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Born: Cuba
Nationality: Spanish
Languages: Spanish, Russian,
Portuguese, French and English
TRAINING
- Cubanacan National Arts
School, Havana. Cuba.
- Agripina Choreography School,
Leningrad.
- Among others, he studied
with:
Josefina Mendez, Ana Petrovna
Bajjacva, Victor Mijailovich,
Tuluviov Semenon, Solomonvich
Caplan, Alexander Sergueievich Puschkin.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
1969 Professional debut
1972 Soloist category
1974 Principal dancer category
1976 First dancer category
Upon finishing his studies
he joined the Camagüey National Ballet where he interpreted
different contemporary and classical roles. On the following
year he started dancing with the Cuban National Ballet, undertaking
principal roles in a miscellaneous repertoire and obtaining
excellent reviews worldwide.
The Mexican Bellas Artes
Ballet, the American Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, the French Arenas
de Dimiez Festival, the Caracas International Ballet and the
Brazilian Theatre Ballet of Rio have invited Careño as
a guest dancer. He has enjoyed enormous success both with the
public and the critics.
His extensive repertoire
includes principal roles in the great classical tradition. Also,
contemporary works by Cuban and foreign choreographers; such
as: Mijail Lacopson, Anton Dolin, Brian MacDonald, Hilda Riveros,
Alberto Mendez, Lic D’Laire, Atilio Lavis, Elsa Marianne
Bone Rossen, Alberto Alonso y Alicia alonso.
He has danced alongside Alicia
Alonso in: “El Torero de Carmen”, “Dido Abandonada”
(her own creation), “Roberto el Diablo” and “Cleopatra”
AWARDS
1970 First place in juvenile
in Varna, Bulgaria
1972 Medal and Diploma in
Pleven, Bulgaria
1973 Artistic Mastery special
award and diploma in Moscow
1974 Silver Medal and Artistic
Mastery special award in Varna, Bulgaria
1978 Puerto Rican School
of Lawyers Medal
1980 Masculine Individual
Excellence Gold Medal in Tokyo
1983 Aldo Lotufo Gold Medal
special award masculine
1983 Gold Medal special award
couples, Brazil.
He has also been awarded
The Cuban National Arts Medal, the highest artistic recognition
in Cuba. He remains the most awarded Cuban dancer of all times.
MAITRE DE BALLET
Carreño’s teaching
career has been as remarkable as his dance. He first started
teaching ballet in the Cuban Company back in 1972. Then, in
1976 he was granted the title of Maitre of Ballet.
Throughout his professional
career he has combined his talent as a teacher, dancer and presenter
of several dance pieces. He has staged different works in the
classical style. Although he has specialised mainly in Pas de
Deux, he has also taken on contemporary pieces.
For several years he taught
dance at the Cuban National Ballet School. Indeed, he has trained
many of today’s most outstanding dancers in the international
dance scene, including, among many others; José Manuel
Carreño, Carlos Acosta, Yuri Yanosvki, Goyo Montero,
Lienz Chang, Joan Boada, Julio Arozarena and Jesus Corrales.
EXPERIENCE
1993-1996: Teacher at the
Alicia Alonso dance course, Complutense University of Madrid.
1995: Guest dancer at the
Santiago de Chile Municipal Theatre. Interpreting Don Jose in
“Carmen”(choreographed by Ilda Reversos). He also
collaborated in the re-staging of Jaime Segura’s “Don
Quixote”
Oct/96-Mar/97: Guest teacher
at the Royal Conservatory of Dance in Madrid. Teaching Ballet
Classical Duo and repertoire. Staging several pas de deux and
Raymonda Grand pas for the choreographic workshop at the Conservatory.
Jan/1997: Guest teacher at
the Rhine Opera Ballet in France.
Apr/1997: Guest teacher at
the dance academy of the prestigious Spanish teacher Dona Maria
de Avila in Zaragoza.
Oct/Nov/Dec/1997: Guest teacher
at the Barcelona Theatre Institute directed by Catherine Allard.
Jan/1998: Appointed guest
director to the Juan Anxieta Dance School in Bilbao.
Mar/Apr/1998: Guest teacher
at the National Dance Company in Madrid, directed by dancer
and choreographer Nacho Duato.
Oct/Nov/1998: Guest teacher
at the Canadian National Dance Company and at the National Ballet
School of Canada.
May/2000: Guest teacher at
the Municipal Theatre of Rio, Brazil.
Jan/2000: Guest teacher at
the Lodz Opera Ballet in Poland. There he staged the revival
of “Coppellia” in three acts.
Jun/2000: Guest teacher at
the London Royal Ballet, England.
Nov/2000: Guest teacher at
the London Royal ballet, England.
Mar/2001: Guest teacher at
The Opera of Paris, France.
Apr/2001: Guest teacher at
the American Ballet Theatre, New York, USA.
Carreño has also been
invited twice this year as guest teacher at the Mr and Mrs Goh
Academy of Ballet.
2.003 - 2008 "Principal
Teacher and Coach" Houston Ballet EE.UU.
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