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International Dance Competition
THE JURY PUERTO RICO
2023 SEASON
Victor Gili
Victor Gili was born in Havana, Cuba. She began her dance studies in 1982 at the Provincial
Ballet School of Havana and continued at the National Ballet School between 1987-1990
under the guidance of Alicia Alonso, Laura Alonso, Fernando Alonso, Josefina Méndez, Loipa
Araújo, Joaquin Banegas, Aurora Bosch, Marta Bosch, Ramona de Saá, Orlando Salgado,
Lázaro Carreño, Clara Carranco, Mirta Hermida, Pablo Moret, Rodolfo Castellanos, among other
outstanding teachers. In 1990 he began his professional career with the National Ballet of
Cuba under the technical and artistic direction of Alicia Alonso, a company with which he has
performed in different countries in Latin America, Europe, the United States, Canada, Africa,
Asia and Puerto Rico. as a guest dancer (1998-1999) under the direction of Lolita San Miguel
and Maria Carrera. He has participated in the workshop of the young guard and international
practical courses of the Cuban school of ballet (CUBALLET) held both in Cuba and abroad. He
has participated in prestigious ballet festivals, inside and outside of Cuba.
His great artistic record has allowed him to interpret a wide repertoire that includes leading
roles and soloists from the great romantic-classical tradition of the 18th and 19th centuries
such as: La Fille Mal Gardee (Colin and Mama Simone), Giselle (Albrecht and Hilarion) ,
Coppélia (Franz and Dr. Coppelius), Sleeping Beauty (Blue Bird and Prince Desiré), The
Nutcracker (The Knight of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Herr Drosselmeyer), Swan Lake (Prince
Siegfried and Von Rothbart), Don Quixote (Basilio, Espada, Father of Kitri, Sancho Panza and
Gamache), Magic Flute. He has danced numerous pas de deux such as: Diana and Acteón, Paso
de Tres, El Corsario, Festival of Flowers in Genzano, Nápoli, Paquita, El Reto and La Sylphide. In
addition, she performed an extensive neoclassical and contemporary repertoire by national and
international choreographers such as: Alberto Méndez, Alberto Alonso, Iván Tenorio, Gustavo
Herrera, Iván Monreal, Héctor Figaredo, Hilda Rivero, María Rovira, among others.
In 2003 he was awarded the "Distinction for National Culture" from the Ministry of Culture of
the Republic of Cuba and in 2007 with the "Alejo Carpentier Medal" from the Council of State
of the Republic of Cuba. In 2010, he joined the Puerto Rico Concert Ballet company as
Rehearsal Director and teacher at the Conservatory. He has also worked as a teacher and
rehearser in other companies such as ANDANZA, CODA21, Mauro Ballet and Sarasota Cuban
Ballet. In October 2019, Mr. Víctor Gilí returned to Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico to occupy
the position of Artistic Director of the company.
Ballet School of Havana and continued at the National Ballet School between 1987-1990
under the guidance of Alicia Alonso, Laura Alonso, Fernando Alonso, Josefina Méndez, Loipa
Araújo, Joaquin Banegas, Aurora Bosch, Marta Bosch, Ramona de Saá, Orlando Salgado,
Lázaro Carreño, Clara Carranco, Mirta Hermida, Pablo Moret, Rodolfo Castellanos, among other
outstanding teachers. In 1990 he began his professional career with the National Ballet of
Cuba under the technical and artistic direction of Alicia Alonso, a company with which he has
performed in different countries in Latin America, Europe, the United States, Canada, Africa,
Asia and Puerto Rico. as a guest dancer (1998-1999) under the direction of Lolita San Miguel
and Maria Carrera. He has participated in the workshop of the young guard and international
practical courses of the Cuban school of ballet (CUBALLET) held both in Cuba and abroad. He
has participated in prestigious ballet festivals, inside and outside of Cuba.
