Elena Lobsanova

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Elena Lobsanova
Born1985or1986(age 37–38)
Moscow, USSR
Education Canada's National Ballet School
Occupationballet dancer
Years active2004–present
Career
Current group Miami City Ballet
Former groups National Ballet of Canada

Elena Lobsanova (born 1985or1986) [1] is a Russian-Canadian [2] ballet dancer. She joined the National Ballet of Canada in 2004 and was promoted to principal dancer in 2015. In 2020, she joined the Miami City Ballet.

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Early life and training

Lobsanova was born in Moscow. Her father was a microbiologist. As a child, she and her family moved to Toronto. [3] [4] She did not dance in Russia, and started her ballet training in 1996, when she was nine, at the outreach program of Canada's National Ballet School. In fifth grade, she started attending the school full-time, where she studied both ballet and academics. [3] [5] In 1997 and 1998, she danced the role of Marie in James Kudelka's The Nutcracker with the National Ballet of Canada. [4] At the school's spring showcase in 2004, Lobsanova was chosen to dance Odette in the second act of Swan Lake . In preparation for the performance, she was coached by Karen Kain, then the artistic associate and former principal dancer of the National Ballet. [3]

Career

In 2004, when Lobsanova was seventeen, she was offered an apprenticeship with the National Ballet of Canada, after she completed both professional ballet training and high school. Although Mavis Staines, the artistic director of the school, wanted her to train for another year, Lobsanova accepted the contract. [3] The following year, she injured her second metatarsal bone. [5] She was later promoted to second soloist. [5] In 2009, Lobsanova and Noah Long were chosen to represent the company at the Erik Bruhn Prize. [6]

In 2011, Lobsanova was promoted to first soloist. [5] She was then chosen by Alexei Ratmansky to dance the world premiere of his version of Romeo and Juliet as Juliet. [7] Later that year, she made her debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, making her the first person to have danced both Marie as a child and the Sugar Plum Fairy as an adult, breaking what was referred as the "curse of Marie" in the company, which stated that no one who portrayed Marie as a child ever danced the Sugar Plum Fairy. [4]

In 2015, she was named principal dancer. [8] Other roles in her repertoire include Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty , [9] the Sylph in Bournonville's La Sylphide , [10] the title role in Giselle , Alice in Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , [11] Perdita in Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale , [12] Kylián's Petite Mort and Ratmansky's Piano Concerto #1. [13]

In 2020, Lobsanova left the National Ballet of Canada and joined the Miami City Ballet as principal dancer. [14] [15]

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  2. ↑ Erwin, Sean (September 27, 2020). "Miami City Ballet canceled its live anniversary season. But the dancing continues" . Miami Herald.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Crabb, Michael (July 25, 2007). "On the Rise: Elena Lobsanova". Dance Magazine.
  4. 1 2 3 Crabb, Michael (December 2, 2011). "Sugar Plum dreams and the curse of Marie". Toronto Star.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Landau, Emily (October 5, 2011). "Best of Fall #5: How the National Ballet's Elena Lobsanova is preparing for her big debut in Romeo and Juliet". Toronto Life.
  6. ↑ "National Ballet's Lobsanova, Long to vie for Erik Bruhn Prize". CBC. January 26, 2009.
  7. ↑ Cameron, Kelly (November 11, 2011). "BWW Interviews: Elena Lobsanova talks the World Premiere of Romeo and Juliet". BroadwayWorld.
  8. ↑ Hudson, Kathryn (February 14, 2017). "Women We Love: Elena Lobsanova". The Kit.
  9. ↑ Schabas, Martha (March 6, 2018). "How the National Ballet's Elena Lobsanova transforms on stage". The Globe and Mail.
  10. ↑ Bonfield, Stephan (March 11, 2016). "National Ballet's La Sylphide Brings History To Life". Ludwig Van.
  11. ↑ Asselin, Sienna Vittoria (June 15, 2016). "Ballerina Elena Lobsanova on the Enduring Power of Giselle". S Magazine.
  12. ↑ "Casting Announced for National Ballet's The Winter's Tale". BroadwayWorld. October 17, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Principal Casting Announced for The National Ballet of Canada's Etudes, Piano Concerto #1 and Petite Mort". BroadwayWorld. November 19, 2019.
  14. ↑ Escoyne, Courtney (July 2, 2020). "News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in May and June 2020". Dance Magazine.
  15. ↑ "The National Ballet of Canada Announces 2020/21 Season Roster". BroadwayWorld. September 23, 2020.
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