Mayara Magri (dancer)

Mayara Magri is a Brazilian ballet dancer. She is a first soloist at The Royal Ballet.[2]

Mayara Magri
Born1994/1995 (age 25–26)[1]
Brazil
OccupationBallet dancer
Current groupThe Royal Ballet
DancesBallet

Early life and training

Magri was born and raised in Brazil. When she was eight, she received a scholarship to train at Petite Danse School in Rio de Janeiro. When she was sixteen, she won the Senior Age Division of the Youth America Grand Prix and the Prix de Lausanne Scholarship and Audience Prize in 2011.[2][3] Though her teachers encouraged her to train in the United States, she chose to go to The Royal Ballet School in London. Magri, who was trained in the Vaganova method, had to adjust to British ballet.[1]

Career

In 2012, at age 17, Magri was offered a contract to join the company.[1] She was named First artist in 2015, Soloist in 2016 and First Soloist in 2018. She has danced roles such as Kitri in Don Quixote, Gamzatti in La Bayadere, Mitzi Caspar in Mayerling and Lescaut's Mistress in Manon.[2] In June 2020, in the first series of performance since the Royal Opera House's closure due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, which was broadcast online, Magri and Matthew Ball performed an extract from Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour, after learning the pas de deux in five days.[4]

Selected repertoire

Magri's repertoire with The Royal Ballet includes:[2]

Created roles

References
  1. "In Conversation with Mayara Magri, First Soloist of the Royal Ballet". The Strand Magazine. 15 February 2019.
  2. "Mayara Magri". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. "Interview: Mayara Magri, First Soloist, The Royal Ballet". DanceTabs. 10 November 2018.
  4. Parry, Jann (July 1, 2020). "Royal Opera House/Royal Ballet – Live from Covent Garden: Third Concert (27 June)". DanceTabs.
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