Patricia Delgado

Patricia Delgado (born ) Her mother is a psychologist whose family are immigrants from Cuba. Her father is a high school math teacher and basketball coach. Her younger sister, Jeanette, would also become a principal dancer with the Miami City Ballet. Delgado was raised in the suburb of West Kendall.

Delgado started ballet at age five and entered the Miami City Ballet School when she was eleven. Linda Villella, the director of the school, encouraged her to attend summer intensives in New York. She also attended the Coral Reef Senior High School, where she studied the International Baccalaureate program.

Career During the 2000-01 school year, Delgado's last year in high school, she became an apprentice with the Miami City Ballet. She joined the corps de ballet after that, and was promoted to soloist in 2005 and principal dancer two years later. As a freelance dancer, she worked with Peck and Pam Tanowitz. She also performed in Christopher Wheeldon's 2017 production of Brigadoon at the New York City Center, and with Peck in the music video for the indie rock band The National's "Dark Side of the Gym", which he also directed and choreographed. The two have since performed "Dark Side of the Gym" with The National on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and an expanded version onstage, which also features the song "Guilty Party".

In 2019, she was invited by The Juilliard School Dance Division's director Alicia Graf Mack to teach ballet part-time, and she also participates in the mentor program.

Personal life Delgado is married to choreographer Justin Peck. They welcomed their daughter in March 2021.