Mayara Magri made her way from a poor background in Rio de Janeiro to the highest ranking in the ballet world. Coming from a modest family, with a taxi driver father and a stay-at-home mom, Margri, together with her two sisters, would not have the means to pay for ballet lessons if it wasn’t for a social project offered by a private ballet school.

She started dancing at age 8 and her talent and determination were decisive to make her way out of Rio into the international ballet world. Since she was a kid, she dreamt of becoming a Principal Dancer at The Royal Ballet one day. After winning the most important competitions she was offered a scholarship to The Royal Ballet School, where she graduated after just one year and immediately joined the main company. Her dream finally came true when she got promoted to Principal Dancer in May 2020.

Besides her onstage achievements she also works as an environmental activist. Margri wants to use her strong voice to bring more awareness about our impact on the planet and the effects of climate change.

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