Gabriela Escalona
Ballet
Gabriela Escalona was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and starts her professional training under the tutelage of Nina Novak, former principal dancer of Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo. Three years later she graduate from the Nina Novak Ballet Academy, where she continued to train and perform as a guest. The next year she was invited to be part of the pre-professional ballet program at the Kirov Ballet Academy of Washington DC.
In 2015 she returned to Venezuela to continue her training and perform in the Ballet Municipal el Hatillo Company, under the direction of Rumen Rashev, former principal dancer at Sofia Opera in Bulgaria. There she performed the roles of Sugar Plum Fairy, Giselle Act II and Grisi in Classical Pas de Quatre, among others.
In 2017 she joined the main company in the country's Compañia de Ballet del Teatro Teresa Carreño.
In 2018 she joined Ballet de la Mar, where she also worked as a teacher for the school, under the artistic direction of Cristina Fungairino, former director of Teatro Teresa Carreno. There her repertoire included Grand pas classique Pas de Deux , Sylvia Pas de Deux by G. Balanchine, Raymonda.
