Ramon Moreno School of Ballet

Ramon Moreno danced with Ballet San Jose as a Principal Dancer from 1999 until his retirement in 2014. He received his ballet training at the famed Escuela Nacional de Artes (National Art School), in Havana, Cuba, and was awarded the title of Professional Dancer and Professor of Dance Pedagogy. Ramon is also a graduate of the American Ballet Theater National Training Curriculum (for teachers) from Primary to Level 5.

Following his training in Cuba, he participated extensively in competitions worldwide, winning seven medals, four of which were gold. He was a member of the National Ballet of Cuba under the direction of Alicia Alonso. Ramon later joined the Classical Ballet of Havana under Laura Alonso, Alicia Alonso's daughter, and toured internationally.  Through his participation in the 1998 IBC in Jackson, Mississippi he was awarded a contract with Cleveland-San Jose Ballet under the direction of Dennis Nahat. In 2000, he followed the company to San Jose until his retirement in 2014. His repertoire includes Apollo, Carmen, Who Cares?, The Four Temperaments, Flower Festival at Genzano, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Coppélia, Don Quixote, Swan Lake and Involucion. He won an Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Performances for the Ballet San Jose 2008-2009 season. Mr. Ramon was on the faculty of Ballet San Jose School's Summer Intensive Program, as well as a number of Bay Area ballet schools including Santa Clara Ballet and Bayer Ballet Academy.

Mr. Ramon, Artistic Director and Founder of the Ramon Moreno School of Ballet, is currently teaching the Youth Program as well as Open classes. He is a gifted, inspiring instructor who is highly sought after for coaching and training for competitions and performances by aspiring professional dancers as well as serious ballet students of all ages.