SARAWANEE TANATANIT
Owner of Host Bangkok Performing Arts Center, Thailand
Prize Winner, Prix de Lausanne 2001
Former dancer at American Ballet Theatre and soloist of Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genéve
Jury Member, Prix de Lausanne 2021
Jury Member, Prix de Lausanne Bourse vaudoise de danse
Jury Member Prix de Lausanne pre-selection
Jury Member YAGP Indonasia 2023
Silpathorn Award from Thailand ministry of Cultures 2023 for outstanding performer 2023
“Chevaliére des Arts et des Letters”, Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters from French Minister of Culture 2024
Contemporary teacher at Prix de Lausanne 2025
Born in Thailand, Sarawanee Tanatanit joined the Rhythmic Gymnastic National team of Thailand at the age of 13, who became gold medalists in Junior Championship and South East Asian Game competition. She was offered a scholarship from Sports Authority of Thailand to continue her rhythmic gymnastic training in Vancouver, Canada, where she also pursued her dance career after. Prize Winner of the 2001 Prix de Lausanne, miss Tanatanit was offered an apprenticeship at the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. The following year, she was accepted into the ABT Company where she spent 7 years. She was named “Critic Choice” by Pointe Magazine in 2003 and awarded one of Dance Magazine’s “Top 25 to Watch” in 2008.
She moved to Europe in 2008 and danced leading roles for Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève in Switzerland such as Giselle (choreographed by Pontus Lidberg), Romeo and Juliet and Tristan and Isolde (choreographed by Joëlle Bouvier), which received “le Grand Prix 2016 de la critique” for best show of the season, leading roles in the Nutcracker, Amoveo, Closer, Spectre de la Rose by Benjamin Millepied.
After she danced a few seasons for Danish Dance Theatre in Copenhagen while guest teaching in various schools in Europe and Asia with qualification from ABT’s National Training Curriculum. In 2019, she launched her own project called “HOSTBKK Performing Arts Center” to support higher dance education and bring varieties of art forms into collaborative projects and performing arts in Bangkok.