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Jose Manuel Carreño
Ballet
Biography:
ose Manuel Carreño was born in Cuba, where he received his training at the Provincial School of Ballet and the National Ballet School. He won the Gold Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition in 1987, and the Gran Prix at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1990. He has appeared extensively in Europe, Latin America and the United States.Carreño joined the English National Ballet in 1990, where
his
repertoire included Solor in "The Kingdom of the Shades"
from
La Bayadère, the Prince in Cinderella, Franz in
Coppélia, Albrecht in Giselle, the Prince and
the
Gopak in The Nutcracker, Romeo in Romeo and
Juliet, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, and
roles in a number of one-act ballets and pas de deux
including
A Stranger I Came, Etudes, Graduation
Ball, and Prince Igor. Carreño joined The Royal
Ballet as a Principal Dancer in 1993, where his repertoire
included the Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty, Basilio
in
Don Quixote, Oberon and Puck in The Dream,
a
leading role in Herman Schmerman, and the leading
role
in Matthew Hart’s Caught Dance. Carreño joined
American Ballet Theatre as a Principal Dancer in June 1995.
His
repertoire with the Company includes the title role in
Apollo, the leading role in