The National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico ( es, Balleteatro Nacional de Puerto Rico) is one of the leading ballet companies in

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...

. It was formed by former members of ''Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico'' after the company was paralyzed by a dancers' strike in 2004. They performed for the first time in April 2005 at the

Francisco Arriví Francisco Arriví (June 24, 1915 – February 8, 2007), a.k.a. ''Paco,'' was a writer, poet and playwright known as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Theater." Early years Arriví (birth name: Francisco Arriví Alegria ) was born in Santurce, a ...

Theater in

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under the direction of Miguel Campaneria. The company is located in the city of

Guaynabo Guaynabo (, ) is a city, suburb of San Juan and municipality in the northern part of Puerto Rico, located in the northern coast of the island, north of Aguas Buenas, south of Cataño, east of Bayamón, and west of San Juan. Guaynabo is spr ...

Company

As of May 2010:

Principal dancer A principal dancer (often shortened to principal) is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company. A principal may be male or female. The position is similar to that of '' soloist''; however, p ...
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* José Rodríguez * Laura Valentín

Soloists

* Lara Berríos * Odemar Ocasio

Corps de ballet In ballet, the ''corps de ballet'' (; French for "body of the ballet") is the group of dancers who are not principal dancers or soloists. They are a permanent part of the ballet company and often work as a backdrop for the principal dancers. ...

* Miguel Cáez * Francesca García * Saori Kawasaki * Luis Martínez * Elmer Pérez * Daniel Ramírez * Tatiana Rodríguez * Omar Román * Carolina Wolf

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