Pedro Pablo Peña
Founder & Artistic Director
Pedro Pablo Peña was born in Cuba and began his ballet training with Ana Leontieva, Joaquin Banegas, Jose Pares and Azary Plisetsky. He also studied modern dance with Ramiro Guerra and experimental dance with Luis Trapaga. Mr. Peña danced for Havana’s Opera Ballet, the National Ballet of Cuba, Musical Theater of Havana, where he also served as Choreographic Director, and was founder and director of the First Choreographic Workshop in Havana. Mr. Pena has held the position of Ballet Master and Choreographer for Creation Ballet Company and the Afro Cuban Ballet. For seven consecutive years he was the Choreographer for Univision’s TV Show “Sabado Gigante Internacional” and was selected by Warner Brothers as Choreographer for the film “The Specialist”. Most recently Mr. Peña was invited by Ballet Concierto Dominicano, the National Ballet of Panama and the Odeon Theater of Vienna, Austria, to set his choreographic work “Fusion”. Mr. Pena is General Director, Creation Art Center, Founder and Director of the International Ballet Festival of Miami, recognized as one of the premiere Dance events in the US, and Artistic Director of the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami.

He has been recognized and awarded for his work by the ACCA, Fesela and the Inter-American Chapter of Hadassah. In 2003, Mr. Peña was honored by Miami’s Art Magazine “Pregones” with the “Contradanza” award for his continuous work in the development of the dance in Miami and the Preservation of the Cuban Heritage in exile.

Mr. Peña has been honored for more than his artistic achievements. On September 26, 2005, Miami-Dade County proclaimed “El Dia de Pedro Pablo Peña”. On that same day the City of Miami presented Mr. Peña with the “Key to the City”, an honor bestowed on him for his tireless work for the arts in our community.