Rolano Canos's career as a dancer, choreographer and wardrobe specialist started in Mexico, where he studied at the Mexico National Institute of Graphic Arts.
His first employer was the Ballet Folkloric De Mexico, where he was a dancer, teacher and Assistant to the Artistic Director.It was in his role as a dancer that I met him in New Zealand . His costume head dress was so flamboyantly large that he was kneeling and I was shooting from ground level to get this portrait.
In the 1970s, Rolando worked for the London Festival Ballet in the Costume Making Department, as a dresser for West End shows and pantomimes at the London Palladium and as a milliner and accessory maker for the Covent Garden Opera House.
Rolando arrived in Australia in the late 1970s, as Ballet Master for an international dance company, 'Dance Concert', for which he not only danced, but also choreographed and designed costumes. For over 20 years Rolando's expertise has been employed at the Australian Broadcasting Company.