Xiomara Reyes

Xiomara Reyes is a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre. Born in Cuba, Reyes trained at the Cuban National Ballet School. After graduation, she danced as a soloist with "La Joven Guardia," an offshoot of Cuba’s National Ballet. After two years, she was invited to perform with the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium and danced with that company for seven years, rising to the rank of First Soloist.

She has danced in Europe, Asia, and the United States, and has performed as a guest in France with the Jeune Ballet de France, in Italy with Balleto Del Sud, in Greece with the Nafsika Dance Theater, in Korea at the International Dance Festival, and in Russia with the Bashkirian State Ballet.

In 2001, Reyes joined American Ballet Theatre as a Soloist and was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2003.

Awards

*Gold Medal for the Best Soloist at the International Ballet Competition of Chiclayo, Peru (1996)
*Best Couple Prize at the XIV International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria (1990)
*Silver Medal at the Cinquienne Concours International de Danse de Paris (1992)
*La Medaille de la Ville de Paris (1992)
*Second Prize at the International Ballet Competition in Luxembourg (1995).

Ballets Performed

*"Sleeping Beauty" (Aurora)
*"Manon" (title role)
*"Romeo and Juliet" (Juliet)
*"Cinderella" (title role)
*"Cinderella" (Autumn)
*"Le Corsaire" (Gulnare)
*"Le Corsaire" (Odalisque)
*"Dorian" (Sibyl)
*"Don Quixote" (Kitri)
*"Don Quixote" (Amour)
*"La Fille Mal Gardée" (Lise)
*"Giselle" (Title role)
*"Giselle" (Peasant pas de deux)
*"Giselle" (Moyna)
*"The Merry Widow" (Valencienne)
*"The Nutcracker" (Clara)
*"The Nutcracker" (Sugar Plum Fairy)
*"Raymonda" (Title role)
*"The Dream" (Titania)
*"Othello" (Desdemona)
*"Offenbach in the Underworld" (Debutante)
*"Pillar of Fire" (Youngest sister)
*"The Sleeping Beauty" (Princess Florine, in the Blue Bird pas de deux)
*"The Sleeping Beauty" (Diamond variation)
*"Swan Lake" (Pas de trois)
*"Swan Lake" (Hungarian Princess)
*"La Bayadère" (shade)
*"Rodeo" (Girl in the yellow dress)
*"Petrouchka" (Ballerina)
*"Symphony in C"
*"Tchaikovsky Pas de deux"
*"Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison"
*"Diana and Acteon" (Pas de deux)
*"HereAfter"
*"Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1"
*"Dim Lustre"
*"Jeu de Cartes" (Two of Diamonds)
*"Petit Mort"
*"Gong"
*"Clear"
*"Without Words"
*"Etudes"

External links

* [http://www.abt.org/dancers/detail.asp?Dancer_ID=32 Official ABT Bio Page]

Partners

(Partial Listing)

*Angel Corella
*Julio Bocca
*Gennadi Saveliev
*Herman Cornejo
*Jose Manuel Carreno
*Vladimir Malakhov

Gallery