Camila Rodrigues

Camila Rodrigues is a Brazilian ballet dancer based in New York City. She trained at Escola Estadual de Dança Maria Olenewa, where she performed with the main ballet company of Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. In Brazil, Camila also trained at Centro de Movimento Deborah Colker with the ballet master Nora Esteves. After graduation, she joined the Joffrey Ballet Concert Group in New York, where she performed soloist roles in works by Robert Joffrey, Gerald Arpino, George Balanchine and Africa Guzman. She toured their choreography to New York City, Florida, Canada and China. She won first place at World Ballet Art Competition Grand Prix (Niagara Falls, Canada) and Best Interpretation of the Contemporary Compulsory at the Valentina Kozlova International Ballet Competition in NYC. She currently performs with companies based in New York, such as MorDance and Neglia Ballet. She performed as the female lead, Lise Dassin, in the musical An American In Paris during the 2022 National Tour and recently joined The Metropolitan Opera as a dancer. Camila also gives speeches, where she talks about positivity, mindset and what it takes to achieve personal life goals.