Christine Rocas

Christine Rocas was born in San Diego, California, and grew up in the Philippines.  She performed with Ballet Manilla from 1998 to 2005, dancing principal (or lead, leading) roles in ballet including The Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, La Bayadère, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and Don Quixote. In 2005, she was a silver medalist at the New York International Ballet Competition where she received the Arpino Award, garnering her a one-year contract with The Joffrey Ballet.

 

During her Joffrey career, Christine danced leading roles in ballets by Gerald Arpino (Light Rain, Reflections, Round of Angels, Sea Shadow, The Nutcracker); Sir Frederick Ashton (Cinderella, The Dream); George Balanchine (Apollo, Prodigal Son, The Four Temperaments, Stravinsky Violin Concerto); William Forsythe (In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated); Ronald Hynd (The Merry Widow); Kurt Jooss (The Green Table); Cathy Marston (Jane Eyre); Wayne McGregor (INFRA); Krzysztof Pastor (Romeo & Juliet); John Neumeier (Sylvia); Marius Petipa, staged by Lola D’Avila (Giselle); Justin Peck (In Creases, The Times Are Racing, Year of the Rabbit); and Jerome Robbins (In the Night, Interplay). 

 

Christine originated roles in world premiere works from Nicolas Blanc (Beyond the Shore, Evenfall, Under the Trees' Voices); Val Caniparoli (Incantations); James Kudelka (Pretty BALLET); Jessica Lang (Crossed); Edwaard Liang (Age of Innocence, Woven Dreams); Annabelle Lopez-Ochoa (Mammatus); Ashley Page (Tipping Point); Yuri Possokhov (Anna Karenina, Bells, Don Quixote); Stanton Welch (Son of Chamber Symphony); and Christopher Wheeldon (The Nutcracker). Other notable roles include Romeo and Juliet balcony pas de deux by Augustus Damian III, a world premiere by Martin Lawrence, and an originating role in the ballet/opera Orphée and Eurydice by John Neumeier. She was also featured in the short film Bertha choreographed by Cathy Marston, and two music videos (Red Violin Caprices, Valse Triste) with internationally acclaimed violinist Philippe Quint.