Biographies
ANTONIO CANGIANO (Dancer) is from Naples, Italy. He trained on scholarship from Ateneo Danza, Accademia Normanna, and the Martha Graham Dance School in New York City. Cangiano has danced for the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Dardo Galletto Dance, Acsi Ballet, Graham 2, and the Martha Graham Dance Company for their 90th Anniversary Season at New York City Center. In 2017, he was awarded the Rising Star Award from the Italian International Dance Festival in NYC. Antonio has danced works by world renowned choreographers such as Martha Graham, William Forsythe, Nacho Duato, Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, among others. This is Antonio’s sixth season with Ballet Hispánico. AMANDA DEL VALLE (Dancer) was born and raised in Miami, Fl where she began her early training with Miami Youth Ballet under the direction of Marielena Mencia and Yanis Pikieris. She continued her training at the New World School of the Arts with Mary Lisa Burns as the Dean of Dance. She graduated in 2016 with training in classical ballet, Horton, Limón, and the Graham technique. Amanda then continued her studies at Point Park University where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts under the direction of Garfield Lemonius. There she had the honor of working with Jennifer Archibald, Jessica Lang, Robert Priore, Christopher Huggins, and Yin Yue. This is Amanda’s third season with Ballet Hispánico. DARYN DIAZ (Apprentice) was born and raised in Tampa, Florida of Cuban and Spanish descent. She began training at the Patel Conservatory at an early age, where she explored music, theater and vocal arts, and her passion of dance. While there, Diaz earned her way into the pre-professional ballet company of the Straz Center- Next Generation Ballet. Alongside her rigorous ballet schedule, she also pursued precision dance, contemporary and jazz instruction. Diaz has received additional training and mentoring from other summer programs including Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Victor Ullate in Madrid, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Hispánico’s ChoreoLab, and Gaga Homelab NYC. After auditioning for Ballet Hispánico in the Summer of 2019, she moved at age 17 to train with Ballet Hispánico's second company, BHdos. Due to the pandemic, she was afforded the opportunity to teach at Patel Conservatory in her hometown for the 2020-2021 school year. In her personal home studio, she was also able to teach private lessons for grades K-12. Diaz was inducted into the National Honor Society in high school, graduated a year early, and is currently working towards her bachelor’s degree in Marketing Analytics at New York University. This is Daryn's first season with Ballet Hispánico.
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