1. Zachary Catazaro was born on 1989 and is an American ballet dancer and former principal dancer of the New York City Ballet and Bayerisches Staatsballett.
14 Facts About Zachary Catazaro
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Zachary Catazaro's mother, Jennifer Catazaro Hayward, was a ballet dancer and School of American Ballet alumna.
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Zachary Catazaro's father, Thomas Allen Clark, was a professional ballroom dancer.
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Zachary Catazaro trained with his mother Jennifer Catazaro Hayward, Cassandra Crowley, and Laura Alonso, daughter of the famed Cuban dancer Alicia Alonso.
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In 2002 and 2003, Zachary Catazaro won First Place in the Junior Men's Division at the Youth America Grand Prix in Chicago, IL, with his performances of Paquita and Don Quixote.
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At age 14, Zachary Catazaro started attending summer programs at the School of American Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and the Chautauqua Institution, with teachers Peter Boal, Andrei Kramarevsky, Johan Renvall, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Patricia McBride, and Michael Vernon.
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At age 16, Zachary Catazaro was invited to attend SAB's year-round program, where he was mentored by New York City Ballet Principal dancers Sean Lavery and Jock Soto.
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Zachary Catazaro became an apprentice with the New York City Ballet in 2007.
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Zachary Catazaro became a member of the Corps de Ballet in 2008, performing featured roles such as the male lead in Diamonds from Jewels, the Cavalier in The Nutcracker and Shakespeare's comedic and temperamental Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, all by George Balanchine.
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Zachary Catazaro performed the role of Romeo in Peter Martins' Romeo and Juliet.
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In 2014, Zachary Catazaro was learning a lead role in Peter Martins' Barber Violin Concerto, while rehearsing for several other ballets that season.
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Zachary Catazaro was promoted to Principal dancer with New York City Ballet in 2018, following his performances of Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake.
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In 2019, Zachary Catazaro was invited by former New York City Ballet Principal dancer Igor Zelensky to be a Principal guest artist with the Bayerisches Staatsballett in Munich, Germany.
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Zachary Catazaro has worked with brands such as Hugo Boss, Todd Snyder, and Ermenegildo Zegna.