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

In 2000 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) Kremlin Ballet (2014, 2015) among others…

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

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