Laura Morera

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Laura Morera
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Morera at the curtain call of MacMillan's Mayerling
Education Royal Ballet School
OccupationBallet dancer
Years active1995-present
SpouseJustin Meissner
Career
Current group The Royal Ballet

Laura Morera is a Spanish ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet until her retirement in 2023.

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Early life and training

Morera was born in Madrid. [1] She started attending the Royal Academy of Dance's summer programme in London at the age of seven. When she was 10, she auditioned for The Royal Ballet School by dancing a solo from Paquita in pointe shoes. She graduated in 1995. [2]

Career

Morera joined The Royal Ballet after graduating from the school. She became a First Artist in 1998, Soloist in 1999, First Soloist in 2002 and Principal Dancer in 2007. [1] She has performed lead roles in ballets such as, the titular role in Giselle , the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker , Natalia Petrovna in Ashton's A Month in the Country , the Gypsy Girl in The Two Pigeons , the title role in Manon , Mary Vetsera in Mayerling , the title role in Anastasia and Tatiana in Cranko's Onegin . [3] [4] She won the 2015 Critics' Circle National Dance Award for her performance as Lise in Ashton's La Fille mal gardée [5] and the 2023 National Dance Award for Best Female Dancer. [6]

Outside of the company, Morera and her husband and former Royal Ballet dancer Justin Meissner have a group named Dance Tour International which has held gala and workshops in different countries. [3]

Selected repertoire

Morera's repertoire with the Royal Ballet includes: [1]

Created roles

  • Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story
  • 'See, even Night herself is here’ pas de deux
  • Qualia
  • Of Mozart
  • Asphodel Meadows
  • Sweet Violets
  • Hansel and Gretel
  • The Age of Anxiety
  • Electric Counterpoint
  • Frankenstein
  • Tryst
  • Mama Elena in Like Water for Chocolate [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Laura Morera". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Willis, Margaret (12 February 2016). "Interview – Laura Morera – Principal, The Royal Ballet". DanceTabs.
  3. 1 2 Parry, Jann (22 April 2015). "Laura Morera & Vadim Muntagirov – Royal Ballet Principals, on La Fille mal gardée". Dancetabs.
  4. ↑ Guerreiro, Teresa (8 December 2018). "Laura Morera's Winter Dreams". Cultural Whisperer. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "2015 National Dance Awards – Winners Announced". DanceTabs. 25 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Murray, Hannah (7 June 2023). "National Dance Awards 2023 - The Royal Ballet School".
  7. ↑ "Like Water for Chocolate". American Ballet Theatre. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
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