Dammiel Cruz-Garrido is a soloist with Pacific Northwest Ballet, promoted to the rank in 2022 after joining the company's corps de ballet in 2016. Born and raised in Queens, New York, he trained on full scholarship at the prestigious School of American Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet School, and was a recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award and Danish American Nationals Cultural Exchange (DANCE) scholarship. He is known for performing principal roles including King Papillon in PNB's production of The Sleeping Beauty.
