Black Pearl de Almeida Lima

Black Pearl de Almeida Lima (she/her)

Badischen Staatstheater Karlsruhe (2013-2016)
Staatstheater Augsburg: Soloist (2016-2018)
Gauthier Dance Company (2018-2020)
Ballet of Difference at Schauspiel Köln (2020-present)

Black Pearl de Almeida Lima initially studied dance at Studio Márcia Belarmino in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2010, she was awarded a scholarship by the Birgit Keil Foundation after participating in the Seminário Internacional de Dança de Brasília. She then studied at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, a university for the performing arts in Mannheim, Germany.

After participating in the Prix de Lausanne, she joined Badischen Staatstheater Karlsruhe, where she danced from 2013 to 2016. Lima left the company to become a soloist with the Staatstheater Augsburg until 2018. She then became a member of the Gauthier Dance Company, where she remained until 2020. Currently, Lima is a member of the Ballet of Difference company at Schauspiel Köln.

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