Sleeping Beauty Ballet coming to Wolfeboro on August 11

WOLFEBORO — Northeastern Ballet Theatre, New Hampshire's premier ballet company, is pleased to present, for one night only, the classic ballet "Sleeping Beauty" at the Kingswood Arts Center on Thursday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. With dancers from all over New Hampshire, this production also features Columbia City Ballet company member, Camilo Cardenas, in the role of Prince Desire.

Cardenas began dancing at the age of ten in Cali, Colombia, at the Incolballet school. In 2010 he obtained a dance degree from Ballet Centered, a secondary and higher-level institution, where he was educated by ballet masters Glora Castro, Helena Cala, Maria Helena Llorente, as well as teachers from the National ballet of Cuba. Upon his graduation he joined the Conservatorio de Valencia is Spain where he studied for two years. Camilo also recived a full scholarship to train during the summer 2012 with the Miami City Ballet. in 2011 he represented his native country, Colombia, at the International Festival and Workshop of Valencia in Spain. Camilo has performed professionally as a principal dancer with Incolballet, The National Ballet of Colombia also with Atlantic City Ballet in New Jersay , USA Montgomery Ballet in Alabama, Hinsdale Ballet in Chicago , Columbia City Ballet SC. Mr. Cardenas has worked with International choreographers such as Maria Helena Llorente, Rafael Darder, Ramom Oller, Rolando Candia, Gonzalo Galguera, Jose Manuel Carreno , Alicia Amatrian from Stuttgart Ballet and Begona Cao from the English National Ballet. Camilo has toured and performed to Honduras, Guatemala, El salvador,Dominican Republic, Russia, Holland, Belgium,Spain , Germany and the USA.

This is Cardenas' first time performing with Northeastern Ballet Theatre. For tickets and more information call 834-8834 or visit www.northeasternballet.org/performances. Northeastern Ballet Theatre has studios in Wolfeboro and Dover, and offers classes for ages 3 through adult year round with several opportunities to participate in performances such as "Sleeping Beauty" throughout the year. For more information visit www.northeasternballet.org.

Northeastern Ballet Theatre, shown here in a scene from their production of "Aurora, Prince Desire and The Vision Fairies," will be performing "Sleeping Beauty" on Thursday, Aug. 7, in Wolfeboro. (Courtesy photo/Face it You're Beautiful)