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Paloma Herrera (born 21 December 1975) [1] is a prominent Argentine ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director who was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, where she worked for twenty-four years.
Carrillo was born in Texcoco, State of Mexico, and attended the Escuela de iniciación artística número 1, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura between 1988 and 1990, when she began her studies at the Escuela Nacional de Danza Clásica y Contemporánea, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura.
Khoreva (left) with former Mariinsky principal Xander Parish in 2020. Khoreva joined the Mariinsky Ballet in 2018 after graduating from the Vaganova Academy. In the summer before the start of her first season with the company, she debuted as Terpsichore in George Balanchine's Apollo alongside former Mariinsky principal Xander Parish in the title role.
Rojo was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Spanish parents who returned with her to Spain when she was 4 months old.At the age of 5 she began dance classes in Madrid and became a full-time student age 11 at Madrid's Royal Professional Conservatory of Dance, Mariemma studying with Víctor Ullate and Karemia Moreno.
Sophia Lucia was born to mother Jackie Lucia. She is from Poway, California, United States.She began dancing at the age of two at San Diego Dance Centre, which is owned by her cousin Kristen Hibbs. [4]
In 2021, Saunders was a principal dancer in the 2022 American holiday film Spirited, where he worked alongside Ryan Reynolds, Octavia Spencer, and Will Ferrell. [1] [5] The following year, he was a principal dancer in the 2023 American film The Color Purple, [6] where he worked alongside Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, and Colman Domingo. [1]
The company was founded by Alicia Alonso, her husband Fernando, and Fernando's brother Alberto on October 28, 1948 as Ballet Alicia Alonso. [1] Two years later in 1950, the Alicia Alonso Academy of Ballet school was established to promote the talents of young Cuban dancers. [2]
Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) [1] was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. [2]