Laura Morera
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Laura Morera is a Spanish ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet until her retirement in 2023.
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
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- Living people
- Entertainers from Madrid
- Spanish ballerinas
- Spanish expatriates in England
- Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet
- Prima ballerinas
- People educated at the Royal Ballet School
- Spanish emigrants to the United Kingdom
- 21st-century Spanish ballet dancers
- National Dance Award winners