Adrian Marrero (Photographer and Videographer)

From Cuba, Adrian Marrero began his career as a dancer at the National Ballet School in Havana-Cuba. Upon graduation, he started his professional career with the Cuban National Ballet under the artistic guidance of Alicia Alonso.

He joined Ballet de Monterrey in Mexico in 2002, where he went on to make a successful career as a Principal Dancer performing in many of the company's repertoire for over 13 years.

Upon retiring as a professional dancer, and in addition to his dancing teaching career, Adrian found photography to remain linked to dance and studied professional photography.

In 2018 he founded Artistic Pixels. With his company, he had the opportunity to work with several schools and professional companies in the US, Mexico, and Germany, creating visual work that helps these institutions remaining visible in the dance market.

He is very sensitive to photographic art and has a solid personal passion for dance images.

Experienced and innovative Photographer with a true passion for capturing life’s moments through a lens. Committed to the ultimate satisfaction of a client, and adept in using the most up-to-date photographic hardware and software. Bringing several years of experience working as a Freelance Photographer on over 100 projects, leveraging a background in Commercial Photography, Dance Photography, Fine Art, Corporate photography, Maternity & NewBorn, among others, with a dedication to world-class customer service.

From Matanzas, Cuba, Dalirys graduated in 1991 from the National Ballet School in Havana. She joined Ballet de Camagüey under the artistic guidance of Mr. Fernando Alonso, where she quickly reached a Soloist category. In 1994 she was invited to join the Ballet de Monterrey, where she became a Principal Dancer not much later. She has shared the stage with famous ballet dancers such as José Manuel Carreño, Jesús Corrales, Jaime Vargas, Carlos Quenedit, Fernando Bujones among others. With the latter, she danced the principal role of “Paquita” in 1997.
She has participated in several International Dance Festivals, to mention a few: Vail Dance Festival, Kirguistan Dance Festival, Festival Cervantino, Gala Career Transition For Dancer in NY, and many others.
Her repertoire includes the leading roles of the romantic-classical tradition, among them: “Paquita”, “Raymonda”, “Le Corsaire”, “Don Quijote”, “La Bayadere”, “Swan Lake”, “Gisselle”, “The Nutcracker”, “Romeo, and Juliet”, among others; as well as works by several foreign creators’ contemporary choreographies.
She had the opportunity to work with several international teachers and choreographers such as: Fernando Alonso, Fernando Bujones, Ramona de Saá, Rosa Elena Alvarez, Lila Martínez, Lázaro Carreño, Kouloubek Ishenaliev, Georgina Parkinson, Robert Hill, Ann Marie De Angelo, Jorge Amarante among others. She has been recognized for her versatility and histrionic capacity on stage and for developing a successful dance career.
She started teaching in 1994 in Monterrey-Mexico. In 1998 she received an invitation to teach in the Taller Coreográfico of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México.
She retired from the stage in October 2009 after 17 long years of a professional career and decided to dedicate herself to being a ballet teacher. Since then, she has been a teacher at the “Escuela Superior de Música y Danza de Monterrey” ESMDM and in her own Ballet Studio, which she kept running for over 15 years. Some of her students, past and present, join the cast of several International Ballet companies.
In March 2011, Conaculta and Canal 22 invited her to participate in “Opera Prima en Movimiento”, a reality show in support of Mexican talent in ballet. She was an active member of the committee of experts of the show, where she helped select applicants and as an instructor during the development of the competition.
During 2011 she directed "Compañía de Danza Clásica y Neoclásica de Jalisco" where she got to stage and choreograph productions such as: “Swan Lake”, :The Nutcracker", and Carmen.
In 2020 she created and founded “Dance Open America” International Dance Competition. She was the competition’s Artistic Director until 2021.
Today she lives in Miami and works in several studios as a guest teacher all around the US.