Angel Corella López is a Spanish former principal dancer with the

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(the only Spaniard to have achieved such a position in history) and guest artist with

The Royal Ballet The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England. The largest of the five major ballet companies in Great Britain, the Royal Ballet was founded ...

Kirov Ballet The Mariinsky Ballet () is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in the 18th century and originally known as the Imperial Russian Ballet, the Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world's ...

New York City Ballet New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's fir ...

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and the

Australian Ballet The Australian Ballet (TAB) is the largest classical ballet company in Australia. It was founded by J. C. Williamson Theatres Ltd and the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust in 1962, with the English-born dancer, teacher, repetiteur an ...

among many others. Since the 2014/2015 season, he has been the Artistic Director of

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(Formerly Pennsylvania Ballet). Considered one of the leading dancers of his generation, he has received numerous awards including the

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and the national award of Spain. He is also credited with ushering in a new era for male ballet in America, thanks to his appearance in the 2002 documentary ''Born to be Wild'' and successful franchise show ''Kings of the Dance''. ''The New York Times'' said Corella gave "classical dancing, especially in the 19th-century repertory, a new image." Having appeared on the front cover of ''

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'' on various occasions, he is described as a "a dancer capable of turning performance into sensation" and as a "force of nature" by the ''

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''. After performing at the

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for the third time in 2014 he was made an official member of the artistic committee. He is the most featured dancer of the American Ballet Theatre in DVD recordings and his appearance as Prince Siegfried in the

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presentation of ''

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'' won an

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. Corella is the only dancer with a statue in the ''Madrid Wax Museum'', and has both a secondary school and dance museum named after him. He has also been a judge on the Spanish version of the popular television show '' Mira Quien Baila''. On 22 July 2014,

(Formerly Pennsylvania Ballet) announced that Corella has been appointed as its artistic director.

Early career

Born and raised in

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, Corella trained with Karemia Moreno and

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and began winning dance awards at a young age, including the First Prize in the National Ballet Competition of Spain in 1991 and three years later, the Grand Prix and Gold Medal at the Concours International de Danse de Paris. When the world-renowned Russian

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saw the young Corella in competition, she contacted the artistic director of

and recommended that he be auditioned for the company. She described him later to the publication ''

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'' as "exceptionally incredible… he is an angel who has been sent to us." He was accepted into ABT as a soloist in April 1995 and was promoted the following year (August 1996) to the rank of principal dancer.

Professional work

Angel Corella has performed as a guest artist with such companies as

in London, the La Scala Ballet in

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, the

, the Australian Ballet, the Ballet of Tokyo, the Asami Maki Ballet, Ballet Contemporaneo de

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, the National Ballet of

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and the

at the

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, Russia. In recent years Corella has danced for an array of world leaders including

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of the United Kingdom,

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, Princess Letizia of Spain, the Duchess of Alba and United States Presidents

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and

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. He has on several occasions been a guest at the

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. In 2006, Corella established the touring show '' Kings of the Dance'' alongside fellow leading men Gudrun Bojesen of The Royal Danish Ballet; Johan Kobborg of the Royal Ballet; Ethan Stiefel of ABT; and Nikolay Tsiskaridze of the

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. which premiered, at the

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in Costa Mesa, CA, immediately followed by an East Coast premiere at

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. In 2007, ''Kings of the Dance'' toured to Russia with performances in St. Petersburg, Moscow, ad Perm, Russia. The next year, Angel Corella was the sole returning original cast member to perform it at the Mariinsky Festival. Since its inception, the franchise has been continued by various other dancers. Corella also devised an annual touring group entitled ''Angel Corella and stars of American Ballet'' which performed throughout Spain for seven years. Corella has also collaborated for gala performances with a variety of artists including actress

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, violinist Ara Malikian as well as opera singers

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and

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. After having danced in the operatic production '' La Gioconda'' at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, Barcelona's

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opera house, Madrid's

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and the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome, Corella made his debut with the

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in 2013. He has had the opportunity to partner many well-known ballerinas including

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, Xiomara Reyes, Julie Kent, Gillian Murphy,

Diana Vishneva Diana Viktorovna Vishneva (''also Romanization of Russian, trans.'' Vishnyova; ; born 13 July 1976) is a Russian ballet dancer who performs as a principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Ballet). Personal life Vishneva wa ...

