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Peter La Fox Peter La Fox began his training in Havana, Cuba under Alberto Alonso, Laura Alonso, Jorge Riveron, Jose Medina, Miguel Gomez and others at Ballet Nacional de Cuba. He performed with various groups throughout the island including Teatro Karl Marx, Teatro Lirico de la Habana, and Teatro Musical de la Habana. In 1980, he left Cuba and joined Ballet Etudes Company as a dancer soon after his arrival in Miami. In the past 29 years, he has distinguished himself as a performer in numerous ballets, esteemed member of Ballet Etudes School’s Faculty, Director of its Junior Ensemble Program, and Choreographer for both the Company and the School.
In addition to working with Ballet Etudes, Mr. La Fox has also choreographed and performed around the world, most notably for the famous illusionists, Frankie Kein and Manuel Arte, in The Frankie Kein Show in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, and Venezuela as well as Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and all over South Florida in the USA. He also choreographed and performed in Frankie Kein’s eight-year run at the Persian Room at the Marco Polo Hotel (now known as the Radisson) in Miami Beach, the city’s longest-running show in its history. Mr. La Fox has also choreographed such operettas and zarzuelas as El Cafetal, El Conde de Luxembourg, La Duquesa del Baltabarin, La Viuda Alegre, Las Leandras, Lola Cruz, and Luisa Fernanda for Sociedad Pro Arte Grateli in Miami. In 2005 he staged with Ballet Etudes’ own Principal Dancer, Dagmar Moradillos, an original choreography to Man of La Mancha for a special performance in Miami. Many of his original works can be seen in Ballet Etudes Company’s repertoire including, most recently, his co-staging of Don Quixote Grand Suite with Artistic Director Susana Prieto Elden.
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