His great artistic record has allowed him to interpret a wide repertoire that includes leading
roles and soloists from the great romantic-classical tradition of the 18th and 19th centuries
such as: La Fille Mal Gardee (Colin and Mama Simone), Giselle (Albrecht and Hilarion) ,
Coppélia (Franz and Dr. Coppelius), Sleeping Beauty (Blue Bird and Prince Desiré), The
Nutcracker (The Knight of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Herr Drosselmeyer), Swan Lake (Prince
Siegfried and Von Rothbart), Don Quixote (Basilio, Espada, Father of Kitri, Sancho Panza and
Gamache), Magic Flute. He has danced numerous pas de deux such as: Diana and Acteón, Paso
de Tres, El Corsario, Festival of Flowers in Genzano, Nápoli, Paquita, El Reto and La Sylphide. In
addition, she performed an extensive neoclassical and contemporary repertoire by national and
international choreographers such as: Alberto Méndez, Alberto Alonso, Iván Tenorio, Gustavo
Herrera, Iván Monreal, Héctor Figaredo, Hilda Rivero, María Rovira, among others.
In 2003 he was awarded the "Distinction for National Culture" from the Ministry of Culture of
the Republic of Cuba and in 2007 with the "Alejo Carpentier Medal" from the Council of State
of the Republic of Cuba. In 2010, he joined the Puerto Rico Concert Ballet company as
Rehearsal Director and teacher at the Conservatory. He has also worked as a teacher and
rehearser in other companies such as ANDANZA, CODA21, Mauro Ballet and Sarasota Cuban
Ballet. In October 2019, Mr. Víctor Gilí returned to Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico to occupy
the position of Artistic Director of the company.
Lorna Feijoo
International Star was considered “stunning with an exceptional attention to detail” by The
New York Times. Ms. Feijóo joined Boston Ballet in 2003 from the Cincinnati Ballet. She
studied at the The National Ballet School in Havana and became a principal dancer at the
National Ballet of Cuba, under the direction of the famous Alicia Alonso. Ms. Feijóo has
performed in several International Ballet Festivals in Havana and on worldwide tours, and has
won critical acclaim in leading roles of many classical and contemporary ballets. She has
received numerous awards, including a gold medal at both the Vignali-Danza Contest and the
Positano Contest of Young Talents in Italy. She has been a guest artist with The Royal Ballet of
London, Rome Opera Ballet, La Scala de Milan, Zurich Opera Ballet, New York City Ballet,
American Ballet Theatre and has performed at worldwide festivals and ballet galas in Spoleto,
Italy; Gala des Étoiles, Canada; Gala des Étoiles du XXI Siècle, Paris and Japan.
Her repertoire includes all the classical ballets of the National Ballet of Cuba. In addition, she
has performed Kudelka’s Cinderella, Ashton’s La Fille Mal Gardée, Bournonville’s La Sylphide,
Nureyev’s Don Quixote, Cranko’s The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet, Fokine's Les
Sylphides, Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias and Lambarena, Morris’ Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes and Up and Down, Martins’ Distant Light, Balanchine’s Serenade, Who Cares?,
Stars and Stripes, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ballo de la Regina, Concerto Barocco,
Emeralds, Jewels, Tchaikovsky Pas de deux, Sylvia Pas de deux, Divertimento No. 15, Fokine’s
The Dying Swan, Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire Pas de deux and Raymonda, Act III,
and Harald Lander's Etude, Clerc's La Bayadére, Alosa's Paquita, Child'sTen Part Suite,
Gielgud's Giselle, Tharp's In the Upper Room and multiple versions of The Nutcracker and
Swan Lake. In addition, repertoire choreographers named like Jiri Kylián ballets: Bella Figura,
No More Play, Sechs Tanze; William Forsythe’s The Second Detail, and Vaslav Nijinsky’s
Afternoon of a Faun. Ms. Feijóo has been invited to dance in the Benoit de la Dance (Bolshoi
Theater) and participated in two famous American shows, the legendary Sesame Street and
popular Dancing with Stars. Feijóo has a sister in San Francisco Ballet, Principal Dancer Lorena
Feijóo and they are both Ambassadors of Milk Life (Somos Fuertes).
Some of Ms. Feijóo dance partners are Jose Carreño, Carlos Acosta, Nelson Madrigal, Manuel
Legris, Jose Martinez, Maximiliano Guerra, Carlos Molina, Yury Yanowsky and Damian Woetzel,
just to name a few.
Ms. Feijóo has two beautiful children, a girl and baby boy with husband Principal Dancer,
Nelson Madrigal. Their children are the light of their lives.
