Margarita Fernandes
Soloist
Margarita Fernandes is from Portugal and trained from the age of eight at the Annarella Sanchez International Conservatory of Ballet and Dance in Leiria, which follows the Cuban methodology of training. Besides training with resident teachers, Annarella Sanchez, Alexander Santana, Enrique Perez-Cancio, Elena Cangas and Raquel Aguero, her training was supplemented by guest Cuban teachers, Lienz Chang, Caridad Martinez, Ramona de Sá, Martha Iris, Rolando Sarabia, as well as those from the Vaganova and French schools, Julio Bocca, Misha Tchopakov, David Makhateli and Yannick Boquin. Since July 2020 she worked on classical 19th and 20th century repertoire daily with artistic director, coach and stager Maina Gielgud. She joined Bayerisches Staatsballett as a demi-soloist in the 2021/22 season and was promoted to soloist by ballet director Laurent Hilaire after the premiere of La Sylphide on November 22, 2024.
(Information as of November 2024)
Roles in the 2024/25 season (updated periodically)
Olga in Onegin (John Cranko)
Effie in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Title Role in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Scottish Couple Pas de deux in La Sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni)
Julia in Romeo und Julia (John Cranko)
Dancer in Silent Screen (Sol León und Paul Lightfoot), as part of the Schmetterling Double Bill
Pas de six Solo in Giselle (Peter Wright)
Tänzerin in Faun (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui), as part of theWings of Memory Triple Bill
Princess Claire in Illusionen – wie Schwanensee (John Neumeier)
Selected previous roles
Title role in Alice im Wunderland (Christopher Wheeldon)
Swanilda in Coppélia (Roland Petit)
Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream (John Neumeier)
Olga in Onegin (John Cranko)
Hamlet in Tschaikowski-Ouvertüren (Alexei Ratmansky)
Clementine in Cinderella (Christopher Wheeldon)
Lorina in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Christopher Wheeldon)