Month: August 2025

National Ballet of Canada Star Sonia Rodriquez Ends Her Career

Sonia Rodriguez, one of the most prominent dancers in the National Ballet of Canada, has announced the end of her career. Rodrigues has spent 32 years on stage and has played almost all significant roles in a stellar ballerina repertoire.
The Road to Success
Sonia Rodriguez’s life seems like a movie full of unexpected twists. She was born in Toronto to Spanish immigrant parents, who decided to leave the country when she was only five years old. They moved back to Spain. It was where little Sonia saw her first ballet – “Swan Lake.” The young girl was captivated by the romanticism and the beauty of it.
This is what made her decide to explore the world of ballet. However, things did not work out as planned. The girl’s first ballet teacher did not find her particularly talented and discouraged her from pursuing the ambition to become a ballerina.
However, Sonia refused to give up on her dream. She transferred to Madrid, where she became a student of the famous ballet teacher Pedro de la Cruz. Later, she moved to the Princess Grace Academy in Monaco.
However, things really took off for Sonia when she joined the Enrico Cecchetti Competition in Capri, Italy at the age of 16. The audience noticed the young dancer’s tremendous talent, and invitations to dance at different events started pouring.
Back to Toronto
One person played the biggest part in bringing Rodriguez to the National Ballet of Canada. Betty Oliphant, who was a member of the jury at the competition in Capri and co-founder of Canada’s National Ballet School, came back...