Alina Cojocaru

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Alina Cojocaru (born May 27, 1981 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian ballet dancer . She was principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London .

Life

Cojocaru took dance lessons from early childhood, but never saw a ballet performance. At the age of nine she received a scholarship to the ballet school of the Kiev Ballet. Without any knowledge of the national language, she began her training, after a year she and her Romanian classmates were receiving Russian school lessons.

After training in Kiev she came in 1997 through a grant from the Prix de Lausanne of the London Royal Ballet School . In 1998 Cojocaru received her first engagement as a soloist at the Kiev Ballet. In 1999 she became a member of the Royal Ballet's soloist , and in 2001 she was appointed principal soloist. Alina Cojocaru has also appeared as a guest dancer with the Kirow Ballet , the American Ballet Theater , the Hamburg Ballet , the Royal Danish Ballet and the Hungarian National Ballet.

At the end of the 2013/2013 season, Cojocaru left the Royal Ballet. Her last performance on the London stage was on June 5, 2013 in Mayerling.

Cojocaru became the mother of a daughter in October 2017 and returned to the stage in February 2018. In December 2018 she appeared in repertoire performances of Nutcracker , Swan Lake and Manon at the London Coliseum .

Private life

Cojocaru lives with her fiancé, Johann Kobborg , also a principal dancer at the Royal Ballet in London. After she began dancing most of the roles with him as a partner, the two officially announced in 2005 that they were a couple. On her 30th birthday, Johann Kobborg proposed to her on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Their engagement was announced shortly thereafter.

Awards and honors

  • 1997: Prix ​​de Lausanne (winner)
  • 2002: Knight Medal of Romania , awarded by the then Romanian President Ion Iliescu
    • Critics' Circle Dance Award (Best Dancer)
  • 2004: Nijinsky Award (Best Dancer)
    • Prix ​​Benois de la Danse (Best Dancer)
    • Movimentos Dance Prize (Best Dancer)
  • International Ballet Competition in Nagoya (gold medal)
  • 2012: Benois de la Danse (best dancer) for her portrayal of Julie in John Neumeier's ballet Liliom
  • 2020: Dancer of the year for her performance of John Neumeier's version of Tennessee Williams ' play Die Glasmenagerie in Hamburg by Tanz magazine

Filmography

  • 2001: The Nutcracker (Klara)
    • DVD production by Royal Ballet London, Naxos Deutschland GmbH, choreography by Peter Wright
  • 2008: Giselle (title role)
    • DVD production by Royal Ballet London, Naxos Deutschland GmbH, choreography by Peter Wright
  • 2008: Sleeping Beauty (Aurora)
    • DVD production by Royal Ballet London, Naxos Deutschland GmbH, choreography by Monica Mason

Web links

Commons : Alina Cojocaru  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Royal Ballet loses Cojocaru and Kobborg - huge roles to jump into ( English ) guardian.co.uk. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ Ballet Zurich is "Company of the Year". August 19, 2020, accessed on August 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Cojocaru, Alina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian ballet dancer
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest