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.{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/06/04/stage/roberta-marquez-juliet-die/|title=Roberta Marquez: a Juliet to die for|work=The Japan Times|last=Takahashi|first=Ayano|date=2014}} She later trained at the Maria Olenewa State Dance School.{{cite web|title=Roberta Marquez|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/people/roberta-marquez|website=Royal Opera House|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412232523/http://www.roh.org.uk/people/roberta-marquez|archivedate=12 April 2020}}
Career
Marquez joined the Municipal Theatre Ballet in 1994 and became a principal dancer in 2002. 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. Her most notable partner in the company is Steven McRae.{{cite web|url=http://www.theballetbag.com/2010/05/21/roberta-marquez-steven-mcrae-dancing-cheek-to-cheek/|title=Steven McRae and Roberta Marquez: Dancing cheek to cheek|work=The Ballet Bag|date=21 May 2010}}
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.{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other/paralympics-coldplay-rihanna-jay-z-star-in-games-finale/story-QNMKP4Qoq6GaL3UDiwRa3O.html|title=Paralympics: Coldplay, Rihanna, Jay-Z star in Games finale|work=Hindustan|date=10 September 2012}}
In 2015, the Royal Ballet announced Marquez would leave the company after a performance of Romeo and Juliet in December that year.{{cite web|url=https://www.roh.org.uk/news/roberta-marquez-to-leave-the-royal-ballet|title=Roberta Marquez to leave The Royal Ballet|website=Royal Opera House|last=Shipman|first=Chris|date=27 November 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412232514/https://www.roh.org.uk/news/roberta-marquez-to-leave-the-royal-ballet|archivedate=12 April 2020}} In the 2016/17 season, she returned to the Royal Ballet as a guest artist, dancing Lise in La fille mal gardée.
Selected repertoire
Marquez's repertoire with the Municipal Theatre Ballet and The Royal Ballet includes:
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- Odette/Odile in Swan Lake
- Kitri in Don Quixote
- Swanilda in Coppélia
- The title role in Giselle
- Princess Stephanie in Mayerlin
- The title role in Manon
- The title role in Cinderella
- Nikiya in La Bayadère
- Lise in La fille mal gardée
- Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker
- Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty
- Juliet in Romeo and Juliet
- Titania in The Dream
- The title role in The Firebird
- The title role in La Sylphide
- Tatiana in Onegin
- Serenade
- Theme and Variations
- Suite en Blanc
- Afternoon of a Faun
- Symphony in C
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References
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Category:Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet
Category:Brazilian people of Peruvian descent
Category:Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Brazilian expatriates in England
Category:21st-century ballet dancers