Patricia Delgado
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Patricia Delgado is an American ballet dancer, répétiteur and teacher. She joined the Miami City Ballet in 2000, was promoted to principal dancer in 2007 and left in 2017. Since then, she performs as
Delgado and Daniel Sarabia in Swan Lake
Corps de ballet
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In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who are not principal dancers or soloists. They are a permanent part of the ballet company and often work as a backdrop for the principal dancers
In this scene from Swan Lake, the corps de ballet is forming a "V" at the front of the stage. They are directing attention to the principal dancer in the spotlight. The dancers behind her are also corps de ballet and form a backdrop.
This 1877 Edgar Degas painting, Ballet at the Paris Opéra, features not only the soloist but the corps de ballet.
Ballet Rehearsal on Stage, by Edgar Degas (1874)