Career
Born in Caracas, Nebrada began his career as a dancer with the National Ballet of Venezuela, Alicia Alonso"s National Ballet of Cuba, with Roland Petit in Paris and with the Joffrey Ballet (1959). In 1975 Nebrada helped found the International Ballet of Caracas and became their artistic director and resident choreographer in 1977. In 1984 he became the artistic director of the National Ballet of Caracas where he remained until his death due to leukemia in 2002.
His dances have been performed by Ballet Hispanico, American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, National Ballet of Canada, Berlin Opera Ballet, English National Ballet, Australian Ballet and the Universal Ballet of of Korea.