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CORELLA BALLET CASTILLA Y LEÓN
MAKES U.S. DEBUT
AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER

Season includes U.S. Premiere by Angel Corella
With Angel Corella, Herman Cornejo, Iain Mackay,
Adiarys Almeida, Carmen Corella, Natalia Tapia,
Kazuko Omori and Joseph Gatti
March 17 – 20, 2010

New York, NY, July 23, 2009 – Choreographer Angel Corella has announced the U.S. debut of Corella Ballet Castilla y León, March 17 - 20 at New York City Center. The engagement will feature the U.S. premier of String Sextet, Mr. Corella’s first choreography, performed to music by Peter IlyitchTchaikovsky. The four-performance engagement will feature three other pieces to be announced.

Corella Ballet features acclaimed dancers from around the world, including Principal Dancers: Herman Cornejo, Iain Mackay, Adiarys Almeida, Carmen Corella and Natalia Tapia; First Soloists: Kazuko Omori and Joseph Gatti and Soloists: Ashley Ellis, Mª José Sales, Cristina Casa, Kirill Radev, Fernando Bufalá and Yevgen Uzlenkov. Mr. Corella is also a Principal Dancer.

String Sextet, inspired by Tchaikovsky’s String Sextet "Souvenir of Florence" Op. 70, 1892, ischoreographed for the full company in four movements. The piece will have its world premiere on July 30, 2009 at the Peralada Festival in Barcelona.

Angel Corella was born in Madrid in 1975. He was awarded First Prize in the National Ballet Competition of Spain in 1991, and the Grand Prix and Gold Medal at the Concours International de Danse de Paris in 1994. Corella joined the American Ballet Theatre as a soloist in 1995 and in 1996 was promoted to Principal Dancer. His repertoire includes all the principal roles of the leading classical, neoclassical and contemporary ballets. Corella has also been a guest star with the world’s leading dance companies, including The Royal Ballet, Australian Ballet, Ballet of Georgia, Bolshoi Ballet, New York City Ballet and Kirov Ballet. In 2001, Corella formed a foundation to promote classical dance in Spain and to provide the finest professional training to all dancers, regardless of their economic or social condition.

Corella Ballet Castilla y León was founded in April 2008 at the Royal Palace of La Granja in Segovia- Spain. Corella Ballet, under Angel Corella’s artistic direction, is currently the only classical ballet company in Spain. The company consists of 60 dancers from 12 countries: Spain, Cuba, United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, Russia, Portugal, Argentina, the Republic of Georgia and Kazajstán. Corella Ballet Foundation projects include the creation of a dance school which will also be the base for future Corella Ballet dancers. One of the company’s missions is to provide a professional career for classical dancers in Spain, so that Spanish born dancers do not have to leave the country to further their careers, as Corella and many others have done. Corella Ballet’s wide repertoire incorporates classical, neoclassical and contemporary choreography.

Funding for the Corella Ballet season is made possible, in part, by Junta de Castilla y León; SOTUR(Tourism of Castilla y LEÓN), Instituto Nacional de Artes Escénicas y de la Música INAEM, TOUS, and Ayuntamiento del Real Sitio de San Ildefonso (Segovia-Spain).

Corella Ballet will play for four performances, at New York City Center, 55th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues, according to the following schedule March 17 at 7:30, March 19 at 8 pm and March 20 at 2 & 8 pm. Tickets range from $25 - $75 (on sale at City Center on September 8, 2009) and can be purchased by calling CityTix® at 212-581-1212, online at www.nycitycenter.org or at the City Center Box Office West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues).