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Felipe Diaz was born in Bogota, Colombia where he began his training with his parents Ana Consuelo Gomez and Jaime Diaz. He then continued his training at San Francisco Ballet School. Over a career spanning 22 years, Diaz danced as a soloist with San Francisco Ballet, English National Ballet, and Dutch National Ballet. His roles included the Prince in Ashton’s Cinderella, Basilio in Ratmansky’s Don Quixote, the Cavalier in Christensen/Tomasson’s Nutcracker and the Eagling/van Schaik production, James in La Sylphide, Lensky in Cranko’s Onegin, Petrouschka in Petrouschka, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, and leading roles in works by renowned choreographers such as George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Harald Lander, Helgi Tomasson, Christopher Wheeldon, Hans van Manen, Alexei Ratmansky, and William Forsythe, among others. After retiring from the stage, Diaz began working as ballet master for Dutch National Ballet and has been a guest teacher for several ballet companies in Europe, the United States, and Asia. Diaz assumed the title of ballet master at San Francisco Ballet in 2013.