New York Times. Ms. Feijóo joined Boston Ballet in 2003 from the Cincinnati Ballet. She
studied at the The National Ballet School in Havana and became a principal dancer at the
National Ballet of Cuba, under the direction of the famous Alicia Alonso. Ms. Feijóo has
performed in several International Ballet Festivals in Havana and on worldwide tours, and has
won critical acclaim in leading roles of many classical and contemporary ballets. She has
received numerous awards, including a gold medal at both the Vignali-Danza Contest and the
Positano Contest of Young Talents in Italy. She has been a guest artist with The Royal Ballet of
London, Rome Opera Ballet, La Scala de Milan, Zurich Opera Ballet, New York City Ballet,
American Ballet Theatre and has performed at worldwide festivals and ballet galas in Spoleto,
Italy; Gala des Étoiles, Canada; Gala des Étoiles du XXI Siècle, Paris and Japan.
Her repertoire includes all the classical ballets of the National Ballet of Cuba. In addition, she
has performed Kudelka’s Cinderella, Ashton’s La Fille Mal Gardée, Bournonville’s La Sylphide,
Nureyev’s Don Quixote, Cranko’s The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo and Juliet, Fokine's Les
Sylphides, Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias and Lambarena, Morris’ Drink to Me Only With
Thine Eyes and Up and Down, Martins’ Distant Light, Balanchine’s Serenade, Who Cares?,
Stars and Stripes, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Ballo de la Regina, Concerto Barocco,
Emeralds, Jewels, Tchaikovsky Pas de deux, Sylvia Pas de deux, Divertimento No. 15, Fokine’s
The Dying Swan, Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty, Le Corsaire Pas de deux and Raymonda, Act III,
and Harald Lander's Etude, Clerc's La Bayadére, Alosa's Paquita, Child'sTen Part Suite,
Gielgud's Giselle, Tharp's In the Upper Room and multiple versions of The Nutcracker and
Swan Lake. In addition, repertoire choreographers named like Jiri Kylián ballets: Bella Figura,
No More Play, Sechs Tanze; William Forsythe’s The Second Detail, and Vaslav Nijinsky’s
Afternoon of a Faun. Ms. Feijóo has been invited to dance in the Benoit de la Dance (Bolshoi
Theater) and participated in two famous American shows, the legendary Sesame Street and
popular Dancing with Stars. Feijóo has a sister in San Francisco Ballet, Principal Dancer Lorena
Feijóo and they are both Ambassadors of Milk Life (Somos Fuertes).
Some of Ms. Feijóo dance partners are Jose Carreño, Carlos Acosta, Nelson Madrigal, Manuel
Legris, Jose Martinez, Maximiliano Guerra, Carlos Molina, Yury Yanowsky and Damian Woetzel,
just to name a few.
Ms. Feijóo has two beautiful children, a girl and baby boy with husband Principal Dancer,
Nelson Madrigal. Their children are the light of their lives.
Adolfo de la Toba
Adolfo De La Toba (Theacher, Dancer and Choreographer)
Originally from La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico.
He graduated from the MONTERREY SUPERIOR SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DANCE of the NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR FINE ARTS in Mexico.
Was member of the companies BALLET DE MONTERREY (Monterrey, N.L.), CIA DE DANZA CLASSICA Y
NEOCLASICA DE JALISCO (Guadalajara, Jal), FDR DANCE COMPANY (HOLLAND) and CALIFORNIA BALLET
COMPANY (San Diego, CA. As Guest Dancer in their season of the 50th Anniversary).
His choreographies have been selected for national and international competitions (Mexico, the United
States and France), Gold medal winners, Best Choreography Winners and Selected for different national
and international festivals.
He has worked with renowned teachers and choreographers such as: Robert Hill (USA), Luís Serrano
(Cuba), María Elena Martínez (Cuba), Rosario Murillo (Mexico), Angélica Kleen (Mexico), Fernando
Domínguez (Netherlands), Edgar Zendejas ( Canada), Michelle Pogliani (Italy), Jared Nelson (USA), Galina
Álvarez (Cuba), Ana Torquemada (Mexico), Nicte Ha Escobosa (Mexico), to name a few.
As a Dancer he has interpreted principal roles from the traditional classical repertoire and neoclassical
and contemporary choreographies by choreographers: Jimmy Gamonet, Jorge Amarante, Yanis Pikieris,
Billy Chang, Septime Webre, Robert Hill, Rosario Murillo, Fernando Domínguez.
Grade Certification: 8th. Grade, Intermediate, Advanced 1 and Advanced 2 of the Royal Academy of
Dance.
Collaborator as a classical ballet teacher with the Lux Boreal Company (September-October 2017).
