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Pedro Szalay
Artistic Associate & Choreographer

Pedro was born to Hungarian parents and is a native of La Guaira, Venezuela where he started dancing in local school. He received a scholarship at Ballet Nacional of Caracas, then traveled to New York City to be coached by Madame Darvash and perform with New York Dance Theatre. Pedro was a company dancer with Richmond Ballet from 1996-2006. In 2007, Pedro became Artistic Director of Southwest Virginia Ballet (SVB) in the Roanoke Valley, and he has brought SVB to be recognized locally, regionally, and internationally. Pedro has enhanced the lives of many public school children in Richmond, Charlottesville, Martinsville, Salem, and Roanoke through Minds in Motion and his original Dance Español Program. Pedro has collaborated with CB since 2014 and he choreographed Cinderella (2019 & 2023) in collaboration with SVB. He continues to teach and coach Charlottesville Ballet’s professional company and is a choreographer for this season’s production of Swan Lake Act II.