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Raymond Rodriguez was born in New York
City and began tap dancing at the age of six.. While attending
the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan, he was
required to study ballet and began training at the American
Ballet Theater School. While on scholarship he was privately
taught by Jurgen Schneider, and gained performing experience
with American Ballet Theater in children's roles and later
as an apprentice. He later joined Cleveland San Jose Ballet,
which is now Ballet San Jose.
Mr. Rodriguez has a diverse repertoire as a principal
dancer which includes the role of Albrecht in Giselle,
Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, the Peruvian in Gaite Parisian,
Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Don Jose in Roland Petit's
Carmen, the Profiteer in The Green Table, the principal
male in Balanchine's Who Cares?, Theme and Variations,
Agon, Rubies, Tarantella and the title role in The Toreador,
to name a few. Mr. Rodriguez is currently the Regisseur
(Ballet Master) for BSJ.
He is also an invited guest with many companies around
the United States that include the Atlanta Ballet, Ballet
Theater of New Mexico, the Eglevsky Ballet, Ballet Tucson,
Oakland Festival Ballet and Ballet du Nord in Roubaix,
France.
Partnered with Miss Gabay, he has performed at the Anniversary
Gala for the Queen of Denmark's Silver Anniversary. He
toured with Cynthia Gregory's Dance Galaxy in South America
and performed at the Vail International Dance Festival
and Career Transitions for Dancers.
His television credits include the starring role of Arthur
in the Emmy nominated national broadcast of Blue Suede
Shoes, the opening dance sequence and the 100th episode
of the Drew Carey Show, and he was a featured dancer in
the television special Christopher Reeve: A Celebration
of Hope which won the American Choreographer's award.
He has been seen on season II of ABC's "Dancing with
the Stars" coaching football legend Jerry Rice and
he also made his film debut in the Broadway adaptation
of RENT.
Mr. Rodriguez has co-founded his own dance agency on the
web called Elite Dance
Artist Management and is one of the founding directors
of Ballet America, an innovative website for audiences
to view up and coming dancers and choreography.
Mr. Rodriguez is Co-Artistic Director of Pointe of Departure
and looks forward to bringing classical ballet back to
the Cleveland area in the summer of 2009. |
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