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Eric Pinto Cata has been with the Company since 2021, and in that time has performed many roles ranging from Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote to Miguel Altunaga's City of a Thousand Trades.

Eric’s considerable dramatic qualities, sensitivity to the music and partnering skills are abundantly clear in Carmen. In La Sylphide he demonstrates an ease with the considerable technical demands of the Bournonville style, making his jumps and leaps appear effortless.

BRB Director, Carlos Acosta

Your performance of La Sylphide was described by The Telegraph as a 'highlight of the first half'. What's your favourite thing about performing La Sylphide?

Eric: For La Sylphide, it has to be the style. The Bournonville style is one of the oldest styles in the repertoire and requires so much attention to its stylistic nuances. What I found so special about this style is that the technique gives itself a sense of freedom or lightness to perform which is really enjoyable to dance despite the very challenging technicality of it.

While I was at The Royal Ballet School, I was fortunate enough to be coached by teachers from the Royal Danish Ballet School on two Bournonville ballets (Le Conservatoire and Napoli pas de six), which I found really beneficial to refer back to this time round.

The talents of Royal Ballet School graduate Eric Pinto Cata can be seen in the repertoire of the current BRB2 tour, including the pas de deux from my production of Carmen, and as James in the pas de deux from La Sylphide.

BRB Director Carlos Acosta

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