23/04/2024
Born and raised in Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Garry Corpuz was a former member of Bungkos Palay Dance Company in his younger years and a cultural scholar of Local Government of Science City of Muñoz. He was also trained at Philippine High School for the Arts and then De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde on full scholarship. After dancing with Ballet Philippines in 2011, he joined Hong Kong Ballet as a Corps de Ballet member in 2017, became Coryphée in 2018, was named Soloist in 2020 and now a Principal Dancer in 2023.
With Hongkong Ballet, Corpuz has danced the featured roles of Solor in Vladimir Malakhov’s La Bayadere, Boy Capel and Chanel Logo in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Ochoa’s Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon, Tao Sifu and The Rat King in Septime Webre’s The Nutcracker, Prince and Ugly Stepsister in Webre’s Cinderella, Duffy in Stella Lou’s Wonderful Wishes Ballet ,Von Rothbart in John Meehan’s Swan Lake, Rat King, Egyptian Doll and Russian Doll in Terence Kohler’s The Nutracker, Espada and Don Quixote in Nina Ananiashvili’s Don Quixote, Lankendem in Anna-Marie Holmes’ Le Corsaire, Romeo, Tai Po and Romeo’s Sifu in Webre’s Romeo + Juliet, King of Hearts and Cheshire Cat in Webre’s ALICE (in wonderland), Captain Hook and Gentleman Starkey in Webre’s Peter Pan, Tom Buchanan in Webre’s The Great Gatsby and lead roles in George Balanchine’s Jewels. He also performed in Septime Webre and Charla Genn’s Giselle, Webre’s Carmina Burana and Ballet Classics for Children: Cinderella, Christopher Wheeldon’s Rush, Alexei Ratmansky’s Le Carnaval des Animaux, Trey McIntyre’s A Day in the Life, Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit, Septime’s Second Movement, Stephen Shropshire’s Handelwerk and Yuh Egami and Hu Song Wei Ricky’s The Rite of Spring, among others.
Source : https://www.hkballet.com/.../artistic.../dancer/garry-corpuz
From humble beginnings to the highest rank in an international dance company, follow Garry Corpuz's rise to Principal Dancer at the Hong Kong Ballet.
