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All'inizio della sua carriera, lo stile e le prestazioni esplosive di Rolando Sarabia hanno raccolto confronti con le grandi figure di Nijinsky eBaryshnikov.
Rolando Sarabia ha cominciato gli studi di danza nel 1990 come studente presso l'Alejo Carpentier Elementare Scuola di Ballo a L'Avana, Cuba.
E 'stato formato da Rolando Sarabia (suo padre), Magaly Suarez, Alicia Alonso, e Lázaro Carreño presso la Scuola Nazionale di Balletto a L'Avana.
Nel 1994 è stato premiato con la medaglia d'oro e come Rivelazione al Concorso a Mercosur Brasile.
Nel 1998 è entrato nel Ballet Nacional de Cuba, dove è stato subito promosso Primo ballerino.
Il suo repertorio include i ruoli principali della tradizione classica, oltre a opere contemporanee di Coreografi cubani e stranieri.
Oltre alla medaglia d'oro USA IBC a Jackson e Mississippi, Rolando ha vinto il Grand Prix al Incontro Internazionale di Accademie, Cuba (1995 e 1998); il Gran Premio al Concorso Internazionale di Danza 1998 a Parigi, Medaglia d'Oro al Concorso Internaziona Concorso a Nagoya, in Giappone e il Gran Premio al Concorso Internazionale di Danza di 1998,Varna, Bulgaria.
Rolando Sarabia ha lasciato Cuba nel 2003 per unirsi al Boston Ballet ed in seguito ha fatto parte del Houston Ballet come Primo ballerino fino ad arrivare nel 2007 dove entra a far parte di Miami City Ballet Come Primo Ballerino.
Rolando si è esibito in Galas con ballerini di fama come Maya Plisetskaya, Patrick Dupont,Farouk Ruzimatov, Alicia Alonso, Tamara Rojo, Maria Carmen Catoya tra gli altri.
Con “Romeo e Giulietta” è al suo debutto al Teatro Dell’Opera di Roma.
English
Rolando Sarabia Oquendo (born 18 August 1982) is a Cuban ballet dancer.
He is an acclaimed Principal Dancer for The Washington Ballet under artistic director Julie Kent. He has danced with many companies including the Cuban National Ballet, the Houston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre as a guest artist in 2011.
Erika Kinetz of The New York Times called him the "Cuban Nijinsky" and compared him to the young Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Life and career:
Sarabia was born in Havana, Cuba, on 18 August 1982. His father was a ballet dancer with the Cuban National Ballet. Rolando grew up, among ballet dancers and was performing with the Cuban National Ballet since the age of 5. In 1990, he was admitted as a student at the Alejo Carpentier Elementary Ballet School in Havana, Cuba. Was trained by Rolando Sarabia (his father), Alicia Alonso, Lázaro Carreño and Magaly Suarez, at the National Ballet School in Havana. Early in his career, Sarabia's explosive performance style garnered comparisons to Nijinsky and Baryshnikov. Sarabita was so famous among young people in Cuba, that according to Sarah Kaufman of The Washington Post his fans "glued him the suffix of endearment, -ita, onto his name like a kiss."
In 2003, Sarabia left Cuba, after Prima Ballerina Alicia Alonso refused to allow him to join the Boston Ballet where his younger brother Daniel Sarabia was dancing as a corps member.
He has performed with renowned dancers as Maya Plisetskaya, Patrick Dupont, Farouk Ruzimatov, Alicia Alonso, Tamara Rojo among many others.
Awards:
Prix Benois de la Danse, 2011 Moscow
Grand Prix 1998, Concours International de Danse de Paris
Grand Prix 1998, Varna International Ballet Competition
Gold Medal USA International Ballet Competition in Jackson Mississippi 1998
Gold Medal 1998 International Ballet Competition in Nagoya, Japan
Grand Prix 1998 International Encounter of Ballet Academies. Havana, Cuba
Grand Prix 1995 International Encounter of Ballet Academies. Havana Cuba
Gold Medal and Prize for Young Revelation in 1994 Competition at Mercosur in Brazil
