Nadia Yanowsky

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Nadia Yanowsky
Born
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
OccupationBallet dancer
Years active2002 - present
Current group Royal New Zealand Ballet
Former groups English National Ballet
Berlin State Ballet
Dutch National Ballet

Nadia Yanowsky is a Spanish ballet dancer.

Early life and family

Yanowsky was born in Madrid and raised in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. [1] She is the daughter of Russian ballet dancer Anatol Yanowsky and Spanish ballet dancer Carmen Robles, who both danced with the Lyon Opera Ballet. She is the sister of ballet dancers Yury Yanowsky and Zenaida Yanowsky. [2] She began her ballet training at a school run by her parents and won a silver medal and audience prize at the Luxemburg International Ballet Competition. [1]

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Career

Yanowsky began her professional career in 2002 at the English National Ballet. In 2003 she joined the Berlin State Ballet and was promoted to demi-soloist. In 2008 she moved to Amsterdam and joined the Dutch National Ballet as grand sujet, and was promoted to the rank of soloist two years later. [1] [3] In 2018 she joined the Royal New Zealand Ballet and made her debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy in Val Caniparoli's The Nutcracker . [1] [4] Throughout her career Yanowsky has danced lead roles in many classical ballets including Romeo and Juliet , Giselle , Carmen , Swan Lake , Paquita , La Bayadère , Les Sylphides , Cinderella , The Sleeping Beauty , The Nutcracker , Coppélia , The Rite of Spring and Le Corsaire , and lead roles in Balanchine works including Serenade , Agon , Symphony in C , Concerto Barocco , Symphony in Three Movements and Violin Concerto . [1] [5] Yanowsky has also performed in works by William Forsythe, Hans Van Manen, Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon, John Neumeier, Maurice Bejart, Uwe Scholz, Angelin Preljocaj, Rudi van Dantzig, and David Dawson. [1] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nadia Yanowsky". RNZB. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  2. ↑ "MoveTube: meet ballet's brilliant Yanowskys | Stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand Dance News – November 2017". dancemagazine.com.au. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  4. ↑ "The Nutcracker by the Royal New Zealand Ballet, DANZ". danz.org.nz. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  5. ↑ "A touch of Disney: Wheeldon's glossy Cinderella sweeps into London | by Bachtrack for classical music, opera, ballet and dance event reviews". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  6. ↑ "The best of British dance in Dutch National Ballet's Cool Britannia | by Bachtrack for classical music, opera, ballet and dance event reviews". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
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