{{Short description|Brazilian ballet dancer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{about|the Brazilian ballet dancer|Colombian serial killer|Daniel Camargo Barbosa}} {{Infobox dancer | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1991|09}}<!-- {{birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}} or {{birth date|yyyy|mm|dd}} For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. --> | birth_place = Sorocaba, Brazil | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | education = John Cranko School | occupation = Ballet dancer | years_active = 2009–present | height = | spouse = | partner = | children = | website = <!-- {{URL|website}} --> | current_group = American Ballet Theatre | former_groups = {{ubl|Stuttgart Ballet|Dutch National Ballet}} | dances = | module = }} '''Daniel Camargo''' (born September 1991)<ref name=Willis/> is a Brazilian ballet dancer. He joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 2009, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2013. In 2016, he left to join the Dutch National Ballet, before leaving in 2019 to pursue a freelance career. In 2022, he joined the American Ballet Theatre.

==Early life and training== Camargo was born in Sorocaba.<ref name=Rabinowitz/> He started ballet at age nine, at the encouragement of his two sisters' dance teacher. A year later, he moved to the ballet school at Teatro Guaíra, Curitiba.<ref name=Willis>{{cite magazine|title=Dancer of the Month|magazine=Dancing Times|location=London|publisher=The Dancing Times Ltd|last=Willis|first=Margaret|date=1 March 2014}}</ref> At age twelve, Camargo competed at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), winning the second prize in the junior section. He returned to YAGP a year later, again winning the second prize, as well as a scholarship to the summer intensive programme at the Harid Conservatory in Florida.<ref name=Willis/> He was also offered a scholarship to attend the summer course at the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, but the trip was cancelled at the last minute as his chaperone became unavailable.<ref name=Willis/><ref name=Kourlas/>

After his second YAGP, he was also approached by Tadeusz Matacz, the director of the John Cranko School in Stuttgart, to attend the school on scholarship. He began training there in autumn 2005, at age 14, even though he initially could not speak German and English, the two languages used at the school.<ref name=Willis/><ref name=Rogai/> He trained in various ballet styles, including the Russian Vaganova method and the French style.<ref name=Willis/><ref name=Rogai/><ref name=Lo>{{cite news|url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/culture/arts/ballet-dancer-daniel-camargo-hong-kong-ballet|title=Brazilian Dancer Daniel Camargo Is The New Star Of The Hong Kong Ballet|work=Tatler Asia|last=Lo|first=Zabrina|date=5 August 2021}}</ref> For his graduation, he danced Uwe Scholz's ''Notations I-IV'', a 40-minute long solo.<ref name=Willis/>

==Career== In 2009, after graduating, Camargo joined the Stuttgart Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet. In 2010, he won the Deutscher Tanzpreis "Future" prize.<ref name=Willis/> In 2011, Camargo and colleague Elisa Badenes represented the company at the Erik Bruhn Prize. They performed the Act III pas de deux from ''Don Quixote'', and ''Little Monsters'', which Demis Volpi choreographed for the competition. Both Camargo and Badenes won the inaugural Audience Choice Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/national-ballet-of-canadas-2011-competition-for-young-dancers-deep-in-talent/article569754/|title=National Ballet of Canada's 2011 competition for young dancers deep in talent|work=The Globe and Mail|last=Citron|first=Paula|date=7 March 2011}}</ref> In 2012, when {{ill|Maximiliano Guerra|es}} staged his production of ''Don Quixote'' for the company, Camargo, who had reached the rank of demi-soloist, was chosen to dance the lead role of Basilio on opening night, rather than any of the principal dancers.<ref name=Willis/> Later that year, he was promoted to soloist.<ref name=Willis/><ref name=Rabinowitz>{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Daniil-Simkin-and-Daniel-Camargo-to-Return-to-ABT-as-Guest-Artists-for-2022-Season-20220222|title=Daniil Simkin and Daniel Camargo to Join American Ballet Theatre for 2022 Season|work=BroadwayWorld|last=Rabinowitz|first=Chloe|date=22 February 2022}}</ref> Camargo was promoted to principal dancer in 2013, at only age 22.<ref name=Rogai/>

