Herman Cornejo

Herman Cornejo
Born (1981-05-13) 13 May 1981 (age 43)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationBallet dancer
Years active1999–present
SpouseMaria Jose Lavandera (m. 2019) Carmen Corella (divorced)
Career
Current groupAmerican Ballet Theatre

Herman Cornejo (born 13 May 1981)[1] is an Argentine-born ballet dancer and a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. He has had leading roles created for him by Alexei Ratmansky and Twyla Tharp; his signature roles include Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and the leading male role in Ratmansky's Symphony No. 9.

He won a Bessie Award in 2013,[2] and the Prix Benois de la Danse in 2014.[3] In 2004, Joan Acocella called Cornejo "the most technically accomplished male ballet dancer in the United States."[4] He was described by critic Claudia La Rocco as "not a fairy-tale prince," but "something more interesting, and more useful, really, for ballet: a believable, 21st-century hero."[5]

  1. ^ "Herman Cornejo". Fundación Konex (in Spanish). 16 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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