Lena-Maria Gruber

Lena-Maria Gruber

Nationality: Deutsch

Born: 31st of May 1987 in Vienna

Education: Vienna State Opera Ballet School

Career: 2004-2005 Apprentice Vienna State Opera Ballet, 2005-2006 Apprentice Royal Danish Ballet, 2006-2011 Corps de Ballet Royal Danish Ballet, Since 2011 Soloist Royal Danish Ballet 

Repertoire: Royal Danish Ballet: Gamzatti in La Bayadère(Nikolaj Hübbe), The golden cockerel in The golden cockerel(Alexej Ratmansky); Kitriin Don Quixote (Nikolaj Hübbe), Amor in Don Quixote(Alicia Alonso), Manon in Lady of the Camellias(John  Neumeier);  Ballerina in Donizetti Variations, Principal couple in Symphony in C and Symphony in Three Movements, Dewdrop in Nutcracker, Alina in Chroma(Wayne McGregor);  Viktorine in Le Conservatoire, Pas de Six in Napoli, Pas de Sept in A Folktale (August Bournonville); Lost on slow(Jorma Elo), Six dancesand Bella Figura(Jiří Kylián), Viscera(Liam Scarlett), Cacti(Alexander Ekman), Minus 7(Ohad Naharin), The death that best preserves(Natalia Horecna), Peasant pas de deux in Giselle(Nikolaj Hübbe after Jules Perrot), Slim in Come Fly away (Twayla Tharp), Cygnets in Swanlake (Peter Martins; Nikolaj Hübbe), Salute(Johan  Kobborg), Bluebird in Sleeping beauty(Christopher Wheeldon), Le Corsaire Pas de Deux (Marius Petipa)

Grants: Friends of the ballet award 2011, Carl Julius Petersens grant 2012, Albert Gaubiers  grant 2014.