In 2016, Camargo left Stuttgart to join the Dutch National Ballet as a principal dancer. He later stated that the move was due to the performance schedule at Stuttgart Ballet limited his ability to perform internationally as a guest, and his desire for new experience after spending 11 years in Stuttgart.<ref name=Rogai/> At the two companies, his repertory include classical ballets, works by John Cranko, Hans van Manen, Jerome Robbins, Glen Tetley, Alexei Ratmansky, among others.<ref name=Willis/><ref name=Kourlas/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/5a0b78c0-7b2b-11e6-ae24-f193b105145e|title=Dutch Masters, Dutch National Ballet, Stopera, Amsterdam — review|work=Financial Times|last=Dowler|first=Gerald|date=15 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/dd13e440-abff-11e2-9e7f-00144feabdc0|title=Meisterwerke, Opernhaus, Stuttgart – review|work=Financial Times|last=Dowler|first=Gerald|date=23 April 2013}}</ref> He also created roles for Wayne McGregor, Jorma Elo and Christian Spuck.<ref name=Rogai/> He was nominated for the Prix Benois de la Danse in 2018 and 2019.<ref name=Rabinowitz/> In July 2019, he left the Dutch National Ballet to pursue a freelance career, in order to have more control over his schedule and what project to pursue.<ref name=Lo/><ref name=Rogai/>

In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, Camargo took time off from ballet. In 2021, he was invited by Septime Webre, the artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet, to dance with the company as a guest artist.<ref name=Lo/> He created roles in Webre's new ''The Nutcracker'' and ''Romeo + Juliet''.<ref name=Rogai/> He also danced in ''The Sleeping Beauty'' and "Emerald" and "Diamond" from Balanchine's ''Jewels'' with the company.<ref name=Lo/><ref name=Rogai>{{cite news|title=Keeping focused|work=Dancing Times|last= Rogai|first=Natasha|date=1 January 2022}}</ref> That year, he also appeared in two films, including ''Coppelia'', an adaptation of the classical ballet of the same name, in which he portrayed Franz, and ''Birds of Paradise'', Sarah Adina Smith's ballet-themed film.<ref name=Lo/><ref name=Rogai/>

In July 2022, Camargo joined the American Ballet Theatre as a principal dancer, after dancing with the company as a guest artist during its Metropolitan Opera House season that began in June.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pointemagazine.com/abt-promotions-2022/|title=ABT Promotes Catherine Hurlin, Roman Zhurbin and More, Daniel Camargo Joins Full-Time|work=Pointe|last=Brandt|first=Amy|date=12 July 2022}}</ref> He was approached by Ratmansky, ABT's artist in residence, when the company was dealing with injuries within its ranks while Camargo began seeking consistency following the pandemic.<ref name=Kourlas>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/arts/dance/daniel-camargo-american-ballet-theater.html|title=Holding Out for a Hero? Ballet Theater Has It Covered.|work=New York Times|last=Kourlas|first=Gia|date=20 July 2022}}</ref> During the season, he danced in ''Don Quixote'', ''Swan Lake'', MacMillan's ''Romeo and Juliet'', as well as the New York premiere of Ratmansky's ''Of Love and Rage'' as Dionysius.<ref name=Jacobs>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/12/arts/dance/ballet-theater-promotions-daniel-camargo-catherine-hurlin.html|title=Ballet Theater Promotes Several Dancers, Including 3 to Principal|work=New York Times|last=Jacobs|first=Julia|date=12 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/21/arts/dance/review-ratmansky-of-love-and-rage.html|title=Review: How Deep Is Your Love? A Ratmansky Ballet Dives In|work=New York Times|last=Kourlas|first=Gia|date=21 June 2022}}</ref> He officially joined the company towards the end of the season.<ref name=Jacobs/>

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