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José Manuel Carreño was born in Cuba, where he received his training at the Provincial School of Ballet and the Cuban National Ballet School. He won the Gold Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition in 1987 and the Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi in 1990. Carreño joined English National Ballet in 1990, Royal Ballet as a Principal Dancer in 1993, and American Ballet Theatre as a Principal Dancer in 1995. He has appeared extensively in Europe, South America, and the United States.
During his career, his extensive repertoire has included Solor in The Kingdom of Shades from La Bayadère, the Prince in Cinderella, Franz in Coppélia, Albrecht in Giselle, the Prince and the Hopak in The Nutcracker, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Bluebird in The Sleeping Beauty, Basilio in Don Quixote, Oberon and Puck in The Dream, the title role in Apollo, Conrad, Ali the Slave and Lankendem in Le Corsaire, the Third Sailor in Fancy Free, Fate in HereAfter, Des Grieux in Manon, and Danilo in The Merry Widow.
In addition, Carreño has performed the leading role in Ballet Imperial, in Herman Schmerman and in Matthew Hart’s Caught Dance, the pas de deux in Diana and Acteon, La Esmeralda, Grand Pas Classique, Other Dances, Sinatra Suite, and the Warrior Chieftain.
Carreño subsequently served as artistic director for ballet companies and festivals in the United States and Mexico.
Before joining Boston Ballet School, he was a teacher for the École supérieure de ballet du Québec.
