Roberta Marquez

Roberta Marquez is a Brazilian ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet.

Early life Roberta Marquez was born in Rio de Janeiro to a Peruvian mother and a Portuguese father who was raised in Brazil. She started ballet at age four, and also learned tap, jazz, Spanish and African dance. She later trained at the Maria Olenewa State Dance School.

Career Marquez joined the Municipal Theatre Ballet in 1994 and became a principal dancer in 2002.

In 2012, she performed at the Paralympics closing ceremony, alongside Thiago Soares, also a Brazilian principal at the Royal Ballet, as well as several visually-impaired dancers from Brazil.

In 2015, the Royal Ballet announced Marquez would leave the company after a performance of Romeo and Juliet in December that year. In the 2016/17 season, she returned to the Royal Ballet as a guest artist, dancing Lise in La fille mal gardée.

Selected repertoire Marquez's repertoire with the Municipal Theatre Ballet and The Royal Ballet includes: