Laura Hidalgo

Introducing Laura 

Laura Hidalgo was born in Argentina and trained at L’Institute Superieur d’Art in France.  In 2002 Laura joined the American Ballet Theatre. In search of different styles and wanting to expand her horizons in dance, she relocated back to Europe in 2008 where she worked in Dutch National Ballet, Netherlands, and Staatstheatre Nurnberg, Germany, before joining The Royal Ballet of Flanders, Belgium, in 2010 as a Principal Artist. During her time in Belgium she was also appointed guest Principal Artist with the Slovenian National Ballet. In 2017 she was invited as a guest Principal Artist at Queensland Ballet and was quickly offered a permanent position where she remained until her retirement in December 2020. During her career Laura had the opportunity and privilege to work with highly acclaimed choreographers from all over the world such as, Wayne McGregor, David Dawson, William Forsyth, Marcia Haydee, Alexander Ekman, Christopher Wheeldon, Cynthia Harvey, Natalia Makarova and Liam Scarlett. Among many others.

Repertoire Highlights 

• The Firebird by Liam Scarlett   
• Mateuille in Dangerous Liaisons by Liam Scarlett   
• Tatiana in Cranko's Onegin   
• Artifact pas de deux  
• In the Middle Somewhat Elevated by William Forsythe  
• Christopher Wheeldon's After the Rain  
• Athena in Christian Spuck's The Return of Ulysses  
• Balanchine's Who Cares?  
• Kitri in Don Quixote  
• Juliet in Romeo and Juliet  

Professional accolades  

• Gold Medal at the International Ballet Festival of Havana  

• Gold Medal at the Luxembourg International Competition  

• Best Artist Award at the Varna International Competition in Bulgaria.  

 

Did you know…  

Laura found her passion for dance when she was just 7 years old, after watching an outdoor performance by Argentinian dancer Julio Bocca.  

 

“Don’t get discouraged! Believe in yourself and absolutely love what you do!”