Paloma Herrera

ABOUT PALOMA HERRERA

Famous for her work with the American Ballet Theatre, she became a soloist and principal dancer with the company in the early 1990s.

She began dancing at the age of seven and quickly won many South American ballet competitions. After performing at the Teatro Colon and and training abroad at the Minsk Ballet School in Belarus, she received further training with the English National Ballet and the School of American Ballet.

In the early 2000s, she earned a special honor from the American Immigration Law Foundation for her tremendous artistic contributions to her adopted homeland.

She was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In her early adulthood years, Herrera trained with Russian-born ballerina and Broadway performer Natalia Makarova .