Mayara Magri (born 1994) is a Brazilian ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer at

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. Her promotion to principal dancer took effect in September 2021.

Early life and training

Magri was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, 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

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and the

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Scholarship and Audience Prize in 2011. 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

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, had to adjust to

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Career

In 2012, at age 17, Magri was offered a contract to join the company. She was named First artist in 2015, Soloist in 2016, First Soloist in 2018 and Principal Dancer in 2021. She has danced roles such as Kitri in ''

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'', Gamzatti in ''

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'', Mitzi Caspar in ''

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'' and Lescaut's Mistress in ''

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''. In June 2020, in the first series of performance since the

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's closure due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, which was broadcast online, Magri and Matthew Ball performed an extract from

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's '' Within the Golden Hour'', after learning the pas de deux in five days.

Personal life

As of 2023, Magri lived off Holloway Road, north London, with her partner, fellow Royal Ballet principal Matthew Ball.

Selected repertoire

Magri's repertoire with The Royal Ballet includes:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magri, Mayara Living people Brazilian ballerinas People educated at the Royal Ballet School Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet Brazilian expatriates in England Brazilian expatriates in the United Kingdom Prix de Lausanne winners 21st-century ballet dancers 21st-century Brazilian dancers 1994 births