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: Odette/Odile
in "The Swan Lake", Petipa and Ivanov's version, revised
by Ángel Corella; Nikiya in Makarova's "La Bayadère"
; Aurora in "The sleeping Beauty"; Queen of Willis
in "Giselle"; Mercedes and the Dryad 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 Ángel
Corella.