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Born in Cuba, Xiomara Reyes studied at Cuba’s National Ballet School. Upon her graduation, she danced as a soloist with La Joven Guardia, the second company of Cuba’s National Ballet. Two years later she was invited to appear with the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium. She danced with this company for seven years rising to the rank of First Soloist.
Her repertoire with these companies included Nikiya in La Bayadère, Cinderella in Cinderella, Kitri in Don Quixote, Swanilda in Coppélia, Giselle in Giselle, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Odette-Odile in Swan Lake. She also performed principal roles in ballets by George Balanchine, Paolo Bortoluzzi, and Christopher D’Amboise, among others.
With the Royal Ballet of Flanders she danced in Europe, Asia, and the United States. She has danced 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.
Her awards include: the 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), and Second Prize at the International Ballet Competition in Luxembourg (1995).
Reyes joined American Ballet Theatre as a Soloist in January 2001. Her roles with the Company include a leading role in Allegro Brillante, a Shade in La Bayadère, the first and fourth movements in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Cinderella in Cinderella, Swanilda in Coppélia, Medora, Gulnare and an Odalisque in Le Corsaire, a leading role in Désir, Who Was She? in Dim Lustre, Kitri and Amour in Don Quixote, Sibyl in Dorian, Titania in The Dream, Anne in Christopher Wheeldon's VIII, Lise in La Fille mal gardée, the peasant pas de deux, Moyna and Giselle in Giselle, Le Grand Pas de Deux, His Memory and His Experiences in HereAfter, the Two of Diamonds in Jeu de Cartes, Manon in Manon, Valencienne in The Merry Widow, Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, the Debutante in Offenbach in the Underworld, Desdemona is Othello, Olga in Onegin, the Ballerina in Petrouchka, the Youngest Sister in Pillar of Fire, Raymonda in Raymonda, the Cowgirl in Rodeo, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (Romeo’s Farewell to Juliet), Princess Aurora and Princess Florine in The Sleeping Beauty, the Young Girl in Le Spectre de la Rose, the pas de trois and the Hungarian Princess in Swan Lake, the third movement in Symphony in C, the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, and leading roles in Brief Fling,Clear, Études, Glow - Stop, The Leaves Are Fading, Overgrown Path, Petite Mort and Without Words.
She created a leading role in Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison.
Reyes was appointed a Principal in April 2003.
Ms. Reyes' performances with American Ballet
Theatre are sponsored by Avery and Andy Barth.
Romeo and Juliet
7/7/2010
Don Quixote
5/29/2010, 6/3/2010
Giselle
11/6/2009
The Dream
6/10/2010, 6/12/2010
The Sleeping Beauty
6/18/2010
Don Quixote
11/15/2009
Seven Sonatas
(New Ratmansky Work)
11/12/2009
The Brahms-Haydn Variations
6/12/2010, 7/3/2010
The Brahms-Haydn Variations
6/9/2010, 7/1/2010
Romeo and Juliet pas de deux (Romeo's Farewell)
6/29/2010
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Kevin
McKenzie: Artistic Director