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Anna Ol | |
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| Born | 24 June 1985 Krasnoyarsk, Russia |
| Citizenship | Russia, The Netherlands |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Ballet dancer |
| Years active | 1991–present |
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| Current group | Dutch National Ballet |
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Anna Ol ( born 24 June 1985) is a Russian ballet dancer. [1] She is a principal dancer in the Dutch National Ballet. [1] [2]
Anna Ol was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, to a family of an engineer and housewife. She started dancing at six years old in a small ballet school in Siberia. At the age of ten [1] [3] she started professional education as a ballerina at Krasnoyarsk Ballet College. [2] After the graduation she joined the Siberian State Ballet in Krasnoyarsk as a soloist, [1] and in two years was promoted to prima ballerina. After winning two gold medals at ballet competitions in 2008 and 2010 [4] she joined Ballet of Tatarstan in Kazan [1] as a principal guest dancer. In 2011 she was a guest dancer at the Mikhailovsky Theatre of Saint Petersburg, [1] and in 2012 she joined the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre in Moscow as a principal dancer. [5] [1]
Ol joined the Dutch National Ballet [1] [5] in Amsterdam in 2015 and has since appeared as a guest ballerina across Europe, Russia, North America, South America and Asia. She was considered as the best dancer of the year 2018 by Dance Europe magazine, [1] which also awarded her the Critics' Choice for best performance on multiple occasions.
Ol received the "Ballet magazine" Award (as a Rising Star) [4] and the 'Miss Virtuosity' prize at the Dance Open St Petersburg. [6]
Ol has worked with many choreographers, and works were created for her by David Dawson, Remy Worthmeyer and Juliano Nunes.
After becoming a mother in 2021, she participated in projects related to ballet and art. She has created designs and ballet costumes for the clothing brand La Principale dancewear, and helped to establish and promote the brand.
Ol was certified as a ballet teacher at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts in 2018. During the COVID-19 pandemic she organized training sessions to help ballet dancers around the world maintain their motivation and shape.
In 2020, Ol was invited as a Ballet Master in the Dancemasterclass [7] project which creates master classes with famous dancers. During her pregnancy, she was filmed as part of a "Motherhood" documentary about pregnant ballerinas, [8] by the same company.
Source: [1]
Graduation performance
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