{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{short description|English ballet dancer}} {{Infobox dancer | name = Pippa Moore | honorific_suffix = MBE | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Samantha Pippa Moore | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|47|2021|06|12}}<!-- {{birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd}} or {{birth date|yyyy|mm|dd}} For living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB. --> | birth_place = Liverpool, England | nationality = | citizenship = | education = The Hammond School<br/>Royal Ballet Upper School | occupation = ballet dancer | years_active = | height = 5 ft 1 in | spouse = | partner = | children = | website = <!-- {{URL|website}} --> | current_group = Northern Ballet | former_groups = | dances = | module = }}
'''Samantha Pippa Moore'''<ref name=Lavery/> {{post-nominals|size=100%|country=GBR|MBE}} (born {{birth based on age as of date|47|2021|06|12|noage=1}}<ref name=Lavery/>) is an English ballet dancer. She joined the Northern Ballet in 1996, was promoted to premier dancer in 2009 and retired in 2019. She now works as artistic and learning assistant with the Northern Ballet.
==Early life and training== Moore was born in Liverpool.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/birmingham/interviews/pippa-moore-talks-about-a-life-in-dance/2126|title=Pippa Moore talks about a life in dance...|work=Birmingham What's On|date=1 May 2015}}</ref> She first studied dance at Elliott-Clarke School of Dance, where her mother worked next door. Moore initially trained in various dance styles, including ballet, modern dance and tap.<ref name=Anderson/> She later attended the Hammond School and the Royal Ballet Upper School, and took classes with Northern Ballet during school holidays.<ref name=Yorkshire/><ref name=Anderson>{{cite news|url=https://www.dancing-times.co.uk/sense-and-talent/|title=Sense and talent|work=Dancing Times|last=Anderson|first=Zöe|date=December 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Moore first auditioned for the Leeds-based Northern Ballet when she was eighteen. However, director Christopher Gable rejected her due to her lack of experience. Then, she danced with smaller touring troupe Wiener Ballet, which performed at different locations every night.<ref name=Anderson/> In 1996, she auditioned for Northern Ballet again, and was hired for three months to substitute an injured dancer on tour. She learned three ballets three weeks before the tour started.<ref name=Anderson/><ref name=Yorkshire>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/theatre-and-stage/britains-oldest-professional-ballerina-pippa-moore-why-age-no-barre-1802642|title=Is this Britain's oldest professional ballerina? Pippa Moore on why age is no barre|work=Yorkshire Post|date=5 March 2016}}</ref> She remained in the company after the tour. Her first breakthrough was as Lucy in the third cast of Gable's ''Dracula''.<ref name=Anderson/> In 2004, she was nominated for outstanding female artist (classical) at the National Dance Awards.<ref name=Lavery/> She rose through the ranks and in 2009, she was promoted to premier dancer.<ref name=Lavery>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/mbe-for-leeds-dancer-who-has-dedicated-25-year-career-to-northern-ballet-3268755|title=MBE for Leeds dancer who has dedicated 25-year career to Northern Ballet|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|last=Lavery|first=Mark|date=12 June 2021}}</ref> She had created roles in various new ballets.<ref name=Lavery/> She is {{convert|5|ft|1|in|m}} tall, which is short for ballet dancers, so she was often cast as children or young characters.<ref name=Anderson/><ref name=Yorkshire/>
In 2019, Moore retired from performing. Her last role was as Older Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest daughter, in Cathy Marston's new ballet ''Victoria''. Coincidentally, she was 44, the same age as her character at the start of the ballet.<ref name=Nesbit>{{cite news|url=https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/arts-and-culture/new-ballet-tells-life-story-queen-victoria-through-daughters-eyes-79772|title=New ballet tells life story of Queen Victoria through daughter's eyes|work=The Bucks Herald|last=Nesbit|first=Heather Jan|date=12 March 2019}}</ref> She remains in the Northern Ballet as an artistic and learning assistant, and also works for Academy of Northern Ballet.<ref name=Lavery/> Moore was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to dance.<ref name=Lavery/>
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