Ksenia Ovsyanick

PRINCIPAL DANCER

born in Belarus

BALLET EDUCATION

1999–2005 Belorussian State Ballet College
2005–2008 English National Ballet School

COMPETITIONS | AWARD

2018 »Dance Open Award«, St. Petersburg /// 2012 »UK Critic's Circle National Dance Award«, Outstanding classical performance /// 2013 »Benois de la Danse«, Best female dancer nomination /// 2023 Premio Eccelenza della Danza

International ballet competitions:
2007 »Prix de Lausanne« /// 2006 Beijing International Ballet Competition /// 2004

Harkov International Ballet Competition

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« (Olga); Nacho Duato: »Por vos Muero« (»Doda | Goecke | Duato«);  Vìctor Ullate: »Don Quixote« (Kitri, Dyradenqueen); 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«), Anton Dolin: »Pas de Quatre« (after Jules Perrot), George Williamson: »Mesh« (duet), David Dawson: »Voices« (»Dawson«), Marcia Haydée: »Sleeping Beauty« (Princess Aurora), 

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

Guest performances: Opéra National de Paris (Palais Garnier), Royal Opera House Muscat, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Royal Albert Hall London, Buckingham Palace, Closing ceremony of Olympics in London 2012 and Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium

Gala performances: China, Singapore, India, Russia, Greece, Sweden, Italy, Latvia, Belarus, Oman and others