Fernanda Oliveira (dancer)

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Fernanda Oliveira
Born (1980-08-02) 2 August 1980 (age 43) [1]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Education Royal Ballet Upper School
Occupationballet dancer
Years active2000-present
SpouseFabian Reimair
Children2
Career
Current group English National Ballet
Former groupsBallet Nacional de Santiago de Chile

Fernanda Oliveira (born 1980) is a Brazilian ballet dancer. She is a lead principal with English National Ballet.

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Early life

Oliveira was born in Rio de Janeiro. She started ballet at age 6 as her friends were also dancing. She trained at Centro de Dança Rio, and later enrolled in the Royal Ballet Upper School in London. [2] [3]

Career

Oliveira first danced at Ballet Nacional de Santiago de Chile. She joined English National Ballet in 2000, was promoted to soloist in 2003, first soloist in 2004, principal dancer in 2007, and lead principal in 2009. She had danced leading roles such as Odette/Odile Swan Lake , Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and the title role in Manon , and performed in one-act productions, including Etudes and In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated . She had also originated the role of Gerda in The Snow Queen and other roles in Wayne Eagling's works, and had danced at Concert for Diana. [2] The Guardian noted she danced the Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty "with supreme control", and was "gravely lyrical" in Adagio Hammerklavier . [4] [5]

Selected repertoire

Oliveira's repertory with the English National Ballet includes: [2]

Created roles

  • Gerda in The Snow Queen
  • Resolution
  • Jeux
  • No Man’s Land

Personal life

Oliveira is married to English National Ballet first soloist, Fabian Reimair. They have one son and a daughter. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fernanda Oliveira". NetworkDance. 2 August 1980. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Fernanda Oliveira". English National Ballet. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Cupcakes & Conversation with Fernanda Oliveira, Senior Principal, English National Ballet". Ballet News. 18 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Sleeping Beauty". The Guardian. 6 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Bausch, Forsythe, Van Manen review – a company awakening". The Guardian. 26 March 2017.
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