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, Nina Ananiashvili, Paloma Herrera, Irina Dvorovenko, Viktoria Tereshkina, Alina Somova, Evgenia Obraztsova, Alexandra Ansanelli, Michele Wiles, Stella Abrera, Letizia Giuliani, Leanne Benjamin and Lucia Lacarra, among others. Encouraging of young professionals, he is a regular judge at several prestigious dance competitions such as the International Ballet and Choreography competition (Beijing) and has also taught at the various summer programs and leading dance schools including the

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in London.

''The New York Times''

Throughout his career Angel Corella has won the respect of both the notorious New York critics and international publications due to both his technical capabilities and artistic prowess. In Corella's debut year with American Ballet Theatre, during a performance of

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's ''Americans We'', ''The New York Times'' praised Corella's performance saying the ballet "explodes with this young dancer’s phenomenal bravura. Don’t miss him." Increasing interest from audience and critics alike led quickly to more demanding principal roles. In his debut as the lead in the epic ballet La Bayadere the critic read "Angel Corella was nothing short of perfect." Described as a

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for his trademark feats of endurance "extremely fast pirouettes suddenly speeding up rather than slowing down" Corella excelled in the most demanding roles of the classical

repertoire Repertory or repertoire () is the list or set of works a person or company is accustomed to performing. Whether the English or French spelling is used has no bearing, but it was the French word, with an accent on the first e, , that first took ho ...

. Upon reviewing his first performance in

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, ''The New York Times'' said "This performance bought the house down!" The newspaper also praised his versatility "Mr Corella is the rare dancer who has performed magnificently in each part he has been given." Remarking on his artistic flair, the ''New York Times'' described Corella as a "highly sophisticated artist" referencing his "finely nuanced acting" and stated that "the young Spaniard could wow audiences with multiple pirouettes, but it was his joy of dance that carried the day." It was cited that Corella was often "the star - and the heart of the show" frequently causing the audience to erupt into "feverish applause" and that "by sheer force, he put the company one step ahead," In the year of his retirement from the American Ballet Theatre, ''The New York Times'' wrote "Dancers like Angel Corella are hard to come by, and that speaks to more than just the radiance of his technique. He’s generous with his talent too."

Roles

*Prince Siegfried in ''Swan Lake'' *Des Grieux in ''

Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was f ...

'' *Romeo in ''Romeo and Juliet'' *Albrecht in ''

Giselle ''Giselle'' ( , ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (; ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet () in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it was first perfor ...

'' *Peasant Pas de deux from ''Giselle'' *Colas In ''

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'' *Conrad in ''

'' *Ali the Slave in ''Le Corsaire'' *Birbanto in ''Le Corsaire'' *Lensky in ''Onegin'' *The Prince in ''

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'' *Solor in ''

La Bayadère ''La Bayadère'' ("the temple dancer") ( ru. «Баядерка», ''Bayaderka'') is an 1877 ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by the French choreographer Marius Petipa to music by Ludwig Minkus and libretto by . The ba ...

'' *The Bronze Idol in ''La Bayadere'' *Basilio in ''Don Quixote'' *Gypsy King in ''Don Quixote'' *Danilo in ''The Merry Widow'' *Camille in ''The Merry Widow'' *James in ''

La Sylphide ''La Sylphide'' (; ) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. Bournonville's is the only ve ...

'' *Franz in ''

Coppélia ''Coppélia'' (sometimes subtitled: ''La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail'' (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Éti ...

'' *Cassio in ''

Othello ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'', often shortened to ''Othello'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulat ...

'' *The Bluebird Pas de deux from '' The Sleeping Beauty'' *Prince Désiré in ''The Sleeping Beauty'' *The Nutcracker Prince in ''

The Nutcracker ''The Nutcracker'' (, ), Opus number, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a '; ) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. Th ...

'' *The Cavalier in ''The Nutcracker'' *Henry VIII in ''VIII'' *Petruchio in ''

The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunke ...

