Olga Esina

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Olga Esina rehearsing for the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2012

Olga Esina ( Russian Ольга Есина ; * 1986 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) is a Russian ballet dancer . From 2004 to 2006 she was a member of the Mariinsky Theater Ballet . Since 2006 she has been the solo dancer of the ballet of the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper , since 2010 she has been the principal dancer of the Vienna State Ballet.

Life

From 1996 to 2004 Esina studied in her hometown at the Vaganova Ballet Academy with Lyudmila Kovaleva.

From 2004 to 2006 she was a member of the ballet of the Mariinsky Theater , where she was seen as Odette / Odile in Swan Lake , in the role of the Queen of the Dryads in Don Quixote and as the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty . In 2006 she moved to Vienna , where she has since performed as a solo dancer in the ballet of the Vienna State Opera and the Volksoper. Since September 1st, 2010 she has been principal dancer of the Vienna State Ballet.

She had television appearances with the broadcasts of the New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic and the opening of the Vienna Opera Ball .

In June 2014 she married the first solo dancer of the Vienna State Opera Kirill Kourlaev. In March 2017, the two parents had a daughter.

In 2017 and 2018 she took over the artistic direction of the Weltstar-Gala at the Vienna Volkstheater . In November 2019 she premiered with the ballet Jewels by choreographer George Balanchine .

Awards

  • 2006 and 2012: nominations for the Prix ​​Benois de la Danse
  • 2008: Prix International from Ballet 2000 magazine
  • 2014: Nomination for the Taglioni Award in the category Best Dancer

Web links

Commons : Olga Esina  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Olga Esina on the Mariinsky Theater website . Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Olga Esina on the website of the Vienna State Opera . Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ Roman Lazik and Vladimir Shishov appointed principal dancers of the Vienna State Ballet . APA notification dated October 10, 2010, accessed May 21, 2015.
  4. ^ "New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic" 2015 live on ORF - one of three major ORF music events of the coming year . APA notification dated December 29, 2014, accessed May 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ State Opera Stars: Olga Esina and Kirill Kourlaev got married . Article dated June 15, 2014, accessed May 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ a b Kirill Kourlaev and Olga Esina in conversation about dance, education and the “Weltstar-Gala” . Article dated October 21, 2017, accessed September 29, 2018.
  7. ↑ Volkstheater: Weltstar-Gala . Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ Verena Franke: Ballet review: George Balanchine's "Jewels" shine at the State Opera. In: Wiener Zeitung . November 4, 2019, accessed November 6, 2019 .
  9. ^ Olga Esina nomination - News - Vienna State Opera . Retrieved May 21, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Esina, Olga
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Есина, Ольга (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION russian ballet dancer
DATE OF BIRTH 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad , Soviet Union