Yoel Carreño

Principal Dancer

He was born in Havana.  Studied at the Elemental Ballet School in Havana, and continued them at the National School of Ballet where he graduated with Golden Diploma. Among his principal professors are Elena Calá, Adria Velázquez, Migdalia Montero,  Martha Iris Fernández, and Ramona de Sáa.  As a student he was awarded with important distinctions such as the Silver and Gold Medals in the International Contest Meetings of Ballet Academies held in Havana 1996 - 1998. 

In 1998 he  joined the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, under the technical and artistic direction of Alicia Alonso.

In 2000 he  was promoted to First Soloist and in 2001 to that of Principal Dancer, his current category.  With the Ballet Nacional de Cuba he has toured several countries in the Americas (Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Brasil, and the United States), in Europe (Italy, Spain, England, France, Hungary, Portugal, and Holland), and in Asia (the Popular Republic of China, South Korea, Japan.) In Africa ( Tunez and Egypt).

He has been invited by important ballet companies and to dance events celebrated abroad, among them, the Washington Ballet, the United States of America (2001), the Ballet World Stars Galas, in Budapest, Hungary, (2001, 2002, 2003) South Korea (2004) and the International Ballet World Stars Gala, in Beijing, the Popular Republic of China, (2004).

His wide repertoire as a performer of the great romantic-classical tradition includes:

La fille mal gardée / Alicia Alonso / Ludwig  Hoertel

Giselle / Alicia Alonso / Adolphe Adam

La Vivandiere / A. Saint-Léon / Cesar Pugni

Sleeping Beauty (Pas de deux) / Alicia Alonso / P. I. Tchaikovsky

Coppélia / Alicia Alonso / Leo Delibes

Sleeping Beauty / (Pas de deux) Rudolf Nureyev / P.I. Tchaikovsky

Nutcracker / Alicia Alonso / P.I. Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake / Alicia Alonso / P.I. Tchaikovsky

Don Quixote / Alicia Alonso- María E. Llorente- Martha García / Ludwig Minkus

Paquita (Grand pas) / Marius Petipa / Ludwig Minkus

Bayadére (Shadows scene) / Maria Elena Llorente after the original by Marius Petipa / Ludwig Minkus

Le Corsaire (Pas de deux) / Alicia Alonso / M. Petipa / Riccardo Drigo

Emerald (Pas de deux) / Ben Stevenson / Cesare Pugni

The Talisman (Pas de deux) / Marius Petipa / Riccardo Drigo

Diane and Acteon / Alicia Alonso - A. Vaganova / Cesare Pugni

Grand Pas Classique / Victor Gsovski / Daniel Auber

Variations for Four. / George Balanchine /

Moskovski Walts /  Russian Ballet

The sylphides / Mijail Fokine / Fryderyck Chopin

Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux / George Balanchine / Piotr I. Tchaikovsky

Sylvia (Pas de deux) / George Balanchine / Leo Delibes

Ballo della Regina  / George Balanchine /  Giuseppe Verdi

Abandoned Dido / Alicia Alonso / Gasparo Angiolini

Gottschalk's Symphony / Alicia Alonso / Louis Moureau Gottschalk

Threshold / Alicia Alonso / Johann Christian Bach

In the shadows of a waltz  / Alicia Alonso / Josef Strauss

Tula / Alicia Alonso / Juan Piñera

Dialogue to four / Alicia Alonso / Ignacio Cervantes

Ballet Comique de la Reine / Alicia Alonso / Lambert Beaulieu

Magic Flute / Alicia Alonso /

Shakespeare and his masks or Romeo and Juliet / Alicia Alonso / Charles Gounod

Carmen / Alberto Alonso / G. Bizet - R. Schedrin

Cinderella / Pedro Consuegra / Johannes Strauss

Evasion / Hilda Riveros / Seneville - Toussaint

Percussion time / Hilda Riveros / Alejandro García

Moments III  / Rodolfo Lastra / Fryderyck Chopin

Earth and Moon /  María Rovira / Equis Alfonso

The great ball / Juan Carlos Santamaría / Jose Pablo Moncayo

Majisimo / Jorge Garcia / Jules Massenet

Yurisleidis or the girl with weathered-colored eyes / Alberto Mendez / P. Hindemith

S. Rachmaninov - F. Liszt - A. Monzon - L. Rieckhoff

In 2003 he  was decorated with the distinction "For National Culture," granted by the Cuban Ministry of Culture.

                                                 

Yolanda Correa

Principal Dancer

She was born in Holguin and studied at the Art Vocacional School of

Holguin. She finish her studies at National Ballet School in Havana, where she graduate. Among her principal professors are Mirtha Ermida and Ileana Balmori. As student she won the gold medal in the international Ballet Competition celebrated in Havana in 1999.

In 2000 she join the National Ballet of Cuba, under the technical and artistic direction of Alicia Alonso.

In  2002 she was promoted to First Soloist and in 2004 to that of Principal Dancer, her current category.With the National Ballet of Cuba she has toured several countries. In the Americas (Venezuela, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brasil, and The United States) In Europe (Spain, England, France, Italy, and Holland) In Asia (The Popular Republic of China) In Africa ( Tunez and Egypt).

Her repertoire as a performer of the romantic – classical tradition includes :

La Fille mal Gardée / Alicia Alonso / Ludwig Hoertel

Giselle / Alicia Alonso / Adolphe Adam

La Vivandiere / A. Saint-Leon / Cesar Pugni

Sleeping Beauty (pas de deux) / Alicia Alonso / P. I. Tchaicovsky

Coppelia / Alicia Alonso / Adolphe Adam

Nutcracker / Alicia Alonso / P. I. Tchaicovsky

Swan Lake / Alicia Alonso / P. I. Tchaicovsky

Don Quixote / Alicia Alonso, Maria E. Llorente-Martha Garcia / Ludwig Minkus

Paquita (Grand Pas) / Marius Petipa / Ludwig Minkus

Le Corsaire (pas de deux) / Alicia Alonso Marius Petipa / Riccardo Drigo

Diana and Acteon / Alicia alonso A. Vaganova / Cesar Pugni

The Sylphides / Mijail Fokine / Fryderyck Chopin

Tchaicovsky pas de deux / George Balanchine / Piotr I. Tchaicovsky

Sylvia (pas de deux) / George Balanchine / Leo Delibes

Ballet  Comique de la Reine / Alicia Alonso / Lambert Beaulieu

Cinderela / Pedro Consuegra / Johannes Strauss

Majisimo / Jorge Garcia / Jules Massenet

Shakespeare and his Masks or Romeo and Juliet / Alicia Alonso / Charles G.

Moskovski Walts / Russian Ballet

Prologue for a Tragedi / Brian Mc Donald / Bach