Contemporary Ballet | Artist Faculty
June 12 – June 29
A native of Cali, Colombia, Juan Carlos Peñuela began dancing at the age of 12 with Incolballet, a ballet-centered secondary school. After graduation, Juan Carlos was invited by Artistic Director, Gloria Castro, to join Ballet de Cali, Colombia’s National Company as a soloist, where he performed in a variety of leading roles in contemporary works, as well as classical pieces. Juan Carlos has danced with Ballet Arizona, Dance Theater of Harlem, Pennsylvania Ballet, Maximum Dance Ballet Gamonet, Chamber Dance Project, and Ballet NY.
Juan Carlos has served as guest Ballet Master and Repetitur with Compania Colombiana de Ballet, Incolballet in Colombia, Chamber Dance Project, Lexington Ballet, The Ajkun Ballet Theatre in New York City, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ena Ballet Company in Japan, and Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts International Summer Intensive in Kent, CT. In 2011, he was invited to Malaysia where he taught at their international festival, restaged Don Quixote, and coached artists from all over the world for their International Gala of the Stars.
From 2014 to 2018, Juan Carlos held the position of Ballet Master with Ballet Hispanico in New York City, as well Senior Ballet Teacher for the School of Dance. He has served as a faculty member at Joffrey Ballet School, Marymount Manhattan College, Ballet Academy East in New York City, Alvin Ailey, and as a guest teacher at The Juilliard School.
Juan Carlos holds a Romana’s Pilates certification and teaches Pilates designed for dancers. In 2011, he became certified in The American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum. During the summer of 2013, he was invited to teach in Italy as a faculty member of The Ailey School. Since 2017, Juan Carlos has been on faculty at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and was featured in the August 2017 issue of Dance Teacher Magazine. Juan Carlos currently serves as the Rehearsal Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem.
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