teaching children excellence The Master Series October 10th 10:00 a.m. Classical Footwork

Yanelis Rodriguez Ballet Revolución, Essen Ballett-Germany

Yanelis Rodriguez grew up in Cuba, where she received her dance training from 1996 until 2001 at the Alejo Carpentier School and continued her education from 2001 until 2004 at the National Ballet School. She competed in the 7th and 8th International Ballet Competition in Havana, winning the first prize (2002/2004). She received her first engagements at the Cuban National Ballet, Camagüey Ballet and Laura Alonso’s Company. During this time she has performed in ballets such as Sylvia, , Sleeping Beauty, , , and La Esmeralda. From 2008 until 2011 she was engaged with the Aenon Dance Theatre in Greece under the direction of Daniel Lommel and performed in the choreographies “Bakthi” and “Electra”. In 2010 she toured with the Macedonian National Ballet (Les Sylphides, and as Kitri in Don Quichotte). In 2012 she joined the Aalto Ballet Theatre as a corps dancer and was promoted to soloist in 2013/2014. She performed the leading female roles in Carmen/Bolero, A Midsummer Night′s Dream and , plus further solo roles in Irish Soul and Homage to Queen. Ms. Rodriguez has collaborated with choreographers Ohad Naharin, Alexander Ekman and Jiří Kylián Most recently she has performed Olga in John Cranko’s Onegin and was a soloist in Rock around Barock. Check out this video of our Incredible Guest Artist! https://www.youtube.com/watch?vhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEx7_mE Ztak =pEx7_mEZtak

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