Biography

María Álvarez began her training at the Mariemma Royal Conservatory of Dance in Madrid where she obtained her diploma, as well as the 2004 Extraordinary Award, an end-of-studies honor for the best ballet student of her generation.

After dancing the lead role in Balanchine´s Allegro Brillante at the Teatro Madrid she decided to take up and perfect the Balanchine style she was already fascinated by. She was accepted on full scholarship at the Carmina Ocaña Ballet School under the tutelage of both Mrs. Ocaña and Pablo Savoye, from whom she could learn and master the Balanchine style. Halfway through her new training, she attended the School of American Ballet Summer Course in 2009.

In 2010, Álvarez joined Boston Ballet II, after which she was invited to the Summer Professional Dance program at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, where she appeared in Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante. She spent two seasons in Boston Ballet II prior to being promoted to the main Company in 2012.

Alvarez has received the first prize in the Torrelavega National Ballet Contest and the second prize in the Castellón National Dance Competition, among others.

Repertoire

George Balanchine, Donizetti Variations, Scherzo à La Russe (Lead), Valse Fantasie (Lead, Boston Ballet II), Symphony in Three Movements (Corps de Ballet), Symphony in C (Corps de Ballet), Coppélia (Corps de Ballet), Serenade (Corps de Ballet), Jewels (Corps de Ballet), Episodes (Corps de Ballet), Theme and Variations (Corps de Ballet); Florence Clerc, La Bayadère (Corps de Ballet); John Cranko, Romeo and Juliet (Corps de Ballet); Michel Fokine, Les Sylphides (Corps de Ballet); Rudolf Nureyev, Don Quixote (Corps de Ballet); Harald Lander, Études (Corps de Ballet); Sir Frederick Ashton, Cinderella (Corps de Ballet); José Martinez, Resonance; Petr Zuska, D.M.J. 1953-1977; Karole Armitage, Rave; Val Caniparoli, Lady Of The Camellias (Corps de Ballet); Helen Pickett,  Eventide; Lila York, Celts (Corps de Ballet); Jerome Robbins, The Concert (or the Perils of Everybody) (Corps de Ballet); Jeffrey Cirio, fremd; John Neumeier, Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler (Pas De Trois); John Cranko, Onegin (Corps de Ballet); Léonide Massine, Gaîté Parisienne (Corps de Ballet); Yury Yanowsky, Smoke and Mirrors; Mikko Nissinen, Swan Lake (Pas De Trois, Cygnets, Corps de Ballet); Marius Petipa, The Sleeping Beauty (Enchanted Garden Fairy); William Forsythe, Artifact 2017, Ivan Liška, Le Corsaire (Birbanta); Alexander Ekman, Cacti

Training

The Mariemma Royal Conservatory of Dance, Madrid, Spain (1997-2008); The Carmina Ocaña Ballet School, Madrid, Spain (2008-2010); The School of American Ballet, New York City, USA (Summer Program 2009)

Career

Boston Ballet (Boston, USA): Boston Ballet II (2010); Corps de Ballet (2012)

Awards

First Prize, Torrelavega Ballet Contest (2006); Third Prize, Torrelavega Ballet Contest (2007); Second Prize, Castellón Dance Competition (2008); End-of-Studies Extraordinary Award from the Royal Dance Conservatory of Madrid (2008)