Laura Morera
Morera at the curtain call of MacMillan's Mayerling
Education	Royal Ballet School
Occupation	Ballet dancer
Years active	1995-present
Spouse	Justin Meissner
Career
Current group	The Royal Ballet

Laura Morera is a Spanish ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet until her retirement in 2023.

Early life and training

Morera was born in Madrid.^[1] She started attending the Royal Academy of Dance's summer programme in London at the age of seven. When she was 10, she auditioned for The Royal Ballet School by dancing a solo from Paquita in pointe shoes. She graduated in 1995.^[2]

Career

Morera joined The Royal Ballet after graduating from the school. She became a First Artist in 1998, Soloist in 1999, First Soloist in 2002 and Principal Dancer in 2007.^[1] She has performed lead roles in ballets such as, the titular role in Giselle, the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Natalia Petrovna in Ashton's A Month in the Country, the Gypsy Girl in The Two Pigeons, the title role in Manon, Mary Vetsera in Mayerling, the title role in Anastasia and Tatiana in Cranko's Onegin.^[3][4] She won the 2015 Critics' Circle National Dance Award for her performance as Lise in Ashton's La Fille mal gardée^[5] and the 2023 National Dance Award for Best Female Dancer.^[6]

Outside of the company, Morera and her husband and former Royal Ballet dancer Justin Meissner have a group named Dance Tour International which has held gala and workshops in different countries.^[3]

Selected repertoire

Morera's repertoire with the Royal Ballet includes:^[1]

References