María was born in Cabeza de Torres, Murcia (Spain). After studying for five years at the Conservatorio Profesional de Danza in Murcia with Fuensanta Zomeño, she moved to Madrid to study at the Víctor Ullate School, where she danced in Ullate’s Young Ballet of Alcobendas.
From 2012 to 2013 she worked as apprentice with the Dresden Semperoper Ballet Company, dancing in Swan Lake, Bayadere, Coppelia and The Nutcracker, among others.
In the period 2011-2012 she entered and graduated at the English National Ballet School. where she studied with teachers such as Sarah McIlroy, Paul Lewis and Cynthia Harvey, among others and became part of the ENB Young Ballet “My First”. Then, 2012-2013, she formed part of the Semperoper Ballet company in Dresden as an apprentice, dancing ballets such as Swan Lake, Bayadère, Coppelia and The Nutcracker, among others.
She joined the Compañía Nacional de Danza in January 2014 under the artistic direction of José Carlos Martínez. Since then she has danced important roles in Raymonda Divertimento, Nutcracker, Don Quixote (as Cupido) by José Carlos Martínez; In the Middle Somewhat Elevated and Artifact Suite by William Forsythe and Allegro Brillante by George Balanchine. She has also danced in other productions such as La Favorita and Sonatas by José Carlos Martínez, Holberg Suite by Tony Fabre, Minus 16 by Ohad Naharin, Carmen by Johan Inger, Hikarizatto by Itzik Galili, Odila by Mario Bermúdez and In the Night by Jerome Robbins, among others. She has also participated as a guest in Ballet Under the Stars (2019 and 2018), the Gala de Bailarines Murcianos (3rd and 5th editions) and the Miami Dance Festival.
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