'' *The Blue Boy in '' Les Patineurs'' *The Rose in '' Le Spectre de la Rose'' *The Son in ''The Prodigal Son'' *The Peruvian in ''Gaîté Parisienne'' *Billy in ''

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'' *Aktaion in ''Artemis'' *Petrouchka in '' Petrouchka'' *Her Lover in ''Jardin aux Lilas'' *The First Sailor in ''Fancy Free'' *The Third Sailor in ''Fancy Free'' *Aktaion in ''Artemis'' *The Man from the House Opposite in ''Pillar of Fire'' *Misgir in ''

The Snow Maiden ''The Snow Maiden: A Spring Fairy Tale'' ( rus, Снегурочка–весенняя сказка, Snegurochka–vesennyaya skazka, a=Ru-Snegurochka.ogg) is an opera in four acts with a prologue by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, composed d ...

'' *Her Lover in ''Weren't We Fools?'' *The Dancemaster in ''The Lesson'' *

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in ''The Dream'' *Leading roles in other ballets include the following: ''Symphony in C'', ''Other Dances'', ''Push Comes to Shove'', ''The Sleeping Beauty Act II'', ''Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison'', ''Variations on America'', ''Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux'', ''Theme and Variations'', ''The Brahms-Haydn Variations'', ''Bruch Violin Concerto'', ''Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes'', ''Ballet Imperial'', ''Sinfonietta'', ''Gong'', ''Who Cares?'', ''Variations For Four'', ''The Leaves Are Fading'', ''Mozartiana'', ''Without Words'', ''A Brahms Symphony'', ''Stepping Stones'', ''Americans We'', and ''Spring and Fall'', ''Concerto no. 1 for Piano & Orchestra'', ''Sinatra Suite'', ''In the Upper Room'', and ''Allegro Brillante'', among others. *Ballets created on Corella by today's choreographers: ''For 4'' by

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, ''Non Troppo'' by Mark Morris, ''The Pied Piper'' by David Parsons, ''HereAfter'' by Natalie Weir &

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, ''Meadow'' by

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, ''Baroque Game'' by Robert Hill, ''Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra'' by Robert Hill, ''Known by Heart'' by Twyla Tharp, ''Getting Closer'' by

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, ''Sin and Tonic'' by

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, and both ''Clear'' and ''We Got it Good'' by choreographer Stanton Welch. *Ballets in Opera Productions: ''Dance of the Hours'' in

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's '' La Gioconda'' choreographed by George Iancu in

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2005 as well as Christopher Wheeldon's new ''Dance of the Hours'' in Ponchielli's ''La Gioconda'' for the

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in New York City, 2006. (Debut performances).

Retirement from American Ballet Theatre

Upon his retirement from ABT in 2012, Corella performed to a sell out audience at the Metropolitan Opera House and received a

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lasting over twenty minutes. ''

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'' commemorated the occasion by caricaturing the artist. The arts journal wrote "For a long and happy time, we thought of Angel Corella, a much adored star of American Ballet theatre, simply as a king of dance. Now we are coming to know him as a native son."

Television appearances

*1996 ''Kennedy Center Honors'' *1998 ''Sesame Street'' *1999 "Reopening of the Royal Opera House, London" *2001 ''Charlie Rose'' *2000 PBS presentation of documentary film ''Born To Be Wild - The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre'' *2005 (Emmy Award-winning) PBS presentation of

Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular ...

's ''Swan Lake'', with Gillian Murphy and Marcelo Gomes (Staging by Kevin McKenzie) *2006 Freixenet commercial *2008 Rolex commercial *2011 "Quien Vive Aqui" *2012 "Buena Fuente" *2014 "Mira Quien Baila"

Corella's DVD recordings

*''Swan Lake'' with Gillian Murphy (American Ballet Theatre - 2005) *''Romeo and Juliet'' with Alessandra Ferri (La Scala Ballet - 2000) *''Le Corsaire'' with Julie Kent/Ethan Stiefel (American Ballet Theatre - 1998 VHS, 2001 DVD) *''Born To Be Wild - The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre'' (biographical documentary - 1999) with Vladimir Malakhov, Jose Manuel Carreño, and Ethan Stiefel. *''

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Pas de Deux'' with Paloma Herrera (American Ballet Theatre) on a mixed bill DVD titled ''American Ballet Theatre Now - Variety and Virtuosity'' (1996) * "Reopening of the Royal Opera House", London (1999) * "La Gioconda" Liceu Opera House (2005)

