Lucia Lacarra
Guest Dancer
Born in Zumaia in the Spanish part of the Basque Country, the dancer studied at Victor Ullate's school in Madrid. Her first engagement was with his neoclassical company, the Ballet Victor Ullate. In 1994 she moved to the Ballet National de Marseille under Roland Petit and in 1997 joined the San Francisco Ballet as Principal Dancer under Helgi Tomasson. From the 2002/2003 season to the 2015/2016 season, she was principal soloist at the Bayerisches Staatsballett. Here she danced all the important roles of the classical repertoire such as Giselle, Medora, Nikija, Julia and Katharina. Among the roles created for her in Munich are Sophie in The Silver Rose (Graeme Murphy), Ariel in The Tempest (Jörg Mannes) as well as Odette in Once Upon An Ever After and The French Ballerina in Série Noire (Terence Kohler); central roles in Century Rolls (Davide Bombana), Viola Concerto/II (Martin Schläpfer) and Spiral Pass (Russell Maliphant) were also created for her. Lacarra's numerous awards include the Nijinsky Award in the “Best Dancer” category (2002), the Prix Benois de la Danse (2003) for her portrayal of Tatyana in Cranko's Onegin and the Premio Nacional de Danza (2005) awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. In 2008, the Bavarian Minister of State for Science and Art, Dr. Thomas Goppel, awarded her the title of “Bayerische Kammertänzerin”. Since 2016, Lucia Lacarra has been associated with Theater Dortmund as a permanent guest soloist, where she was also responsible for the productionsd Fordlandia (2020) and In The Still Of The Night (2021) together with Matthew Golding. With In The Still Of The Night, she was the winner of the Premios Max de las Artes Escénicas awarded by the Fundación SGAE in 2022 in the category “best performer in the field of dance”. Together with Matthew Golding, she founded Lucia Lacarra Ballet in 2023. Lost Letters is the company's first production.