Summer intensive archivos

Rodolfo Castellanos

Artistic director

Former 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.

Anael Martin

Artistic coordinator

Anael 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.

Ilya Jivoy

Guest teacher, coreographer and ballet master

He 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.

Lienz Chang

Professor Summer Intensive

For years he has been in Europe developing an international career that has allowed him to nurture other influences in dance. After his work as a partner of Alicia Alonso, he had the great opportunity, thanks to a great friend of his, Michel Martín, to work with the great choreographer Roland Petit at the National Ballet of Marseille being currently Etoile (Star) and Roland Petit Choreographic Assistant. He is currently Maître de Ballet at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

Lucía Lacarra

Guest dancer

Lucía Lacarra has been a principal dancer of the Bayerisches Staatsballett (Bavarian State Opera Ballet) since 2002. She received the Benois de la Danse Prize, was named Dancer of the Decade in 2011, at the Gala of the Stars of the World Ballet in Saint Petersburg

Matthew Golding

Guest dancer

Matthew Golding is a Canadian ballet dancer and was a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet and a principal with the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam.

Agnès Letestu

Guest dancer

Named Étoile of the Opera Paris Ballet on 1997. Alongside her career as a performer, Agnès Letestu designs and makes costumes for ballet and opera.

Vincent Chaillet

Guest dancer

Since 2017 he is a Visiting Professor at the Ballet of Opéra National du Rhin, Opéra National de Bordeaux, at the Conservatorie National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon and at Teatro alla Scala, Milan. He left the Ballet of Opéra National de Paris for the theatre season 2018/19 to engage teaching and independent projects as dancer and choreographer.