Ksenia Ovsyanick
born in Belarus
Ballet Education
1999–2005 Belorussian State Ballet College
2005–2008 English National Ballet School
Engagements
2008–2016 English National Ballet /// since 2016 Staatsballett Berlin
Repertory
Marius Petipa and Derek Deane: Swan Lake (Odette/Odile); Kenneth McMillan: Sleeping Beauty (Aurora/Lilac fairy), Elite Syncopations (Stop Time Rag girl); Marius Petipa and Anne-Marie Holmes: Le Corsaire (Medora/Guilnaire); Mary Skeaping: Giselle (title role); John Cranko: Onegin (Olga); George Williamson: Firebird (title role); Yabin Wang: Medea (title role); Wayne Eagling: The Nutcracker (Clara); George Williamson and Michail Fokin: Scheherazade (Zobeïda); Jiří Kylián: Petite Mort; Itzik Galili: The earth shall bear again; Liam Scarlet: No Man's Land (Second pas de deux); Michail Fokin: Le Spectre de la rose, Dying Swan
Repertory in Berlin
Nacho Duato: The Nutcracker (Clara), Sleeping Beauty (Aurora); Patrice Bart: Giselle (Giselle); George Balanchine: Jewels (Diamonds Pas de deux, Rubies Pas de deux); Jiři Kylián: Petite Mort (Duato | Kylián | Naharin); Nacho Duato: Erde (Duato | Shechter); John Cranko: Onegin (Tatyana); Nacho Duato: Por vos Muero (Doda | Goecke | Duato); Víctor Ullate: Don Quixote (Kitri); Nacho Duato: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet); George Balanchine: Theme and Variations (Balanchine | Forsythe | Siegal); Richard Siegal: Oval (Balanchine | Forsythe | Siegal); Yuri Burlaka und Vasily Medvedev: The Nutcracker (Clara); Alexei Ratmansky: La Bayadère (Nikiya, Gamzatti); Alexander Ekman: LIB (Ekman | Eyal), Cacti; Anton Dolin: Pas de Quatre (after Jules Perrot); George Williamson: Mesh (duet); David Dawson: Voices (Dawson); Marcia Haydée: Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora); Christian Spuck: Messa da Requiem; Marco Goecke: Petruschka (Ballerina);
Competitions | Award
2023 Premio Eccelenza della Danza /// 2018 Dance Open Award, St. Petersburg /// 2013 Benois de la Danse, Best female dancer nomination /// 2012 UK Critic's Circle National Dance Award, Outstanding classical performance /// 2007 Prix de Lausanne /// 2006 Beijing International Ballet Competition /// 2004 Harkov International Ballet Competition
Other Achievements
Guest performances: Opéra National de Paris (Palais Garnier), Royal Opera House Muscat, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, National Centre for Performing arts in Beijing, Teatro Antiko di Taormina, Royal Albert Hall London, Buckingham Palace, Closing ceremony of Olympics in London 2012.
BA (Hons) Business and Economics - 2017, Open University, UK