Natascha Mair (born 6 February 1995)''Natascha Mair: Neue Generation Wiener Staatsballet''
. Accessed 24 February 2019.''Kleine Zeitung: Natascha Mair''
Publication date: 9 May 2015, accessed 24 February 2019. is an Austrian

ballet dancer A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on yea ...

. She joined the

Vienna State Ballet Vienna State Ballet, ''Wiener Staatsballett'', is considered one of the world's top ballet companies. It was formerly named the Vienna State Opera Ballet as it is based at the Vienna State Opera building. In 2005 the ballets of the Vienna State ...

in 2012, and was promoted to first soloist in 2018. In 2020, she joined the

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as a principal dancer.

Early life

Mair was born in Vienna, to Carinthian and Viennese parents, and grew up in Kaisermühlen. She started ballet training at the age of seven at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School. She skipped one year of school and one year of training and passed the

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and ballet diploma examination in 2012 at the age of seventeen.

Career

Mair joined the

in the 2012/13 season. She was named demi-soloist in 2014, and soloist in 2016. In 2018,

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, the artistic director of the company promoted Mart the rank of first soloist (also translated as principal), the highest rank of the company, following a performance of ''

The Nutcracker ''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaiko ...

''. Since then, she had performed leading roles in ''

Coppélia ''Coppélia'' (sometimes subtitled: ''La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail'' (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Éti ...

'', '' Le Corsaire'' and ''

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''. She had made guest appearances in Russia, Turkey and Slovenia. Mair had made television appearances including

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and documentary ''Just Ballet''. In 2020, the

announced that Mair had joined the company as a Principal, the second highest rank of the company.

Selected repertoire

Mair's repertoire with the Vienna State Ballet includes:

Awards

*Prize of the Jury at the International Contest of Ballet Schools in Beijing, 2012 *First Prize at the Premio Roma Danza, 2012 *Promotion Prize of the Ballettclub Wiener Staatsoper & Volksoper, 2014 Sources:

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mair, Natascha 1995 births Austrian ballerinas Living people Vienna State Opera English National Ballet principal dancers 21st-century ballet dancers Dancers from Vienna Austrian expatriates in England