Awards

*National Ballet Competition of Spain - First prize, May 1991 *Concours International de Danse de Paris - Grand Prix / Gold Medal, December 1994 *

, 2000 *National Award of Spain, 2003 *Premio Protagonista, Luis del Olmo, 2005 *Men's Health award, 2007 *''Dance Europe Magazine'' DANCER OF THE YEAR Award, 2007 *Leonid Massine Award, 2008 *International medal from the community of madrid, 2008 *International Medal of Arts, Madrid, Spain, 2009 *Gold Medal the academy of fine arts, Cadiz *Galileo 2000 Award, Florence, 2009 *Sports and Culture award, Barcelona, 2011

Barcelona Ballet

In April 2008, Corella established the first classical ballet company in Spain in 20 years, the Corella Ballet, Castilla y Leon; in February 2012, it moved to Barcelona and became the Barcelona Ballet. The company had its world premiere in La Granja, Segovia, Spain on 11 July 2008 performing a mixed program of Clark Tippet's '' Bruch Violin Concerto'',

's '' Clear'' and

's '' In the Upper Room''. Its first full-length ballet was ''

'' (staging by Natalia Makarova) on 4 September 2008 at the

in Madrid, Spain. Barcelona Ballet has since gone on to expand its repertoire and gain a great following across both Spain and the rest of the world. They are a touring company performing in many theatres across Spain, including

, Madrid and the

, Barcelona. They have performed internationally at the

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in March 2010 as well as at the

Los Angeles Music Center The Los Angeles Music Center (officially the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) is one of the largest performing arts centers in the United States. Located in downtown Los Angeles, The Music Center is composed of the Dorothy Chandler Pa ...

and Santa Barbara, California. They have toured cities such as New Orleans, Seattle, Charleston, the

Spoleto Festival The ''Festival dei Due Mondi'' (Festival of the Two Worlds) is an annual summer music and opera festival held each June to early July in Spoleto, Italy, since its founding by composer Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958. It features a vast array of conc ...

and the Guadalajara book festival, Mexico in November 2010. Their repertoire includes ''

'', suites from ''

'' and '' The Sleeping Beauty'',

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's '' Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux'' and ''

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'' pas de deux,

's '' After the Rain'' pas de deux, María Pagés' '' SOLEÁ'' pas de deux, and the pas de deuxs from '' Diana and Actaeon'', ''

'' and '' Satanella'';

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's '' Who Cares?'',

Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his nu ...

's '' Fancy Free'', Wheeldon's '' DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse'' and '' VIII'', Welch's '' We got it good'', Russell Ducker's '' Epimitheus'', Vasiliov and Kasatkina's '' Sunny Duet'', Leonid Lavrovsky's '' Walpurgisnacht'', Corella, Ducker & Radev's '' Suspended in Time'', Corella's ''

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'', ''

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'' Joseph Mazilier, ''Facing the light'' ''Radev'', and the Suite of ''Sleeping beauty'' after ''Petipa''. Barcelona Ballet returned to

in April 2012 with a world premiere of "Palpito" by Spanish choreographers Rojas y Rodriguez as well as visiting Purchase, NY, Detroit, Houston. In early 2013 Corella made the decision to dissolve the company to pursue other projects, indicating that he would likely head to the United States for professional reasons. Corella continues to perform internationally, collaborating with various artists and choreographers, and was appointed as the Artistic Director of the

in July of 2014.

References

External links

* ''Barcelona Ballet''
Link to Forum Angel Corella

Reviews

* ttp://www.martinballet.com/005/writ-abt2.html Review of ''The Pied Piper'' (May 2001)br>NY Times review of ''The Pied Piper'' (May 2001)
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070608062724/http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_05/jul05/et_rev_abt3_0605.htm Online review of ''Raymonda'' (July 2005)br>Online review of ''Kings of the Dance'' (Feb. 2006)
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070927205326/http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_07/jun07/rs_rev_abt_0507.htm Review of Corella in ''La Bayadere'' from ''Ballet Magazine'' (June 2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Corella, Angel Spanish male ballet dancers Living people Prix Benois de la Danse winners American Ballet Theatre principal dancers 21st-century Spanish ballet dancers Year of birth missing (living people)