Carla Körbes

Carla Körbes is a Brazilian ballet dancer who performed as a principal dancer with the Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Körbes was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and grew up in São Leopoldo, taking classes at Ballet Vera Bublitz in Porto Alegre. There she performed Balachine's Apollo with Peter Boal, who encouraged her to train in New York City. In 1996, at the age of 15, she moved to the United States to enter into the School of American Ballet.

In 2000, Körbes joined New York City Ballet, SAB's parent company, as a member of the corps de ballet. She was promoted to the rank of soloist in 2005. Later that same year, she moved to Seattle to dance with the Pacific Northwest Ballet under the direction of Peter Boal as a soloist. She became a principal dancer in 2006.

Körbes was named one of "25 to Watch" by Dance Magazine in 2006. Alastair Macaulay, dance critic of the New York Times, has repeatedly singled out her performances for praise. In 2010, during a nationwide tour of the Nutcracker season, he stated that Körbes was the best dancer he had seen of the tour, and in 2012, in a review of the Vail International Dance Festival, he stated that Körbes "is one of the finest ballerinas appearing in America today; some think her the finest, and last weekend I felt in no mood to contradict them."

After announcing her retirement from PNB in September 2014, Körbes gave a final performance on June 7th 2015.

Following her final performance, Körbes accepted a position with the LA Dance Project as associate artistic director.