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LAURA FERNANDEZ

Leading Soloist

Born in Lachen, Switzerland. Graduated from both the Zurich Dance Academy and then the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (2016).

2016 -2019 - Mariinsky Theatre ballet company dancer.

2019-2022 -First Soloists at the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre.

Since April 2022, Leading Soloist at the ballet company of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre.

Repertoire

Juliet - Sergei Prokofiev:ROMEO AND JULIET

Giselle - Adam: GISELLE

Odette-Odile - Tchaikovsky: SWAN LAKE

Sugar Plum Fairy, Oriental Dance - Tchaikovsky: THE NUTCRACKER 

Cricket - Respighi: PINOCCHIO                                                                        

Nikiya - Minkus: LA BAYADÈRE

Aurora - Tchaikovsky: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

Queen of the Dryads - Minkus: DON QUIXOTE

Laurencia, Jacinta - Krein: LAURENCIA

The Dying Swan - Camille Saint-Saëns: THE DYING SWAN

 

Leading roles in the ballets: CARMINA BURANA (choreography by Ilia Jivoy), CONCERTO BAROCCO (choreography by George Balanchine), EYEBLINK (choreography by Marria Barrios)

Awards

2016 Prize-winner at the International Ballet Competition Prix de Lausanne. Nominations: "Contemporary Dance Prize" and "Best Swiss Candidate" (Lausanne, Switzerland, 2016).

2014 Finalist of The Youth America Grand Prix (New York, USA, 2014)

2013 2nd Prize-winner at the International Competition “Tanzolymp”in the nomination "Classical Dance" (Berlin, Germany, 2013)