# Patricia Delgado 

**Categories:** Ballet, choreographer, dancer, Dance

Patricia Delgado is a Cuban-American dancer, répétiteur and choreographer born and raised in Miami. She began ballet at age five under Cuban teachers at a studio on Bird Road and trained in the ballet magnet program at Coral Reef Senior High School.

She joined Miami City Ballet in 2000, was promoted to principal dancer in 2007 and stayed with the company until 2017, a 17-year tenure. Since then she has worked as a freelance dancer, staged works by her husband, choreographer Justin Peck, and taught ballet part-time at The Juilliard School.

She was an associate producer on the 2020 Broadway revival of West Side Story and associate choreographer of Steven Spielberg's 2021 film. In 2025 she and Peck won the Tony Award for Best Choreography for the musical Buena Vista Social Club, whose national tour reaches Miami in September 2026.