Yasiel Hodelín Bello
Born: Havana, Cuba
Trained: Fernando Alonso National Ballet School and the National Ballet of Cuba.
Joined: 2023 as an Artist, Soloist 2024
Other companies: Principal with Cuban National Ballet
Awards: Third place: Beijing International Ballet Competition, 2018; Grand Prix in the Competition of International Meetings of Academies for the Teaching of Ballet held in Havana in 2019 and First place: Dance Open America 2020 (Senior Classical).
Favourite ballet in BRB's recent repertory: Black Sabbath – The Ballet
Dream role: Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake.
Dance heros: Carlos Acosta, Rolando Sarabia, Osiel Gouneo and Dany Hernández are a reference for any dancer due to their discipline and technical virtuosity.
Career if not a dancer: I would have liked to play basketball.
REPERTORY INCLUDES
Frederick Ashton: La Fille mal gardée (Colas)
Peter Wright:The Sleeping Beauty (Prince Florimund), The Nutcracker Act II pas de deux (Prince), Swan Lake Act II pas de deux (Prince Siegfried)
Agrippina Vaganova (after Marius Petipa): Diana and Actaeon pas de deux.