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Carlos Lopez
Born
in Madrid, Spain, Carlos Lopez began his ballet training at the age of 11 with
Victor Ullate at Ullate’s Dance School. His teachers also included Karemia Moreno, Atilio Labis, Zoltan Nagy and Willie
Burmann, among others.
In 1991, at the age of 15, he joined The Victor Ullate Ballet Company where
he danced as Principal Dancer for many years. His
repertoire included Basil in Don Quixote, Albrecht in Giselle,
leading roles in Allegro Brillante, Paquita, Les Sylphides,
the Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and Theme and Variations, the pas de
deux from Coppelia , Le Corsaire and Diana
and Acteon, “Black Swan” from Swan Lake, Act III and the Bluebird
from The Sleeping Beauty, Act III.
Lopez also danced leading
roles in ballets by Maurice Bejart, Rudi Van Dantzig, Hans Van Manen and Nils Christie.
With this company, Lopez toured to Argentina, Belgium, Cuba, England, Germany,
Holland, Italy and the United States.
In 1996, Lopez won the Silver Medal at the Seventh International Dance
Competition in Paris. In 1998, he was invited to dance "Giselle" at the 16th International
Festival in Havana, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Ballet Nacional de
Cuba.
Lopez joined American Ballet Theatre in September 2001 and was appointed a
Soloist in August 2003. His repertoire with the Company includes Iago in
Othello, the Bronze
Idol in La Bayadère, the Gypsy in Don Quixote, the Portrait in Dorian, Puck in
The Dream, the second sailor in Fancy Free,
Alain in La Fille mal gardée, Birbanto in Le Corsaire, the lead Pontevedrian dancer and Maitre D in The Merry Widow, the Nutcracker-Prince
in The Nutcracker, Eros in Sylvia, the Peasant Pas de deux in Giselle,
the Profiteer in The Green Table,
the Officer in Offenbach in the
Underworld, Mercutio and Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, the Bluebird
in The Sleeping Beauty, Benno in Swan Lake, The Joker in Jeu de
Cartes, a Youth
in Three Virgins and a Devil, leading roles in Amazed in Burning
Dreams, Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, Petite Mort,
Sinfonietta, Dark Elegies, In the Upper Room, Gong, Mozartiana, Symphonic Variations,
Glow Stop, Within You Without You: A Tribute
to George Harrison and workwithinwork .
In July of 2004, he received in Cannes an award by the critics of the “Ballet 2000” Magazine as one of the
New Stars of the Dance World.
CARLOS LOPEZ
American Ballet Theatre
890 Broadway 3rd floor
10003, New York, NY 10003
EUROPEAN AGENT CONTACT
ANTONIO DESIDERIO
management@antoniodesiderio.com
PROFESIONAL POSITION
1991-2001 VICTOR ULLATE’S BALLET COMPANY (PRINCIPAL SINCE 1997)
2001 AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE (SOLOIST SINCE 2003)
GUESTING COMPANIES
BALLET NACIONAL DE CUBA
TBILISI’S NATIONAL BALLET (GEORGIA)
BALLET ETUDES OF MIAMI
CAPITAL BALLET COMPANY
ASH CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY
AWARDS
1996 SILVER MEDAL AT THE VII INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION IN PARIS
2004 CHOOSE AS ONE THE NEW STARS OF THE DANCE WORLD BY THE FRENCH MAGAZINE “BALLET 2000”
1988-91 VICTOR ULLATE’S DANCE SCHOOL
KAREMIA MORENO (CUBA’S NATIONAL BALLET, MADRID 1993-1994)
JOSE PARES (PUERTO RICO’S NATIONAL BALLET, MADRID 1995)
MENIA MARTINEZ (CUBA’S NATIONAL BALLET, MADRID 1991-92-95-96-97-00)
ATILIO LABIS (PARIS OPERA ,PARIS 1993-1994)
AURORA BOSCH (CUBA’S NATIONAL BALLET, MADRID 1995-98)
BELLA BATCHINSKAIA ( MADRID 1999)
ZOLTAN NAGY (HUNGARIAN NATIONAL BALLET, MADRID 1999)
RAISHA KILKO (UKRAINE, MADRID 2000)
LOLA DE AVILA (MADRID 2000 -2001)
LUPE SERRANO (NEW YORK 2001-2002)
KIRK PETERSON (NEW YORK 2001-2002)
WILLIE BURMAN (NEW YORK 2002-2004)
RINAT IMAEV (NEW YORK 2004-2005)
DAVID HOWARD (NEW YORK 2007-08)
Carlos Lopez at American Ballet Theatre
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