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YOUNG
STARS
BALLET
KSENIA OVSYANICK
PRINCIPAL BALLERINA with STAATSBALLETT BERLIN, russian-born Ksenia started her training in Belarussian State Ballet College, followed by winning a scholarship at Prix de Lausanne to come to English National Ballet School.
Her career began with the English National Ballet and over the years she performed on stages world-wide including: Opera National de Paris Palais Garner, Royal Opera House Muscat, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Royal Albert Hall London, Buckingham Palace, participated in gala performances in China, Singapore, India, Russia, Chile Greece, Sweden, Spain, Italy, France, Denmark, Latvia and Belarus. Ksenia participated in the Closing ceremony of the Olympics in London 2012.
In march 2012 Ksenia had a title role of Firebird choreographed on her in the world premiere of “Firebird” by George Williamson, which brought her the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for an outstanding performance.
In 2013 Ovsyanick was nominated for “Prix Benois de la Danse” best female dancer award. In 2018 she won “Dance Open“ international Ballet Award in St. Petersburg.
In 2016 she joined Staatsballett Berlin as Principal Ballerina, performing leading roles in wide repertoire of classical and contemporary ballets including Nacho Duato's and Marcia Haydee’s Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, the title role in ballet Erde created on her by Duato, Rubies and Diamonds in Balanchine's Jewels, Giselle, Onegin, Don Quixote, La Bayadere to name a few. In season 2019/2020 also performed as Permanent Guest Principal Dancer with Polish National Ballet.
Ksenia created roles together with current choreographers such as Nacho Duato, Itzik Gallili, Aleksei Ratmansky, Alexander Ekman, Richard Siegal, Liam Scarlett, George Williamson, Yabin Wang and performed ballets by Kenneth Macmillan, John Cranko, Jiri Kylian, George Balanchine, Serge Lifar, Krzysztof Pastor, David Dawson and Wayne Eagling among others.
