Ricardo Castellanos
After Ricardo Castellanos' debut in the leading role of Solor in La Bayadère, ClassicalMusic.com wrote the following: «He achieves a weightless height in his leaps, almost seeming to hang in the air, his pirouettes are dead-on and last impossibly long. He conveys the dramatic story with technique and feeling and it is harder to imagine a stronger debut than this.»
He has danced the role of Rothbart in Holmes’ Swan Lake, the Nutcracker Prince in Boyadjiev’s The Nutcracker, the leading male role in Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante and soloist in the 1st movement in Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Prince Albrecht in the 2nd act of Giselle, Romeo in the balcony pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet and Prince Siegfried in a pas de deux from Swan Lake. He has also danced in MacMillan’s Manon and Kylián's One of a Kind.
Spanish-Cuban Castellanos (born in 1997) began dancing at the age of nine with La Companya Juvenil de Ballet Clàssic de Catalunya in Barcelona before continuing his studies with his father, Rodolfo Castellanos. He studied at the Royal Ballet School in London and performed in such ballets as Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and Le Corsaire before joining the Norwegian National Ballet 2 in the autumn of 2016. In 2017, he went on to the main company.
Performances
Selection of previous acts
- 2. Pas de deux in Balanchine: Jewels
- Albrecht in Giselle
- Bout of the Imperfect Pearl in Baroque Movement
- Flames of Paris Pdd in A Night of Dance x 12
- Giselle 2. akt - Albrecht in Norwegian National Ballet in the open air
- Giselle: Albrecht in Lyset på Nasjonalballetten
- Hovedpar in Balanchine: Jewels
- Jean de Brienne in Klassisk Mesteraften: Swan Lake Act 2, Raymonda Suite, New Work
- Jorge in Diamonds: León & Lightfoot/Balanchine
- Kingdom of the Shades - Solor in An Evening with the Masters: White Nights
- Le Corsaire Pdt in A Night of Dance x 12
- Nøtteknekkerprinsen in The Nutckracker
- Nøtteknekkerprinsen in The Nutcracker
- Nøtteknekkerprinsen in The Nutcracker
- One of a kind in Kylián: One of A Kind
- Onegin in Onegin
- Prins 4 in Sleeping Beauty
- Prins in Sleeping Beauty
- Prins Siegfried in Klassisk Mesteraften: Swan Lake Act 2, Raymonda Suite, New Work
- Prinsen in Cinderella
- Rokken in MATS EK: She Was Black + A Sort Of
- Romeo og Julie: Romeo in Lyset på Nasjonalballetten
- Solor in La Bayadère
- Solor in La Bayadère
- Symfoni i C - 1. sats in An Evening with the Masters: White Nights
- Theme & Variations Solo Par in A Night of Dance x 12
- Voluntaries Pas de trois in A Night of Dance x 12