Sonia Rodriguez

[1][2] Born in Toronto, she moved to Madrid, Spain at age five with her family, where she received dance training with Pedro de la Cruz.

[3] The Los Angeles Magazine praised Rodriguez's performance as the titular role in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, for "perfectly capturing the mix of playful innocence and bewilderment as she encountered one strange scene after another during her journey.

"[4] On Rodriguez's portrayal of the title role in Cinderella, the Toronto Star noted she "retain a youthful romantic freshness but also finds opportunities to refine her interpretation.

She also danced the role of Dulcinea in George Balanchine's Don Quixote, restaged by Suzanne Farrell, in 2005.

The family home in the Forest Hill area of Toronto suffered a fire on August 18, 2010.