Ballet masters and dancers
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José Carlos Martinez
Guest ballet master
Read moreDirector of the National Dance Company from 2011 to 2019, Star Dancer of the Paris Opera Ballet and 1999 National Dance Prize. In 1987 he won the Prix de Lausanne and in 1992 the Gold Medal in the Varna International Competition, being the first and only Spanish to achieve this distinction.
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Rodolfo Castellanos
Artistic director, master and choreographer
Read moreFormer dancer of the National Ballet of Cuba, he has shared stages with stars like Julio Bocca, Marcia Haydee, Vladimir Vasiliev, Alicia Alonso and Paolo Bartolucci among others. He has been guest ballet master at the Elmhurst Ballet School of Birmingham and the English National Ballet School, and he worked as a ballet master at the Royal Ballet School.
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Alba Nadal
Artistic director, Master and dancer
Read moreAlba Nadal was born in Zaragoza and brought up in Catalonia, first with Olga Roig in Manresa and later on, at Institut del Teatre in Barcelona. She travelled to Madrid at the young age of twelve to continue with Victor Ullate, and finished her formation at the Royal Ballet in London. Since 2004 until 2019 she danced with the Royal Danish Ballet and now she is soloist at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe under the leadership of Bridget Breiner.
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Williams Castro
Master and choreographer
Read moreDancer, teacher and choreographer, specialist in classical and contemporary dance, trained at the Cuban School of Ballet and with extensive professional experience in major dance companies such as the National Ballet of Cuba, Victor Ullate Ballet and the National Ballet of Uruguay (SODRE), among others.
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Kevin O’Day
Guest master
Read moreKevin O’Day, born in Phoenix, Arizona, is a renowned choreographer and dancer trained at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. He has served as artistic director of ballet in Mannheim and Karlsruhe and as Artist in Residence at the Mainfranken Theater Würzburg. He has created over 80 ballets for prestigious companies such as the New York City Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet. He has also collaborated with iconic figures like Twyla Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov and has received numerous awards, including a nomination at the MTV Video Music Awards. In 1998, he founded his own company, O’Day Dances.
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Alejandro Virelles
Guest dancer
Read moreAlejandro Veirelles is a distinguished Principal Dancer born in Cuba, known for his exceptional talent and captivating performances. His journey in the world of ballet began at the prestigious National Ballet School of Cuba, where he honed his skills and developed a profound love for the art form.
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Laia De La Torre
Pianist
Read moreGraduated from the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu in Barcelona, under the teaching of Àlex Alguacil. Her passion for musical performance goes hand in hand with a deep interest in composition and improvisation, which has led her to a highly versatile musical career, marked by performances both as a soloist and in chamber groups, as well as the creation of new works that reflect her ongoing exploration of artistic expression.
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Roger Mas
Pianist
Read moreRoger Mas Babià is a Spanish pianist and composer from Barcelona. He studied a bachelor’s degree in Music Composition at the Conservatori del Liceu de Barcelona and graduated in 2020-2021. Simultaneously to his bachelor’s, he studied and learned the craft of dance accompaniment. Since then, Roger has played for ballet and contemporary dance equally and…
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Ilya Jivoy
Choreographer and dancer
Read moreHe received the “The Hope of Russia” award and he is considered one of the best young choreographers of the Mariinsky Theatre of Saint Petersburg. The ballet Four Seasons (2017) is his first production to be included in the Mariinsky Theatre repertoire, with which he has toured the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Britain.
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Cristina Benavent
Master
Read moreBallet has been part of her life since she was 4 years old and she discovered her passion for teaching more than 15 years ago. As a teacher, she has taught at Víctor Ullate Dance Centre as a classical dance and repertoire teacher, at Nazarenco Russian Ballet School and has been a guest teacher at various schools in Catalonia and Madrid.
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Anael Martin
Guest master
Read moreAnael Martin has worked under the artistic direction of Alicia and Fernando Alonso in the Cuban National Ballet, company where she remained for twenty-five years, reaching the ranks of First Soloist, Professor and Repetiteur.
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Jamal Callender
Guest master and coreographer
Read moreProfessor and choreographer from New York, Jamal Callender goes neixer to the Estats Units and goes creixer to Barbados. After finishing his seventh dance training at the Escola d’Ailey and the Juilliard School, he will dance with the Atlanta Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ballet Hispánico, National Theater Mannheim and Konzert Theater Bern. He is the guardian of the Princess Grace award.
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Lucie Barthélémy
Guest master
Read moreBorn in September 13th, 1986, Lucie Barthélemy is a professional dancer with more than 16 years of experience in big companies and graduated as a classical dance teacher. She trained as a dancer at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris between 2000 and 2005. Since then she has participated in…
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Sébastien Mari
Mestre convidat
Read moreInternational ballet teacher, artistic director, assistant director and teacher since 2012, he began his career as a professional dancer in 1989. He has worked in numerous prestigious companies such as the Jeune Ballet de France, the Nederlands Dans Theater, the National Dance Company, Ballet Gulbenkian, BallettMainz, Ballet de Genève, Ballet du Rhin, Moscow Ballet, Leipziger Ballett, Basel Ballett, Tanz Mannheim , Introdans or Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.
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Sandra Salietti
Regular master
Read moreSandra Salietti entered the Barcelona Professional Conservatory in 2002 and it was not until 2009 that she began her professional artistic career as a dancer. Salietti has worked in companies such as: Aterballetto (2020-2023), Tanz Luzerner Theater by Kathleen McNurney (2017-2020), Gartnerplatz Theater by Karl Alfred Schneider (2012-2017), Ballet National de Marseille by Frederic Flemand (2010-2012), Dancer in Cannes Jeune Ballet by Paola Cantalupo (2009-2010). During her professional career she also has been nominated and awarded.
