Erica Cornejo
Argentine ballet dancer (born c. 1978)
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Erica Cornejo (born 1978/79)[1] is an Argentine ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with the Boston Ballet.
Erica Cornejo | |
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| Born | 1978 or 1979 (age 46–47) |
| Education | Colon Theater Superior Institute of Art |
| Occupation | ballet dancer |
| Spouse | Carlos Molina |
| Children | 1 |
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Early life
Cornejo was born in San Luis, Argentina[2] and raised in Buenos Aires. Her younger brother, Herman Cornejo, is currently[when?] a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre. She started ballet at age four, and later trained at the Colon Theater Superior Institute of Art.[3]
Career
In 1994, she joined Julio Bocca's touring troupe, Ballet Argentino, where she became a principal ballerina and one of Bocca's dance partners.[2] In 1998, when the company was performing in New York, the Cornejos siblings performed a tango titled El Chamuyo, and took classes with the American Ballet Theatre. After that, the two were invited to join the Studio Company.[4][5] She became a member of the corps de ballet the same year and was promoted to soloist in 2003.[2] She left ABT in 2006 to join the Boston Ballet as a principal dancer.[4] She retired from the company in 2017.[1][6] In 2019, to celebrate Herman Cornejo's 20th anniversary with ABT, Erica returned to ABT to dance El Chamuyo.[4]
Cornejo opened a dance studio in Boston called Integrarte with her husband and former Boston Ballet principal dancer Carlos Molina.[1]
