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Ksenia Ovsyanick (Russian: Ксения Овсяник; born September 5, 1989) is a Belarusian-British ballet dancer former principal dancer with the Berlin State Ballet and currently an international guest performing artist.

Personal life

Born in Soviet Russia to a psychologist mother and an economist father. She has two older sisters, one an Israeli economist and a second, Alena Yiv Israeli actress and director.

Ovsyanick married artist Zdenek Konvalina in 2014.

Career

Ovsyanick started her ballet training at the Belarusian State Ballet College; following her win at the Prix de Lausanne competition in Switzerland, she continued her studies at the English National Ballet School in London and eventually joined English National Ballet in 2008.

A year later, she performed her first principal role Giselle for which she was nominated for English National Ballet's Emerging dancer award.

In 2012 Ksenia had the title role of Firebird choreographed for her in the world premiere of "Firebird" by George Williamson, which brought her the UK Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for outstanding performance.

In 2013 Ms. Ovsyanick was nominated for "Prix Benois de la Danse" best female dancer award, and in 2018 she won "Dance Open" international Ballet Award in St. Petersburg.

In 2016 she joined the Berlin State Ballet as a Principal dancer. In 2019/2020, she was also a guest artist with the Polish national ballet.

Over the years, Ovsyanick performed on stages around the world on all 6 continents and created roles with current choreographers such as Nacho Duato, Alexander Ekman, Itzik Galili, Alexei Ratmansky, Richard Siegal, Liam Scarlett, George Williamson, Yabin Wang while performing a broad repertoire of classical and contemporary ballets.

Parallel with performing on stage, Ovsyanick was famous for her collaborations beyond the stage with art galleries, artists, fashion designers, filmmakers and producing dancers' message during the early COVID-19 pandemic "From Berlin with love", which many dance companies worldwide responded to with creating their own.

Ovsyanick collaborated with British sculptor Simon Gudgeon who created a series of outdoor sculptures exhibited throughout the UK winning several awards.

Awards

• "PREMIO ECCELENZA DELLA DANZA 2023" Noto, Italy
• DANCE OPEN International Award 2018, ST.PETERSBURG
• BENOIS DE LA DANS 2013, best female dancer nomination, MOSCOW
• Outstanding classical performance, NATIONAL DANCE AWARD 2012, LONDON
• Prizewinner at the Beijing International Ballet Competition 2006
• Prizewinner at the Prix de Lausanne 2007
• Silver Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Harkov 2004

References

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2. "Ksenia Ovsyanicks Lehrer sagt: Aus dir wird nie ein Schwan - B.Z. – Die Stimme Berlins". www.bz-berlin.de (in German). 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
3. Mihaela. "Die zwei Gesichter einer Ballerina. Hartmut Regitz im Gespräch mit der Ersten Solotänzerin Ksenia Ovsyanick". Dance for You Magazine (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
4. Mayne, Jane (2018-05-31). "INTERVIEW: KSENIA OVSYANICK". WeekendSpecial. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
5. ^ Anderson, Zoe (2013-01-28). "The 13th National Dance Awards - winners". Dancing Times. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
6. ^ Иванова, Марина (2018-04-18). "Хрустальное признание". Известия (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
7. ballettlovers, Autor (2021-03-18). "I'm ready to put all the energy I can to make sure the world of ballet can and will still flourish". BLOG ABOUT BALLET AND DANCE (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
8. Redaktion, DNEWS24 (2020-09-05). "Staatsballett - from Berlin with Love". DNEWS24 - Demografie - Wir informieren, Sie entscheiden! (in German). Retrieved 2022-12-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
9. Ramsbottom, Tracey (2017-05-24). "Dorset sculptor Simon Gudgeon triumphs at Chelsea once again". SomersetLive. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
10. Redazione, giornaledelladanza (2023-01-05). "Premio Eccellenze della Danza edizione 2023 dedicata a Rudolf Nureyev". giornaledelladanza (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-02-10.
11. ^ "Benois de la danse: Ksenia Ovsyanick". old.benois.theatre.ru. Retrieved 2022-12-22.

• 1989 births
• Living people
• 21st-century British ballet dancers
• British prima ballerinas
• Prix Benois de la Danse winners
• British ballet dancers