As a Teacher, he has been invited to numerous congresses and summer courses nationally and
internationally, giving master classes in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Ballet.
He was a guest teacher at the Contemporary Dance Workshop at the University of Guadalajara. (Mexico)
He was a ballet teacher at the Center for Dance and Stage Production of Baja California (CDPEBC) of the
Lux Boreal Company.
Since 2021 he has assumed the position of artistic director of the company BALLETS DE SAN JUAN.
Originally from La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico.
He graduated from the MONTERREY SUPERIOR SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DANCE of the NATIONAL
INSTITUTE FOR FINE ARTS in Mexico.
Was member of the companies BALLET DE MONTERREY (Monterrey, N.L.), CIA DE DANZA CLASSICA Y
NEOCLASICA DE JALISCO (Guadalajara, Jal), FDR DANCE COMPANY (HOLLAND) and CALIFORNIA BALLET
COMPANY (San Diego, CA. As Guest Dancer in their season of the 50th Anniversary).
His choreographies have been selected for national and international competitions (Mexico, the United
States and France), Gold medal winners, Best Choreography Winners and Selected for different national
and international festivals.
He has worked with renowned teachers and choreographers such as: Robert Hill (USA), Luís Serrano
(Cuba), María Elena Martínez (Cuba), Rosario Murillo (Mexico), Angélica Kleen (Mexico), Fernando
Domínguez (Netherlands), Edgar Zendejas ( Canada), Michelle Pogliani (Italy), Jared Nelson (USA), Galina
Álvarez (Cuba), Ana Torquemada (Mexico), Nicte Ha Escobosa (Mexico), to name a few.
As a Dancer he has interpreted principal roles from the traditional classical repertoire and neoclassical
and contemporary choreographies by choreographers: Jimmy Gamonet, Jorge Amarante, Yanis Pikieris,
Billy Chang, Septime Webre, Robert Hill, Rosario Murillo, Fernando Domínguez.
Grade Certification: 8th. Grade, Intermediate, Advanced 1 and Advanced 2 of the Royal Academy of
Dance.
Collaborator as a classical ballet teacher with the Lux Boreal Company (September-October 2017).
As a Teacher, he has been invited to numerous congresses and summer courses nationally and
internationally, giving master classes in Classical Ballet and Contemporary Ballet.
He was a guest teacher at the Contemporary Dance Workshop at the University of Guadalajara. (Mexico)
He was a ballet teacher at the Center for Dance and Stage Production of Baja California (CDPEBC) of the
Lux Boreal Company.
Since 2021 he has assumed the position of artistic director of the company BALLETS DE SAN JUAN.
Ana Maria Castañon
She was born in Havana, Cuba, but it was in Puerto Rico where she began her Ballet studies at
the age of 8 under the tutelage of Myrta Esteves. When she was a teenager she entered
Ballets de San Juan, where she was a principal dancer for many years. She has interpreted
almost all the roles of the classical repertoire, Puerto Rican choreographies and the great
choreographer Balanchine.
He has shared star roles with internationally renowned figures such as Iván Nagy in “Swan
Side”, Fenando Bujones in “Coppelia”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “La Bayadere” and “La Sylphide” and
Rudolph Nureyev in “Giselle”. and "Apollo".
Ms. Castañón was also Principal Soloist with Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and Principal Dancer
with Arizona Ballet, The Milwaukee Ballet and Ballet Teatro Municipal de San Juan. During her
career she has danced as a guest artist in different companies in the United States, Latin
America and NAPAC in South Africa.
Her work as a choreographer includes the staging of classics such as Coppelia, Giselle and
Cascanueces and original works including Tanguedia, Aire, Encuentros, Vivaldi, Fuego and
Gottschalk Tropical. In addition, she has choreographed the operas Pescadores de Perla, Faust,
The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, and The Bartered Bride.
the age of 8 under the tutelage of Myrta Esteves. When she was a teenager she entered
Ballets de San Juan, where she was a principal dancer for many years. She has interpreted
almost all the roles of the classical repertoire, Puerto Rican choreographies and the great
choreographer Balanchine.
He has shared star roles with internationally renowned figures such as Iván Nagy in “Swan
Side”, Fenando Bujones in “Coppelia”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “La Bayadere” and “La Sylphide” and
Rudolph Nureyev in “Giselle”. and "Apollo".
