María Álvarez

María Álvarez began her training at the Royal Conservatory of Dance in Madrid where she obtained her diploma as well as the 2008 Extraordinary end of studies Award for her exemplary work. She later trained at the Carmina Ocaña School and attended the School of American Ballet Summer Program in 2009. She joined Boston Ballet II in 2010 and two years later join the main company as Artist. In 2019 she was promoted to Second Soloist. Álvarez’s repertoire includes principal and soloist roles in George Balanchine’s Piano Concerto no.2, Agon, Serenade, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Coppelia, Chaconne and Valse Fantasy. William Forsythe’s In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Artifact 2017, Blake Works I, Pas Parts 2018, Playlist (EP) and The Second Detail. Jerome Robbins’s Fancy Free, Glass Pieces, Interplay and the Concert. John Neumeier’s Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler, August Bournonville’s Napoli and La Sylphide, Alexander Ekman´s Cacti, Paulo Arrais’ Ela and Leonid Yacobson’s Rodin. Álvarez’s experience with character roles highlights Lady Capulet in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet and Madge in Bournonville’s La Sylphide. Her classical repertoire includes soloist and corps de ballet roles in Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake and Nutcracker, Nureyev’s Don Quixote, Petipa’s Sleeping Beauty, Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Larissa Ponomarenko’s Giselle (Peasant Pas), Florence Clerq’s La Bayadere, Fokine’s Les Sylphides, Ivan Liska’s Le Corsaire and Lander’s Etudes. She was named the “Star of the Corps” by Pointe Magazine in 2018.