Natascha Mair

Mair was born in Vienna, to Carinthian and Viennese parents, and grew up in Kaisermühlen.^[3][4] She started ballet training at the age of seven at the Vienna State Opera Ballet School.^[5] She skipped one year of school and one year of training and passed the Matura and ballet diploma examination in 2012 at the age of seventeen.^[3]

Mair joined the Vienna State Ballet in the 2012/13 season. She was named demi-soloist in 2014, and soloist in 2016. In 2018, Manuel Legris, the artistic director of the company promoted Mart the rank of first soloist (also translated as principal),^[6] the highest rank of the company, following a performance of The Nutcracker. Since then, she had performed leading roles in Coppélia, Le Corsaire and Don Quixote. She had made guest appearances in Russia, Turkey and Slovenia.^[7][5] Mair had made television appearances including Vienna New Year's Concert, Vienna Opera Ball and documentary Just Ballet.^[5]

In 2020, the English National Ballet announced that Mair had joined the company as a Principal, the second highest rank of the company.^[6]

Mair's repertoire with the Vienna State Ballet includes:^[8][9]