Margarita Fernandes

Soloist

Margarita Fernandes is from Portugal and trained from the age of 8 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.

Debuts with the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Pas de six in Giselle (P. Wright)
Solo Pas de six in Giselle (P. Wright)
Pas de trois in Jewels: Emeralds (G. Balanchine)
Swanilda in Coppélia (R. Petit)
Dancer in Passages: Pictures at an Exhibition (A. Ratmansky)
Clementine in Cinderella (C. Wheeldon)
Tänzerin in Romeo and Juliet (J. Cranko)
Helena in A Midsummer Night´s Dream (J. Neumeier)
Dancer in Jewels: Rubies (G. Balanchine)
Dancer in Passages: Affairs of the Heart (D. Dawson)
Dancer in Tchaikovsky Overtures (A. Ratmansky)
Pas de six in Swan Lake (R. Barra)
4 little swans in Swan Lake (R. Barra)
Italian Dance in Swan Lake (R. Barra)
Dancer in Schmetterling: Silent Screen (Sol León und Paul Lightfoot)