!! NEW DATE !! In Conversation with Mayara Magri ... (via Zoom)
RB principal Mayara Magri ‘in conversation’ with dance writer Deborah Weiss about her career including recent debuts as Juliet and Odette/Odile.
photo credits: Alice Pennefather
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!!! UPDATE … NEW DATE !!!
Monday 13 June 2022 at 7pm UK
We are hugely grateful to Mayara for arranging a new date, shortly before the Royal Ballet goes on summer holiday. We do hope you can join us, despite the short notice.
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!!! Unfortunately this event has had to be POSTPONED due to a last minute rehearsal call for the Royal Ballet’s new ballet ‘Like Water for Chocolate’. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and Mayara has promised us a new date as soon as possible.
[See above for new date]
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Brazilian born dancer Mayara Magri won a scholarship aged 8 to train at the Petite Danse School in Rio de Janeiro. She joined the Royal Ballet School in 2011, having won a Prix De Lausanne scholarship and the Audience Favourite prize.
She joined the RB company in 2012 and has been a principal of the Royal Ballet since 2021. She has danced numerous lead roles including Kitri and Mercedes (Don Quixote), Gamzatti (La Bayadere), Swanhilda (Coppelia), Myrthe (Giselle), Sugra Plum Fairy and Rose Fairy (Nutcracker), Gypsy Girl (Two Pigeons) and is regularly cast in lead roles in new and contemporary works.
This season her debuts so far include Juliet and Odette/Odile, lead in Mats Ek's 'Woman with Water' and principal in Wheeldon's DGV.
Ballet writer Deborah Weiss will be in the interviewer’s chair.
Odile rehearsal Odette rehearsal Coppelia rehearsal
ZOOM INFO
This Zoom event is free to LBC Members who do not need to book.
The link will be sent by email a few days in advance of the event.
Non LBC members wishing to attend, should please book below.
Alternatively non members could consider joining the LBC (go to JOIN page) to gain free access to all Zoom talks for £20 annually. There are other benefits to being a member … such as visits to watch masterclasses, access to recordings of prior Zoom interviews, and more.
If you have not received the Zoom link within 24 hours of the event, please email [email protected]
Members can also find the link in the Members Only section of the website.
