Joffrey History | Artist Detail | Management
Domingo Rubio joined the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago in September of 1999.
Before joining the Joffrey, Mr. Rubio performed with Taller Coreografico De La Unam, where he performed in over eighty ballets including, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Firebird. He was also a member of the National Company in Mexico City where he performed in ballets including Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Don Quixote. He was also a guest artist at Cia Arte Signo XXI. He has performed with the Newbert Ballet, the New York State Opera and the Rimsky Korasakov Ballet Company in St. Petersburg.
Mr. Rubio began studying dance at the age of 18 with Dagmar Kortum and Dariuz Blajer. He went on to study with Andrei Kramereksky and with Hector Zaraspe at Julliard, at the School of American Ballet, and with Martin Putke in Berlin, West Germany. In addition to ballet, he studied the Graham Technique with Raul Flores Canelo and Flamenco with Jose de Udaeta.
Additionally, Mr. Rubio has taught dance and recently choreographed a ballet to an original score that he composed. He was the recipient of an award for “best male soloist” in Mexico City and the Fonca Award scholarship. Mr. Rubio has published three dance technique books, working as illustrator and co-author along with Gloria Contreras. He has also staged an exhibit at the Universum Museum in Mexico City and other cultural spaces that shows the scientific side of dance through drawings, sculpture, training equipment and videos that he has designed.