer and associate artistic director of the Margo Perry Dance Bank Company (Ballet Jazz concert style) for approximately ten years, as well as the Artistic Director for “Dare to Dance” in Saskatchewan. Gino is also involved as associate to Janet Wagner of J.W. & Associates, a commercial and industrial production company that mounts shows with an endless variety of dance styles and themes.
Gino has been Resident Dance Captain and Fight Captain to many Mega Musicals such as Elton John’s and Tim Rice’s pre Broadway “Aida”, “Beauty and the Beast” (where he was sent to Broadway to train Dance Captains for their future productions), “Miss Saigon”, “Brigadoon”, “Guys & Dolls”, “Evolution of Jazz”, “Forum”, “Mame”, and “The T.O. Hot Shoe Show”.
Other productions include the Charlottetown Festival’s “Anne of Green Gables”and “The Great Adventure” (World Premier), the Canadian Opera Company’s “The Merry Widow”, and Toronto productions of “CATS”, “The Wizard of Oz”, and “A Chorus Line”.
Gino was assistant choreographer for several national television shows including Canadian Idol’s Finale, Canada’s Walk of Fame, and Deal or No Deal Canada. His choreography has also appeared in Queer as Folk as well as numerous television commercials.
Gino has had the pleasure of setting and work shopping new pieces at numerous universities and schools of the arts, as well as adjudicating competitions across the country. He has also had the opportunity to work with such artists as Deborah Cox, Michael J. Fox, Howie Mandell, Nelly Furtado, Heather Hadley, Gordon Thompson, Bob Avion, Nick Heitner, Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Shonberg, Tim Rice, Elton John and Natalie Portman.
In the near future, Gino will yet again be remounting his own choreography of “Twist and Shout” and “Legends” and choreographing the “Miss Universe Canada Pageant in 2009 “.