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José Manuel Carreño (born 25 May 1968) is a retired Cuban ballet dancer, who performed as a principal dancer with the English National Ballet, Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. Carreño started dancing at the age of ten and received his training at the Provincial School of Ballet and the Cuban National Ballet School. He won the Gold Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition in 1987 and the Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi in 1990. He has appeared extensively in Europe, Latin America and the United States, dancing such roles as Franz in ''Coppélia'', Basilio in ''Don Quixote'', Albrecht in ''Giselle'' and Prince Siegfried in ''Swan Lake''. He has also performed in the principal roles in such works as ''Le Corsaire'', the ''Diane and Actéon pas de deux'' and the ''Black Swan pas de deux''.〔 He has been principal dancer in the English National Ballet in 1990, The Royal Ballet in 1993 and the American Ballet Theater starting in 1995. In 2004 Carreño received the Dance Magazine Award for significant contributions to dance. He is married to former Cuban National Ballet dancer Ana Lourdes Novoa. In 2007 he appeared in the movie, ''Born to Be Wild – The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre'' with Angel Corella, Ethan Stiefel and Vladimir Malakhov, directed by Judy Kinberg. On 30 June 2011 he gave his final performance with the ABT in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House in Swan Lake featuring Julie Kent and Gillian Murphy as Odille and Odette. Carreño was joined on stage by other members of the company including Marcelo Gomes, Maxim Beloserkovsky and Cory Stearns who hoisted him overhead. He made a special appearance on Dancing With The Stars. Carreño is Artistic Director of the Carreño Dance Festival in Sarasota, Florida〔 and has been also been appointed Artistic Director of Ballet San Jose effective September 2013.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「José Manuel Carreño」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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