Cameron Catazaro

Soloist

Hometown: Canton, OH

Cameron Catazaro was born in Canton, OH and began his dance training at the School of Canton Ballet under the tutelage of Cassandra Crowley, Angelo Lemmo and his mother, Jennifer Catazaro Hayward. In 2017, he began training with Darla Hoover at Ballet Academy East in New York City on full scholarship. There he was awarded the prestigious David Howard Foundation Scholarship and performed the lead in George Balanchine’s Walpurgisnacht. In 2018, Cameron was accepted into Miami City Ballet School on a full scholarship, where he had the opportunity to perform a lead role in George Balanchine’s Serenade.

He joined MCB as a corps de ballet dancer in 2019 then promoted to Soloist in 2023.

 

Roles since joining MCB

George Balanchine
Divertimiento No. 15
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Stravinsky Violin Concerto (Aria II)
George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Cavalier)
Prodigal Son
Jewels (“Emeralds” and “Diamonds”)

George Balanchine/Jerome Robbins
Firebird (Prince Ivan)

John Cranko
Romeo and Juliet (Romeo)

Martha Grahams
Diversion of Angels (White Couple)

Jerome Robbins
I’m Old Fashioned
Afternoon of a Faun
West Side Story Suite (Riff)

Pontus Lidberg
Petrichor

Jose Limon
The Moor’s Pavane (Iago)

Alexei Ratmansky
Symphonic Dances
Swan Lake (Prince Siegfried, Von Rothbart)

Justin Peck
Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes

Durante Verzola
Sentimiento

Christopher Wheeldon
After the Rain Pas de

Catazaro has originated roles in Pontus Lidberg’s Petrichor and Durante Verzola’s Sentimiento.