Birthplace
Bacolod, Philippines
Dance Training
Dance Pull School of Performing Arts
Philippine High School for the Arts
The New Zealand School of Dance
Year Joined
2023
Previous Company
The Washington Ballet
Favorite Roles
Principal Man in George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations
The Prince in Julie Kent’s The Sleeping Beauty
Mthuthuzeli November’s Where do we go now?
David Fernandez's Five Variations on a Theme
Franky Drousioti’s Ausculto (Originated role)
The Cavalier in Septime Webere’s The Nutcracker
Andile Ndlovu’s B1
Favorite Ballet
I don’t have anything specific but I have an immense amount of love for tragic love story ballets like Giselle, Swan Lake, and Romeo and Juliet, etc.
A Defining Moment
It would have to be my Debut as Prince in The Sleeping Beauty. It challenged my artistic maturity and it was physically demanding. The most defining moment of it all was the process into making it all believable on stage with choreography matching the emotional state of the character then the musicality. It required a lot of deep understanding about the role you’re playing while putting a little bit of yourself in it. It was the most rewarding thing I have ever experienced throughout my whole career.
Bio
Rench Soriano joins Houston Ballet as a Demi Soloist from The Washington Ballet Studio Company after graduating from The New Zealand School of Dance in 2019. Soriano won the Youth Asian Grand Prix (AGP) International Ballet Competition in Hong Kong and a gold medal award for the Beijing International Ballet Competition.
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