Georgina Pazcoguin
1984 or 1985 (age 38–39)[1]
Ballet dancer
Early life[edit]
Pazcoguin was born and raised in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She is biracial; her father is a retired surgeon who immigrated from the Philippines after medical school, and her mother is Italian. The third of six siblings, she began training at the Allegheny Ballet Academy when she was four years old in ballet, African, tap and jazz.[3] She moved to New York City to train at the School of American Ballet, the associate school of New York City Ballet (NYCB) at the age of 16 in 2001 while also studying at the Professional Children's School.[4][5]
Theater[edit]
She joined American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (a reboot of the American Dance Machine) in 2012.[28][29] As a soloist with the company, which recreates famous theatre dance numbers from Broadway musicals, she performed Chita Rivera's role in Jack Cole's Beal Street Blues, Victoria the White Cat's solo from Cats, and the female soloist role in Jerome Robbin's Mr. Monotony.[30]
Pazcoguin made her Broadway debut in August 2015 as a temporary replacement for her NYCB colleague Megan Fairchild in the role of Ivy Smith in the revival of On the Town.[31] The following year, she returned to Broadway and to the role of Victoria the White Cat in the 2016 Broadway revival of Cats. Pazcoguin noted that playing Victoria pushed her beyond her comfort zone, as the ingénue character was a departure from her usual roles.[32] Pazcoguin left the production in March 2017 to return to dancing with NYCB.[33]