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Maximiliano Iglesias
Principal Dancer
Joined The Sarasota Ballet in 2022 as Principal.
Born: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Training: Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires School
Previous company: Teatro Colón Ballet
Favorite quote: “Never give up”
Favorite role: Robbins’ In The Night – because I really enjoyed the rehearsal process!
Favorite costume: James in Fokine’s La Sylphide. Because it really made you feel part of the story.
Fun fact: I’m a lover of tranquility and silence.
Lead and featured roles include: Ashton’s Birthday Offering, Les Patineurs, Valses nobles et sentimentales, Varii Capricci; Balanchine’s Divertimento No.15, Emeralds, The Four Temperaments, Theme and Variations, Western Symphony, Who Cares?; Bond’s Excursions, Panoramic Score; Graziano’s In A State of Weightlessness, The Pilgrimage, Sonatina; Lang’s Lyric Pieces; Liang’s The Art of War; Kobborg’s Salute, La Sylphide; MacMillan’s Danses Concertantes, Las Hermanas; Petipa’s Swan Lake Act III Black Swan Pas de Deux; Robbins’ In The Night, Fancy Free; Taylor’s Company B; Tharp’s In the Upper Room; Wheeldon’s The American
Lead and featured roles with other companies include: Ashton’s Sylvia; Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Theme and Variations, Symphony in C; Holmes’ Le Corsaire; Hynd’s The Merry Widow; Lacotte’s La Sylphide; Makarova’s La Bayadère; MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet; Nureyev’s Nutcracker; Petipa’s Swan Lake; Robbins’ Fancy Free; Stevenson’s Cinderella; Vasiliev’s Don Quixote.