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Kayke Carvalho
São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil
Biography
Photo: Diego Silva.
Kayke Carvalho began his classical ballet training at the age of three at the Pamela Lima Ballet in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. At the age of 11 he was awarded a full scholarship to train at the Bolshoi Theater School in Brazil, graduating in 2020. In January 2021, Carvalho joined Bolshoi Brazil as a company member. He competed in the Prix de Lausanne in 2021, where he was selected as a finalist and awarded a full scholarship to the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. He continued dancing with Bolshoi Brazil until September 2021, when he moved to New York to attend the ABT JKO School, under the direction of Cynthia Harvey.
Carvalho joined ABT Studio Company in September 2022, where he created roles in works by Gemma Bond, Houston Thomas, and James Whiteside and performed in works by Hope Boykin, Emily Kikta, Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, and Brady Farrar, alongside a variety of classical and neoclassical repertoire. He has performed in Alexei Ratmansky’s The Nutcracker with ABT’s main Company.
Carvalho joined American Ballet Theatre as an apprentice in 2024.