Samantha Pippa Moore (born ) is an English ballet dancer. She joined the

Northern Ballet Northern Ballet, formerly Northern Ballet Theatre, is a dance company based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a strong repertoire in theatrical dance productions where the emphasis is on story telling as well as classical ballet. The compa ...

in 1996, was promoted to premier dancer in 2009 and retired in 2019. She now works as artistic and learning assistant with the Northern Ballet.

Early life and training

Moore was born in

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. She first studied dance at Elliott-Clarke School of Dance, where her mother worked next door. Moore initially trained in various dance styles, including ballet, modern dance and tap. She later attended

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and the Royal Ballet Upper School, and took classes with

during school holidays.

Career

Moore first auditioned for the

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-based Northern Ballet when she was eighteen. However, director Christopher Gable rejected her due to her lack of experience. Then, she danced with smaller touring troupe Wiener Ballet, which performed at different locations every night. In 1996, she auditioned for Northern Ballet again, and was hired for three months to substitute an injured dancer on tour. She learned three ballets three weeks before the tour started. She remained in the company after the tour. Her first breakthrough was as Lucy in the third cast of Gable's ''Dracula''. In 2004, she was nominated for outstanding female artist (classical) at the National Dance Awards. She rose through the ranks and in 2009, she was promoted to premier dancer. She had created roles in various new ballets. She is tall, which is short for ballet dancers, so she was often cast as children or young characters. In 2019, Moore retired from performing. Her last role was as Older

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's youngest daughter, in

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's new ballet ''Victoria''. Coincidentally, she was 44, the same age as her character at the start of the ballet. She remains in the Northern Ballet as an artistic and learning assistant, and also works for Academy of Northern Ballet. Moore was appointed a

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(MBE) in the

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for services to dance.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Pippa 1970s births Living people Entertainers from Liverpool English ballerinas Northern Ballet dancers People educated at the Royal Ballet School 20th-century British ballet dancers 20th-century British dancers 21st-century British ballet dancers 21st-century British dancers Members of the Order of the British Empire Year of birth uncertain