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He is a retired Cuban ballet dancer who performed as a principal dancer with the English National Ballet and American Ballet Theater. Carreño started dancing at the age of ten and received his training at the Provincial School of Ballet and the Cuban National Ballet School. He won the Gold Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition in 1987 and the Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi in 1990. He has appeared extensively in Europe, Latin America, and the United States, dancing such roles as Franz in Coppelia, Basilio in Don Quixote, Albrecht in Giselle, and Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake. He has also performed in the principal roles in such works as Le Corsaire, the Diane & Acteonpas de Deux, and many more. He has been a principal dancer in the English National Ballet in 1990, The Royal Ballet in 1993, and the American Ballet Theater starting in 1995. In 2004 Carreño received the Dance Magazine Award for significant contributions to the ballet world. On 30 June 2011, he gave his final performance with the ABT in New York City at the Metropolitan Opera House in Swan Lake featuring Julie Kent and Gillian Murphy as Odille and Odette. Carreño served as the artistic director of the Ballet San Jose from 3 September 2013-2016 He has performed on Dancing With The Stars television program. Carreño was Artistic Director of the Carreño Dance Festival in Sarasota, Florida. He served as the Artistic Director of Ballet de Monterrey (Mexico)from November 2016 until December 2018.