How does a girl from Hoboken end up in two of the most prestigious ballet companies in the American Midwest?
Having a mom who's a dance instructor sure does help. :-)
Of dual Cuban and Argentine heritage - Cuba and Argentina about as far apart from each other as you can get in Latin America - Carla Ferrera began her training under her mother, Sonia Grimaldi, and continued at the School of American Ballet, which allowed her to perform in many productions of the New York City Ballet before going into the really big time in ballet instruction - the American Ballet Theatre's dance school.
She got two scholarships while at the ABT's school - the National Training Scholarship and the Mae L. Wien Scholarship for "outstanding talent, ability, and promise." Pretty impressive!
Ms. Ferrera parlayed that outstanding talent, ability, and promise into a stint at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, and performed in numerous works. She joined the Indianapolis Ballet in 20118.
Fun fact: Camila Ferrera is also a dance instructor at the university level, having taught at universities in Ohio and in Argentina.
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