Samantha Raine

Samantha Raine is an English dance teacher and a retired ballerina. She is the ballet mistress of the Royal Ballet, at the Royal Opera House, in London's Covent Garden, having previously been a soloist with the Company.

Early life and education Samantha Raine was born in Yorkshire and began dancing at the age of two. Raine's sister, Pippa Raine, also dances professionally, usually in West End musicals.

Raine trained at the Royal Ballet School from the age of eleven, beginning in the Lower School, at the White Lodge in Richmond. She retired as a dancer in 2012, after a fifteen-year career, and having already been appointed as the Ballet Mistress. With the assistant ballet mistress, Sian Murphy, she is responsible for ensuring the Company's corps de ballet knows the repertoire to perfection. Benesh notation is used to help teach the choreography.