Daniel Sarabia

Daniel Sarabia (born December 9, 1984 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban ballet dancer with the Maurice Bejart Ballet of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Biography

Born to Cuban ballet dancer Rolando Sarabia and Midalis Oquendo. Daniel said in an interview with Dance Magazine,^[1] “Our father was our first influence and my inspiration”, also talking about his brother, former ballet dancer Rolando Sarabia,^[2] “Ballet is in our blood” he continued explaining. In 1993 he joined the Provincial School of Ballet “Alejo Carpentier” in Havana, Cuba and graduated from the Cuban National Ballet School in 2002. He won Bronze Medal at the International Ballet Competition of Havana in 1998, the Silver Medal in 1999 and the prize for “Young Revelation”, in 2002 he won Gold Medal. Began his professional career with the Cuban National Ballet under the direction of Prima Ballerina Alicia Alonso in 2002. After 2 years dancing with the company he defected to the United States where he won the Silver Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition^[3] in 2005.

Career

He has appeared in Latin America, the United States and Europe, dancing such roles as Basilio in Don Quixote, Puck in “A Midsummer Night's Dream”, Siegfried in Swan Lake choreography of George Balanchine, “In the Night” by Jerome Robbins, “Prelude” by Ben Stevenson for the Gala of Stars in Houston, Texas. He has also performed in the principal roles in such works as the Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux, the Black Swan Pas de Deux and Le Corsaire. He has danced with the Boston Ballet^[4] in 2005, the Miami City Ballet in 2007 and he is a current dancer with Bejart Ballet^[5] of Lausanne.

1. ^ http://www.dancemagazine.com/issues/November-2007/Siblings-Sharing-the-Stage
2. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00E7DA1130F93AA35753C1A9639C8B63
3. ^ http://www.nyibc.org/historical/indexBU.php#2005
4. ^ http://www.bostonballet.org/season/enewsNov06.html
5. ^ http://www.bejart.ch/

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