Ms. Castañón was also Principal Soloist with Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and Principal Dancer
with Arizona Ballet, The Milwaukee Ballet and Ballet Teatro Municipal de San Juan. During her
career she has danced as a guest artist in different companies in the United States, Latin
America and NAPAC in South Africa.
Her work as a choreographer includes the staging of classics such as Coppelia, Giselle and
Cascanueces and original works including Tanguedia, Aire, Encuentros, Vivaldi, Fuego and
Gottschalk Tropical. In addition, she has choreographed the operas Pescadores de Perla, Faust,
The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, and The Bartered Bride.
Daryl Gray
Daryl Gray studied acting and music as a child and was also trained in a full dance
curriculum at the Harkness, ABT and SAB schools in New York City. He was a protégé of
Ballet Master David Howard and a soloist with the Brussels based Bejart Company and a
principal guest artist with dance companies in Classical and contemporary roles in the US,
UK and abroad. In addition, he made his professional debut as an actor at age 14 and went
on to perform as a Broadway cast member in Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ and appeared in On
Your Toes and in other shows, touring internationally.
He began choreographing for the concert stage at a young age and has choreographed over
70 works on 5 continents for such companies as Joffrey, Bejart, Les Ballet Jazz de
Montreal, Batsheva Dance Company of Israel, Royal Ballet of Belgium, Northern Ballet
Theater UK, Atlanta Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theater, Ballet San Jose and Australia’s
Queensland Ballet. His many musical stagings have been seen at such theaters as; The
Koch Theater and Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, Coconut Grove Playhouse, California
Musical Theatre, Playhouse 91 in Manhattan, Santa Fe Festival Theater, Playwrights
Horizons, Brooklyn Academy of Music, St. Louis Muny Opera, Chicago Civic Theater, the
Palladium as well as on CBS and PBS television. In addition, Mr. Gray has directed and
staged works for the New York G & S Players, “Carmen” at the New York City Opera, ice
dancing, video, high fashion, a Disney extravaganza featuring the music of Alan Menken,
industrial shows and televison, including A Celebration of the American Musical, which was
televised “Live from Lincoln Center”. He was chosen for the prestigious Dancebreak,
creating concert work at the Ailey Theater which lead to the creation of two original Off-
Broadway musicals “Andy Warhol Was Right” and “All About Harry” (Best
Choreography Award) for the New York Musical Theater Festival. His unique theatrical
Australian QB ballet production “Pirates of Penzance!” was voted “Best of the Bay” (San
Francisco) and was subsequently presented internationally in 26 cities by Columbia Artists.
Gray recreated two new updated productions in Orlando and for Ballet San Jose.
Recent credits: choreography and musical staging for The Merry Widow, The Tales of
Hoffman and Jekyll & Hyde for the St. Petersburg Opera, Director/choreographer Kiss Me
Kate at the Palladium theater. Pre-COVID: Pirates! the New Dance Musical directed and
choreographed by Gray was slated for London’s West End 2020, produced by Tony Award
winning producers Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W Batman. Upcoming: Handel’s Semele
for The St. Petersburg Opera and Rudra Bejart. His many teaching credits include; ABT
Intensive, The Metropolitan Opera, The United Nations, Harvard University, Washington
University, University of Missouri at St. Louis, Vassar, University of South Florida and
numerous Dance organizations and schools. He is a member of The Council of the Dance
(Paris), a Fulbright Fellow and a popular teacher worldwide. (Please scroll down for a list)
Teaching Credits Include:
Ballet and or Theater Dance and Choreography:
ABT Summer Intensive
Joffrey School in New York
School of American Ballet
Steps NYC
Ballet Academy East
Randolph College Of The Arts in Toronto
Goh Academy in Vancouver
Patel Conservatory of Tampa
Broadway Dance NYC
Studio Dancin’ of Japan
Dance Educators Of America – 12 US cities coastto-
coast/ 4 National Conventions
Dance Masters Of America – 17 cities in the USA
and Canada/ 2 National Conventions
Anne Reinking’s Broadway Theater Project
Harvard University
Vassar University
Washington University
Webster University @ St. Louis
Tampa University
Princeton School of Dance
University of South Florida
University of Missouri @ St. Louis
University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia
University of Norway
Nutmeg Conservatory of Dance
Ballet San Jose
Atlanta Ballet
St. Louis Ballet
Batsheva Dance Co. of Israel
National Ballet of Colombia
National Ballet of Norway
National Ballet of Yugoslavia
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal
Universal Ballet of Seoul, Korea
Australia’ Queensland Ballet
Jeunne Ballet de France
Centre de Danse Classique, Cannes, France
Chicago Dance Teachers Association
Tampa Ballet
Hartford Ballet
Ballet Hawaii
The Metropolitan Opera in New York
The United Nations
Numerous private schools and much more .
