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Adiarys Almeida is an internationally celebrated ballerina, teacher, and choreographer, widely recognized for her exquisite artistry, technical brilliance, and deep-rooted dedication to ballet education. She is the Co-Founder and Assistant Director of Hollywood Ballet Academy in South Florida, a nationally and internationally acclaimed school known for producing outstanding young dancers under her and Taras Domitro’s artistic leadership.

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Born and raised in Matanzas, Cuba, Ms. Almeida began her ballet training at the Vocational Arts School “Alfonso Pérez Isaac” before graduating from the esteemed National Ballet School of Havana. After completing her professional education in 2001, she joined the National Ballet of Cuba under the legendary direction of Alicia Alonso, where she danced from 2001 to 2003.

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She is the recipient of numerous prestigious international awards, including Silver Medals at the International Ballet Competition in Havana in 1997 and 1998, followed by Gold Medals in 1999 and 2000. In 1999, she was honored to participate in the International Ballet Competition in Nagoya, Japan, and the Gala of Ballet Muses in Tokyo, where she performed alongside fellow Cuban ballet prodigy Rolando Sarabia. In 2006, she became the first Cuban female dancer to be a finalist at the USA International Ballet Competition.

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Ms. Almeida’s professional career includes celebrated tenures as Principal Dancer with Cincinnati Ballet and Corella Ballet, as well as

First Soloist with Boston Ballet. She has performed an extensive repertoire of classical, neoclassical, and contemporary works on some of the most prestigious stages in the world.

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Her principal roles include:

• Giselle in “Giselle” (Pares, Carney, Suárez, Hill)

• Juliet in “Romeo & Juliet “ (Morgan & Corella)

• Nikiya in “La Bayadère” (Chong & Suarez)

• Kitri in Don Quixote (McKenzie & Vasiliev)

• Medora in “Le Corsaire”

• Aurora in “Sleeping Beauty” (Ashton, Angelini, Chalmer, and Peterson)

• Odette-Odile in Swan Lake (Corella, Morgan, Suárez and Hill)

• Clara in Alonso’s “Nutcracker” & Marie in Caniparoli’s Nutcracker

• Carmen in “Carmen” (Peterson, Alonso)

• Lisa in “La Fille Mal Gardée” (Pares)

• Gamzatti in “La Bayadère” (Makarova)

• Swanilda in “Coppélia” (Pares and Balanchine/Danilova)

• Cinderella in Cinderella (Beasley)

• Mazurka in “Les Sylphides” (Clerc)

• Sugar Plum Fairy and Snow Queen in “The Nutcracker” (Nissinen & Morgan)

• Amour and Maid of Honor in “Don Quixote” (Nureyev)

• Lady Guinevere in “King Arthur’s Camelot” (Morgan)

• Lead Female in Arthur Saint-Léon’s La Vivandière

• Clark Tippet’s Bruch Violin Concerto (Pink Pas de Deux)

• Harald Lander’s Etudes

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Her neoclassical and contemporary repertoire includes:

• Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Stars & Stripes (Liberty Bell), Symphony in C (1st Movement Principal), Serenade (Russian Principal), Concerto Barocco, El Ballet de la Regina, Who Cares?

• Edward Liang’s Wunderland

• Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, Baker’s Dozen

• Christopher Wheeldon’s VIII (Anne Boleyn), DGV, Polyphonia

• Wayne McGregor’s Chroma

• Jirí Kylián’s Symphony of Psalms

• Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free

• Stanton Welch’s Clear, Fingerprints

• Jorma Elo’s Awake Only

She has also worked with a wide range of notable choreographers including John Cranko, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Jamal Story, Angel Corella, Val Caniparoli, Ivan Tenorio, Alberto Méndez, Eduardo Blanco, Viktor Kabaniaev, George Birkadze, Russell Ducker, Darrell Grand Moultrie, Andrea Schermoly, and Trey McIntyre, among others. As a Principal Guest Artist, Ms. Almeida has graced some of the most prestigious stages around the world, performing with companies and festivals such as:

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• Balletto dell’Opera di Roma (Italy)

• Ballet Dortmund (Germany)

• NBA Ballet (Japan)

• Slovene National Opera and Ballet (Slovenia)

• Kremlin Ballet (Moscow, Russia)

• Ballet Sibiu (Romania)

• Open Dance Festival (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

• Baltic Ballet Festival (Riga, Latvia)

• Nureyev Festival (Kazan, Russia)

• Panama International Ballet Festival (Panama City)

• Stars of the 21st Century Gala (Bucharest, Rumania)

• Taipei International Ballet Gala (Taipei, Taiwan)

• Roberto Bolle & Friends tour (Italy, Croatia & China)

• International Ballet Stars Gala (Jakarta,Indonesia)

• International Ballet Season with the National Ballet of China (Beijing, China)

• Gala Internacional de Ballet Chile (Santiago de Chile)

• Festival de Ballet Córdoba & Festival de Ballet Cancun (Mexico)

• Gala de Danza (Mexico)

• Les Hivernales de la Danse (Belgium)

• Hong Kong Ballet (China)

• Festival Ballet of Providence, BalletMet, Tulsa Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Ballet San Jose, Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Florida Classical Ballet, Ballet Mississippi, Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet, Colorado Conservatory of Dance, International Ballet Greenville, Collin County Ballet Theater, Miami International Ballet Festival, USA IBC, YAGP, World Ballet Competition Galas.

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In addition to her performing career, Ms. Almeida holds a professional degree in ballet teaching from the National Ballet School of Havana. She began teaching at the age of 20 while dancing in the United States, and credits early teaching with deepening her understanding of the art form:

“I feel starting to teach at a very young age made me a much better dancer. I got to understand ballet, and it made me realize how many things I was doing wrong.”

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She has since become a highly respected and sought-after master teacher, working with schools and intensives around the world I including:

• The Art of Classical Ballet, Master Ballet Academy, Pennsylvania Ballet Conservatory, Golden State Ballet Academy, Feijoo Ballet

School, Hathaway Academy of Ballet, United Ballet Theater, Galmont Ballet, School of Ballet Arts, Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet, Colorado Conservatory of Dance, Ballet Northwest, Atlanta Youth Ballet, Orlando Ballet School, Marat Daukayev Ballet School, Gulf Coast Ballet Theater, Cincinnati Ballet School, International Ballet Greenville, Atlanta Professional Dance Academy, In House Expressions, Performance Edge 2, Xplosive Dance Academy, Conservatório Annarella (Portugal), Cancun International Ballet

Festival, KL Dance Works (Malaysia), National Capital Ballet School (Australia), Ballet Gonzalez (Brazil), Victoria’s Ballet School

(Colombia), and International Ballet Intensive (South Africa). She has also taught at and judged for prestigious competitions such as YAGP, World Ballet Competition, ADCIBC, Dance World Cup Portugal, and Gala de Danza (Mexico), as well as numerous regional and international intensives.

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Today, as Co-Founder and Assistant Director of Hollywood Ballet Academy, Adiarys Almeida is a driving force behind the school’s rise to national and international distinction. With her extensive stage experience and refined pedagogical approach, she continues to shape the next generation of dancers with passion, precision, and a deep love for the art of ballet.