Hadriel Diniz
Joined Ballet West: 2015
Promoted to Demi Soloist: 2018
Promoted to Soloist: 2019
Promoted to First Soloist: 2020
Promoted to Principal Artist: 2021
Hadriel Diniz is from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He joined Ballet West in 2015 and was promoted to Demi-Soloist in 2018, to Soloist in 2019, to First Soloist in 2020, and to Principal in 2021. He began training at the age of twelve with Guiomar Boaventura at the Vórtice Escola de Danças. Soon after, he started competing in international competitions and has won numerous awards. He qualified for the Youth America Grand Prix NYC finals in 2010, 2011, and 2012, where he placed in the top 6. He was offered a full-year scholarship from San Francisco Ballet School, and Hadriel left Brazil to study there at age seventeen. After two years of training on full scholarship, he joined the Trainee Program under the direction of Patrick Armand. With Ballet West, Hadriel has danced the leading roles of Benno in Sklute’s Swan Lake, Hilarion in Sklute’s Giselle, Balanchine’s Prodigal Son, and Romeo in Smuin’s Romeo + Juliet, to name a few.
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2022-23 Season
- Onegin (Cranko)
- Concerto Barocco (Balanchine)
- Return to a Strange Land (Kylián)
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Snow Cavalier, Spanish, Arabian, Waltz of the Flowers, Sugar Plum Cavalier
ON TOUR
- Orange (Nunes) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Galantheae (LaPlane) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
2021–22 Season
- Dracula (Stevenson) Frederick, Innkeeper
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Snow Cavalier, Spanish, Waltz of the Flowers, Sugar Plum Cavalier
- Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) Mercutio, Romeo
- Glass Pieces (Robbins) Rubric
- Carmina Burana (Fonte)
- Galantheae (LaPlane) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
- Orange (Nunes) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
ON TOUR
- The Solo Year (Neenan) – Ballet West in the Garden, Red Butte Garden Amphitheater, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Romeo + Juliet (Smuin) – Romeo, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah
2020–21 Season
- Faraway Close (Fonte)
- Nine Sinatra Songs (Tharp) “Strangers in the Night,” “My Way”
- Precious Gems
- Variations For Four (Dolin) Earth
- The Thing With Feathers (Adams) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
ON TOUR
- The Thing With Feathers (Adams) – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah
- The Solo Year (Neenan) – George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center, Park City, Utah
2019–20 Season
- Le Chant Du Rossingnol (Balanchine) Warrior
- Prodigal Son (Balanchine) Prodigal Son
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Nutcracker Prince, Snow Cavalier, Spanish, Waltz of the Flowers
- Giselle (Sklute, after Coralli and Perrot) Hilarion, Pas de Quatre
ON TOUR
- Giselle (Sklute, after Coralli and Perrot) – Hilarion, The Soraya, Los Angeles, California
2018–19 Season
- Jewels (Balanchine) Rubies, Diamonds
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Grandfather, Nutcracker Prince, Spanish, Arabian, Waltz of the Flowers
- Swan Lake (Sklute, after Petipa and Ivanov) Benno von Summerstein, Spanish Princess Escort
- Onegin (Cranko)
- Hidden Voices (Addison) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
- Constant Light (Liang) Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
ON TOUR
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) – Spanish, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
2017–18 Season
- Serenade (Balanchine)
- Carmina Burana (Fonte)
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Mouse King, Nutcracker Prince, Spanish, Chinese Warrior, Waltz of the Flowers
- Cinderella (Ashton) Prince’s Friend
- Return to a Strange Land (Kylián)
- The Shakespeare Suite (Bintley) Petruchio
- Sweet and Bitter (Guzmán) National Choreographic Festival (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
ON TOUR
- Sweet and Bitter(Guzmán) On Tour – Joyce Theater, New York City, New York
2016–17 Season
- Madame Butterfly (Welch) Koken, American Corps, Four Samurai, Yamadori Attendant
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Mouse King, Nutcracker Prince, Waltz of the Flowers
- The Sleeping Beauty (Sklute, after Petipa) Fairy of Kindness Cavalier, Prince of the South, Puss-In-Boots
2015–16 Season
- The Nutcracker (Christensen) Mouse King
- Romeo and Juliet (Cranko)
- The Rite of Spring (Fonte)
- In Memoriam (Ruud) (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
- Barre Spot (Sellars) (Rose Wagner Theater, Salt Lake City)
Photos by Beau Pearson