curriculum at the Harkness, ABT and SAB schools in New York City. He was a protégé of
Ballet Master David Howard and a soloist with the Brussels based Bejart Company and a
principal guest artist with dance companies in Classical and contemporary roles in the US,
UK and abroad. In addition, he made his professional debut as an actor at age 14 and went
on to perform as a Broadway cast member in Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ and appeared in On
Your Toes and in other shows, touring internationally.
He began choreographing for the concert stage at a young age and has choreographed over
70 works on 5 continents for such companies as Joffrey, Bejart, Les Ballet Jazz de
Montreal, Batsheva Dance Company of Israel, Royal Ballet of Belgium, Northern Ballet
Theater UK, Atlanta Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theater, Ballet San Jose and Australia’s
Queensland Ballet. His many musical stagings have been seen at such theaters as; The
Koch Theater and Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, Coconut Grove Playhouse, California
Musical Theatre, Playhouse 91 in Manhattan, Santa Fe Festival Theater, Playwrights
Horizons, Brooklyn Academy of Music, St. Louis Muny Opera, Chicago Civic Theater, the
Palladium as well as on CBS and PBS television. In addition, Mr. Gray has directed and
staged works for the New York G & S Players, “Carmen” at the New York City Opera, ice
dancing, video, high fashion, a Disney extravaganza featuring the music of Alan Menken,
industrial shows and televison, including A Celebration of the American Musical, which was
televised “Live from Lincoln Center”. He was chosen for the prestigious Dancebreak,
creating concert work at the Ailey Theater which lead to the creation of two original Off-
Broadway musicals “Andy Warhol Was Right” and “All About Harry” (Best
Choreography Award) for the New York Musical Theater Festival. His unique theatrical
Australian QB ballet production “Pirates of Penzance!” was voted “Best of the Bay” (San
Francisco) and was subsequently presented internationally in 26 cities by Columbia Artists.
Gray recreated two new updated productions in Orlando and for Ballet San Jose.
Recent credits: choreography and musical staging for The Merry Widow, The Tales of
Hoffman and Jekyll & Hyde for the St. Petersburg Opera, Director/choreographer Kiss Me
Kate at the Palladium theater. Pre-COVID: Pirates! the New Dance Musical directed and
choreographed by Gray was slated for London’s West End 2020, produced by Tony Award
winning producers Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W Batman. Upcoming: Handel’s Semele
for The St. Petersburg Opera and Rudra Bejart. His many teaching credits include; ABT
Intensive, The Metropolitan Opera, The United Nations, Harvard University, Washington
University, University of Missouri at St. Louis, Vassar, University of South Florida and
numerous Dance organizations and schools. He is a member of The Council of the Dance
(Paris), a Fulbright Fellow and a popular teacher worldwide. (Please scroll down for a list)
Teaching Credits Include:
Ballet and or Theater Dance and Choreography:
ABT Summer Intensive
Joffrey School in New York
School of American Ballet
Steps NYC
Ballet Academy East
Randolph College Of The Arts in Toronto
Goh Academy in Vancouver
Patel Conservatory of Tampa
Broadway Dance NYC
Studio Dancin’ of Japan
Dance Educators Of America – 12 US cities coastto-
coast/ 4 National Conventions
Dance Masters Of America – 17 cities in the USA
and Canada/ 2 National Conventions
Anne Reinking’s Broadway Theater Project
Harvard University
Vassar University
Washington University
Webster University @ St. Louis
Tampa University
Princeton School of Dance
University of South Florida
University of Missouri @ St. Louis
University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia
University of Norway
Nutmeg Conservatory of Dance
Ballet San Jose
Atlanta Ballet
St. Louis Ballet
Batsheva Dance Co. of Israel
National Ballet of Colombia
National Ballet of Norway
National Ballet of Yugoslavia
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal
Universal Ballet of Seoul, Korea
Australia’ Queensland Ballet
Jeunne Ballet de France
Centre de Danse Classique, Cannes, France
Chicago Dance Teachers Association
Tampa Ballet
Hartford Ballet
Ballet Hawaii
The Metropolitan Opera in New York
The United Nations
Numerous private schools and much more .
