Laura Morera
Laura Morera | |
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_(cropped).JPG) Morera at the curtain call of MacMillan's Mayerling | |
| Education | Royal Ballet School |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Spouse | Justin Meissner |
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| Current group | The Royal Ballet |
Laura Morera is a Spanish ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet until 2023.
Early life and training
Morera was born in Madrid.pointe shoes. She graduated in 1995.[2]
Career
Morera joined
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 held gala and workshops in different countries.[3]
Selected repertoire
Morera's repertoire with the Royal Ballet includes:[1]
- Lise in La Fille mal gardée
- The title role in Anastasia
- Diana in Sylvia
- Gypsy Girl in The Two Pigeons
- Effie in La Sylphide
- Masha and Irena in Winter Dreams
- Tatiana in Onegin
- The title role in Giselle
- Kitri in Don Quixote
- Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker
- Gamzatti in La Bayadère
- The title role and Lescaut’s Mistress in Manon
- Mary Vetsera, Mitzi Caspar and Marie Larisch in Mayerling
- The Queen of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Paulina in The Winter’s Tale
- Titania in The Dream
- Wife in The Concert
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
References
- ^ a b c "Laura Morera". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ Willis, Margaret (12 February 2016). "Interview – Laura Morera – Principal, The Royal Ballet". DanceTabs.
- ^ a b Parry, Jann (22 April 2015). "Laura Morera & Vadim Muntagirov – Royal Ballet Principals, on La Fille mal gardée". Dancetabs.
- ^ Guerreiro, Teresa (8 December 2018). "Laura Morera's Winter Dreams". Cultural Whisperer.
- ^ "2015 National Dance Awards – Winners Announced". DanceTabs. 25 January 2016.
- ^ Murray, Hannah (7 June 2023). "National Dance Awards 2023 - The Royal Ballet School".
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