Irina Dvorovenko

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Irina Dvorovenko
Ірина Дворовенко
Born (1973-08-28) 28 August 1973 (age 51) [1]
CitizenshipAmerican [2]
Occupations
Years active19902013 (dancer)
2013present (actress)
Spouse Maxim Beloserkovsky
Career
Former groupsNational Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kyiv
American Ballet Theatre
Website IrinaMaxBallet.com

Irina Vladimirovna Dvorovenko [lower-alpha 1] (born August 28, 1973) is a retired ballet dancer and actress. She was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.

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Early life

Dvorovenko was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine) [3] and is Ukrainian-American. Her parents are dancers. She started with gymnastics before entering the Kyiv Ballet School at the age of ten. [4] [5]

Career

Ballet

In 1990, Dvorovenko joined the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kyiv as a soloist, and was promoted to principal dancer in 1992. [4] When she was touring with the company, she and her colleagues decided to bring as much food back home as possible. [5]

In 1996, Dvorovenko joined the American Ballet Theatre, and was promoted to soloist the following year. She became a principal dancer in 2000. [3] She had danced many lead roles at the company, including Odette/Odile in Swan Lake , Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty and Kitri in Don Quixote . [4]

In May 2013, Dvorovenko retired from ABT following a performance as Tatiana in Onegin , with Cory Stearns as the title role. She planned to perform as a guest artist. [3]

Dvorovenko now coaches younger dancers at ABT along with her husband, Maxim Beloserkovsky. Dancers they coached include Skylar Brandt, for her debut as the title role in Giselle . [6] She also runs a ballet intensive with Beloserkovsky. [7]

Acting

In May 2013, she made her acting debut as Vera Baronova in the Encores! production of On Your Toes at New York City Center. [8] Her performance received positive reviews. [9]

In 2015, Dvorovenko starred in Starz TV series Flesh and Bone , as Kiira, an aging prima ballerina. The show was choreographed by Dvorovenko's former ABT colleague Ethan Stiefel. [10]

In 2017, Dvorovenko appeared as a recurring character in the fifth season of The Americans . She played a Soviet émigré, Evgheniya Morozova. [5]

In March 2018 Dvorovenko returned to Encores! as Elizaveta Grushinskaya in Grand Hotel . [7]

She has also appeared in the television series Forever, The Blacklist and Power .[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Dvorovenko is married to Maxim Beloserkovsky, a fellow ABT principal dancer. [3] They have a daughter, Emma Galina, born in 2005. Dvorovenko is a naturalised American citizen. [2]

Selected repertoire

Awards

Source: [4]

Notes

  1. Ukrainian: Ірина Володимирівна Дворовенко, romanized: Iryna Volodymyrivna Dvorovenko

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