Georgina pazcoguin biography
Georgina Pazcoguin
American ballet dancer
Georgina Pazcoguin is an American ballerina. She was a soloist with the New York City Ballet, and is known for challenging racism in ballet,[2] and for performing on Broadway.
Early life
Pazcoguin was born and raised in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She is biracial; her father is a retired surgeon who immigrated from the Philippines after medical school, and her mother is Italian. The third of six siblings, she began training at the Allegheny Ballet Academy when she was four years old in ballet, African, tap and jazz.[3] She moved to New York City to train at the School of American Ballet, the associate school of New York City Ballet (NYCB) at the age of 16 in 2001 while also studying at the Professional Children's School.[4][5]
Ballet
After one year of studying at SAB, Pazcoguin was invited by Peter Martins to join NYCB as an apprentice. The following year she became a member of th Charles askegard.