Roberta Marquez
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Roberta Marquez is a Brazilian ballet dancer who was a Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet.
Early life
Roberta Marquez was born in Rio de Janeiro to a Peruvian mother and a to a Portuguese father who was raised in Brazil. She started ballet at age 4, though she also learned tap, jazz, Spanish and African dance.[1] She later trained at the Maria Olenewa State Dance School.[2]
Career
Marquez joined the Municipal Theatre Ballet in 1994 and became a principal dancer in 2002.[1] In 2004, Marquez joined The Royal Ballet in London. Her repertoire includes classical full-lengths works, and works by Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan and George Balanchine.[2] Her most notable partner in the company is Steven McRae.[3]
In 2012, she performed at the Paralympics closing ceremony, alongside Thiago Soares, also a Brazilian principal at the Royal Ballet, as well as several visually-impaired dancers from Brazil.[4]
In 2015, the Royal Ballet announced Marquez would leave the company after a performance of Romeo and Juliet in December that year.[5] In the 2016/17 season, she returned to the Royal Ballet as a guest artist, dancing Lise in La fille mal gardée.[2]
Selected repertoire
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- Living people
- Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet
- Brazilian ballerinas
- Brazilian people of Peruvian descent
- Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
- Brazilian expatriates in England
- 21st-century ballet dancers
- 21st-century Brazilian dancers
- Prima ballerinas
- Dancers from Rio de Janeiro (city)