José Pablo Castro Cuevas was born in Queretaro, Mexico, and started dancing at the age of six. He participated for the first time in the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) Mexico in 2013 and received scholarships for the Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey and for PROVER Programa Profesional de Ballet en Córdoba, Veracruz, Córdoba, where he continued his training under the direction of Martha Sahagun and Adria Velazquez.

José Pablo Castro Cuevas, born in Querétaro, Mexico, began dancing at six. He competed in YAGP Mexico in 2013 and 2015, earning scholarships to prestigious programs, including the Joffrey Academy of Dance. At 14, he moved to Chicago to train in Joffrey’s Pre-Professional and Conservatory programs, where he trained with Karin Ellis-Wentz and Kyle Seguin before joining the Studio Company. During his academy years, he performed with the main company, including in the world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s The Nutcracker. As a Studio Company member, he danced lead roles in Coppélia and Viva Vivaldi.

Since joining the Joffrey Ballet at age 17, Jose Pablo’s favorite featured roles include Peter in The Nutcracker, Vronsky in Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina, Robbie in Cathy Marston’s Atonement and Victor Frankenstein in Liam Scarlett’s Frankenstein.