Renato was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and received his training at Centre de Danse International Cannes Rosella Hightower. He danced with Teatro di Torino, Teatro Regio di Torino, Ballet du Nord, Teatro alla Scala, Milan and Carla Fracci Ballet. He worked as a teacher, coach and ballet master for companies including Rambert, Nye Carte Blanche (Norway), Norwegian National Ballet, Royal Swedish Ballet, Scottish Ballet. He has also taught for decades at Danceworks and Central School of Ballet. He joined English National Ballet as Ballet Master in 2019, and worked as Choreographic Assistant for Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda.