The National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico is one of the leading ballet companies in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

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It was formed by former members of Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico after the company was paralyzed by a dancers' strike in 2004. They performed for the first time in April 2005 at the Francisco Arriví

Francisco Arriví

Francisco Arriví , a.k.a. Paco, was a writer, poet and playwright known as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Theater."-Early years:...

 Theater in San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

 under the direction of Miguel Campaneria

Miguel Campaneria

-Life:He started his ballet training at the National Ballet Academy of Cuba under Alicia Alonso and Azari Plisetski. He joined the National Ballet of Cuba where he became a soloist. Later on, he won the bronze medal in the junior category at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria...

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The company is located in the city of Guaynabo.

Principal dancer

Principal dancer

A principal dancer is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company....

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• José Rodríguez

• Laura Valentín

Soloists

Soloist (ballet)

In ballet, a soloist is a dancer in a ballet company above the corps de ballet but below principal dancer....

• Lara Berríos

• Odemar Ocasio

Corps de ballet

Corps de ballet

In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who are not soloists. They are a permanent part of the ballet company and often work as a backdrop for the principal dancers. A corps de ballet works as one, with synchronized movements and corresponding positioning on the stage...

• Miguel Cáez
• Francesca García
• Saori Kawasaki

• Luis Martínez
• Elmer Pérez
• Daniel Ramírez

• Tatiana Rodríguez
• Omar Román
• Carolina Wolf

External links

Balleteatro Nacional de Puerto Rico, official website