Lidice Nuñez
Lidice Nuñez was born in Havana, Cuba. She studied and graduated from the National School of Art and the Superior Institute of Art of Cuba with Honors and became a first dancer and principal choreographer at the Contemporary Dance Company of Cuba.
She studied choreography in Paris under the auspices of the Brownstone Foundation and has the Ulpam Emshej Diploma Certification from the Hebrew University. She was a guest choreographer for the Mexico City Ballet Company, which was nominated for the Lunas Awards of the National Auditorium in 2017. She is also a member of the International Dance Council CID UNESCO.
Ms. Lidice has performed and created for several International Dance and Ballet Festivals in Havana and on worldwide tours.
Some of the most important international ballet and dance festivals include:
> International Dance Festival - Sintra, Portugal
> Dance Festival of Northwestfalia - Germany
➢ International Dance Festival - NRW, Germany
> International Festival - Padua, Italy
➢ II Dance Bienal, LE FENICE - Venice, Italy
> International Dance Season at the Harbourtfront Center -
Toronto & Ottawa, Canada
> Festival Les Meridiannes Toulouse, France
➢ International Dance Festival "Itálica" - Sevilla, Spain
> Netherlands Dance Festival - The Hague, Holland International Dance, among others.
Ms. Lidice was a professor at the Superior Institute of Art and at the National School of Dance in Cuba.
She is a member of the National Council of Performing Arts and also a member of the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists.
Recently, she was invited to teach at the Feijóo Ballet school .
She has received numerous awards, including the high distinction awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba: Distinction for National Culture, in addition to the First award for choreography and interpretation awarded by the Art Criticism. Her work as a choreographer is registered in the Book of Honor of the Great Theater of Havana, awarded by a jury that was chaired by the famous Alicia Alonso.
Dancers such as,Matthew Rushing- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ; Miguel Altunaga-Rambert dance Company; Victor Alexander artistic director of the Ruth Page Center; Cervilio Amador-National Ballet of Cuba-Cincinnati Ballet ; Yacnoi Abreu-Ballet Preljocaj; Maray Gutiérrez- Hedwig dances ; Alexis Fernandez- La Macana; Alain Rivero- LaMov; Yaday Ponce- Carlos Acosta dance, and many others, have danced Ms. Lidice’s choreographies.
She studied choreography in Paris under the auspices of the Brownstone Foundation and has the Ulpam Emshej Diploma Certification from the Hebrew University. She was a guest choreographer for the Mexico City Ballet Company, which was nominated for the Lunas Awards of the National Auditorium in 2017. She is also a member of the International Dance Council CID UNESCO.
Ms. Lidice has performed and created for several International Dance and Ballet Festivals in Havana and on worldwide tours.
Some of the most important international ballet and dance festivals include:
> International Dance Festival - Sintra, Portugal
> Dance Festival of Northwestfalia - Germany
➢ International Dance Festival - NRW, Germany
> International Festival - Padua, Italy
➢ II Dance Bienal, LE FENICE - Venice, Italy
> International Dance Season at the Harbourtfront Center -
Toronto & Ottawa, Canada
> Festival Les Meridiannes Toulouse, France
➢ International Dance Festival "Itálica" - Sevilla, Spain
> Netherlands Dance Festival - The Hague, Holland International Dance, among others.
Ms. Lidice was a professor at the Superior Institute of Art and at the National School of Dance in Cuba.
She is a member of the National Council of Performing Arts and also a member of the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists.
Recently, she was invited to teach at the Feijóo Ballet school .
She has received numerous awards, including the high distinction awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba: Distinction for National Culture, in addition to the First award for choreography and interpretation awarded by the Art Criticism. Her work as a choreographer is registered in the Book of Honor of the Great Theater of Havana, awarded by a jury that was chaired by the famous Alicia Alonso.
Dancers such as,Matthew Rushing- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater ; Miguel Altunaga-Rambert dance Company; Victor Alexander artistic director of the Ruth Page Center; Cervilio Amador-National Ballet of Cuba-Cincinnati Ballet ; Yacnoi Abreu-Ballet Preljocaj; Maray Gutiérrez- Hedwig dances ; Alexis Fernandez- La Macana; Alain Rivero- LaMov; Yaday Ponce- Carlos Acosta dance, and many others, have danced Ms. Lidice’s choreographies.
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