The American Ballet Theater announced on Tuesday that it has promoted two dancers, Catherine Harlin and Romans Rubin, to the principal and has hired guest artist Daniel Camargo as the principal of the company’s highest ranks.
The Ballet Theater is in the midst of the first season at the Metropolitan Opera House since the performing arts were closed by the pandemic. Brazilian-born dancer Camargo has become a prominent figure in “Don Quixote,” “Swan Lake,” and Alexei Ratmansky’s “Love and Anger,” since the company began its packed season last month. increase. On Monday, he made his debut as Romeo with “Romeo and Juliet”.
The 30-year-old Camargo, a member of the Stuttgart Ballet Company in Germany and the National Ballet Company in the Netherlands, has recently lived outside his suitcase and is freelance with companies around the world. Now he will take root in New York City.
“I’m happy to stop and really stay in one place and be part of the ABT family,” Camargo said in an interview on Tuesday.
Harlin, 26, has been a member of the family since childhood and at the age of 12 received a full scholarship to study at the ABT Jacqueline Kennedionasis School. She became an apprentice to the company shortly thereafter, she was a member of cold ballet a few months later, and she became a soloist in 2018.
Harlin is acclaimed for her dance. Gia Kourlas, a New York Times dance critic, called her recent performance at the Ratmansky premiere with Arambel “sacred.”
“The simple tranquility of Harlin’s face, surrounded by cascade curls, is riveted, as is the bold amplitude of her expressive and peculiar dance,” writes Chorus.
And when he made his debut in the dual role of Odette Odile in “Swan Lake” last week, Chorus wrote: Bread and butter. “
Born in Russia, 37-year-old Zhurbin came to the United States as a teenager and began ballet training at Lagardia High School at the age of 15. He spent almost 20 years at the company creating an extensive list of parts, including title roles. Some characters from “Don Quixote” and “Romeo and Juliet”. Critics admire his ability to bring depth to the ballet character in the story.
The company also announced that it will promote five cold ballet dancers to soloists. Songwoohan, 29; Betsy McBride, 29; Chloe Misseldine, 20; and SunMiPark, 23 years old.