Carmen Corella received her dance training at the Victor Ullate School of Dance from 1986 to 1990 and later joined the company, where she danced until 1995.

In 1998 Carmen Corella appeared as a guest artist with American Ballet Stars Tour of China, This year Corella represented Spain at the Expo /98 in Lisbon, Portugal, dancing Le Corsaire Pas de Deux and La Sylphide Pas de Deux with her brother, ABT Principal Dancer Angel Corella.

Corella joined ABT as a member of the corps de ballet in April 1998, and she was appointed a Soloist in August 2003.

In 2008, she co-founded the Spanish Company Corella Ballet Castilla y León, where she works as Associated Artistic Director and Principal Dancer.

Her repertoire includes: Nikiya in Makarova's "La Bayadère" ; Aurora in "The sleeping Beauty"; Queen of Willis in "Giselle"; Mercedes and the Driad Queen in "Don Quixote"; Gulnara and 3rd Odalisque in "Le Corsaire"; Big Swan in "Swan Lake""; Mistress in "Manon"; Aurora in "Coppélia"; Stepsister in "Cinderella" by James Kudelka; "Symphony in C 4th Movement and "Divertimento Nº 15" by G. Balanchine; Two of diamonds in "Jeu de Cartes" by John Cranko; Partisan Woman in "The Green Table" by Kurt Jooss; She Wore a Perfume in "Dim Lustre" by Antony Tudor; "Etudes"; Catalina in "VIII" and "DGV" by Christopher Wheeldon; "Sinfonietta"; "Stepping Stones" and "Sechs Tänze" by Jiri Kylian; "Push Come To Shop" and "In The Upper Room" by Twyla Tharp; "Work Within Work" by William Forsythe & "Drink To Me" by Mark Morris; Blue couple in in "Bruch Violin Concerto" by Clark Tippet; "Clear" by Stanton Welch; "Fancy Free" by Jerome Robins; "Tarantella pas de deux"; "Apollo pas de deux"; "Who Cares? pas de deux" and "Thaikovsky pas de deux" by G. Balanchine; "Giselle pas de deux"; "Diana & Acteon pas de deux"; "Emerald pas de deux"; "Raymonda pas de deux"; "Black Swan pas de deux"; "Don Quixote pas de deux"; "A midnight summer dream" and "After the Rain" by Christopher Wheeldon; "Romeo y Juliet pas de deux" by Angel Corella.

She created leading roles in The Brahms-Haydn Variations by Twyla Tharp, Gong by Mark Morris and String Sextet by Angel Corella.