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.

(Information as of September 2024)

Roles in the 2024-25 season (updated periodically)
Olga in Onegin (John Cranko)

Selected roles from previous seasons
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)
Pas de six Solo in Giselle (Peter Wright)