Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Mr. Navarro began his ballet training at the “State of Zulia Ballet School”, under the direction of the Artistic Director, Guillermo Gonzalez. After graduating, Mr. Navarro joined “Ballet Danzarte de Maracaibo” as a principal soloist. During that time, he performed in many classical pieces such as “Swan Lake”, “Chopiniana”, ” The Nutcracker” and many others. A few years later, Mr. Navarro received an invitation to join “Ballet de Maracaibo” as a principal dancer under the direction of Nedo Vojkic. Consequently he moved to Caracas in 1996 and became a Principal Soloist of “The National Ballet of Caracas”, directed by Vicente Nebrada.

Mr. Navarro has danced in multiple international tours, galas and ballet festivals in Colombia, Venezuela and United States, including the Wolf Trap Festival in Washington, D.C.

His repertoire includes classical and neoclassical, principal and leading roles in world famous ballets such as “Swan Lake”, “Paquita”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “The Nutcracker”, “Cinderella”, “Coppelia”, “Raymonda”, “Chopiniana”, “Giselle”, “Walpurgis Night”, “Flower Festival”, “Midsummer’s Night Dream”, “Le Corsaire”, “Sleeping Beauty”, “Firebird”, “Fiebre”, “Batucada Fantastica”, to name a few. During his career as a dancer, Mr. Navarro performed for the TV Show Pageant “Miss Venezuela”, as well as TV commercials and plays like “Blood Wedding” by Garcia Lorca, and “The impostures of Scapin” by Molliere.

After discovering his passion for teaching and ballet coaching, Mr. Navarro got trained by Irina Ivanova, a ballet mistress who graduated from The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, he finished the training in 2002 with a certification in Pedagogy and Classical Repertoire under the Vaganova Method. He also completed an intership at the Teresa Carreno Ballet School.

During his career, Mr. Navarro was trained by Sonja Stamberg, Rafael Portillo, Vicente Nebrada, Vladimir Loupujov, Ruta Butvilliene, Rumen Rachev, Sasha Vojkic and Vladimir Issaev.

In 2008, Mr. Navarro received a Certificate in Acting/Drama from the School of Community Education at Miami Dade College.

Mr. Navarro has performed multiple character roles such as Mother Comedia for the Miami City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker”, Dr. Coppelius in “Coppelia”, Widow Simone in “La Fille Mal Gardee” for the America’s Ballet School in Tampa, Gamache in “Don Quixote” and Stepsister in “Cinderella” for the South Florida Ballet Theater, Soldier in “Carmen” for the Gamonet Ballet, the evil Carabosse in “The Sleeping Beauty”, and Mother Comedia, Mouse King and Dr. Stahlbaum for the Gulfshore Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker”.

Mr. Navarro has worked as a Ballet Teacher for Central Ballet Theater of Greeneville, in Greeneville, TN, America’s Ballet School in Tampa ,FL , Gulfshore Ballet in Fort Myers, FL , The Dance Warehouse in Fort Myers, FL , The Laboratory Theater of Florida in Fort Myers,FL and, most recently, for Robin Dawn Dance Academy in Cape Coral, FL.

Mr. Navarro is also certified in CPR.