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Karel Cruz is from Holguin, Cuba, and received his training at Cuba's Escuela Nacional de Artes. He joined Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1996 and left in 1998 to join Ballet Clasico de Camara in Venezuela. From 1999 to 2000, he danced with Teatro Teresa Carreno, also in Venezuela. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2002 and was promoted to soloist in 2007 and principal in 2009. Leading RolesGeorge Balanchine's Agon, Coppélia, Diamonds, Emeralds, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Theseus, Cavalier), Prodigal Son, Serenade, Symphony in C, and La Valse; Val Caniparoli's The Bridge; Ulysses Dove's Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, and Serious Pleasures; William Forsythe's Artifact II; Paul Gibson's Sense of Doubt; Ronald Hynd's The Merry Widow and The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund, Gold and Silver pas de trois); Jiri Kylian's Petite Mort; Edwaard Liang's Für Alina; Stacy Lowenberg's Rushed Goodbye; Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette (Friar Laurence); Toni Pimble's Two's Company; Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering, In the Night, and West Side Story Suite (Bernardo); Kent Stowell's Carmina Burana, Firebird, Nutcracker (Prince), Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried), and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt); Lynne Taylor-Corbett's Mercury; Richard Tanner's Ancient Airs and Dances; Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs, Opus 111, and Waterbaby Bagatelles; and Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain pas de deux. Originated Leading Roles: Kiyon Gaines' M-Pulse and Val Caniparoli's The Seasons. Featured RolesGeorge Balanchine's Ballet Imperial, La Sonnambula, and Symphony in Three Movements; Nacho Duato's Rassemblement; Nicolo Fonte's Within/Without; Ronald Hynd's The Sleeping Beauty; Peter Martins' Fearful Symmetries; Kent Stowell's Hail to the Conquering Hero and Silver Lining; and Paul Taylor's Roses. Photos of Karel Cruz |
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