Anna Ol

Anna Ol ( born 24 June 1985) is a Russian ballet dancer.^[1] Principal dancer of Het Nationale Ballet (Amsterdam).^[1][2]

Biography

Born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in a family of engineer and housewife, Anna started her dance career at 6 years old in a little ballet school in Siberia. At the age of 10^[1][3] started her professional ballet education as a ballerina at Krasnoyarsk ballet college.^[2] After the graduation she joined the Siberian State Ballet in Krasnoyarsk as a soloist,^[1] and in 2 years was promoted to the rank of prima ballerina. After winning two gold medals at ballet competitions (2008, 2010)^[4] she joined Ballet of Tatarstan (Kazan)^[1] as a principal guest dancer, then Mikhailovsky Theatre (2011) in Saint-Petersburg^[1] as a guest dancer and 2012 Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko in Moscow as a principal dancer.^[5][1]

Anna joined the Dutch National Ballet^[1][5] in Amsterdam in 2015 and has since appeared as a guest ballerina across Europe, Russia, North America, South America and Asia. Anna has been considered as the best dancer of the year 2018 by Dance Europe magazine,^[1] which has also awarded her the Critics’ Choice for best performance on multiple occasions.

She’s been the recipient of Russia’s prestigious “Ballet magazine” Award (as a Rising Star)^[4] and a prize at Dance Open St Petersburg (The miss virtuosity).^[6]

Throughout all ballet career Anna has been working with many choreographers. A few works were created specifically for her by David Dawson, Remy Worthmeyer and Juliano Nunes.

At 2021 Anna became a mother of daughter. Besides being a ballerina and mother, Anna has participated in projects related to ballet and art. She has created different designs and ballet costumes for the clothing brand “La Principale dancewear” and helped to establish and promote the brand.

Anna is a certified ballet teacher (Moscow, Russian Institute of Theatre Arts GITIS, 2018). During the pandemic she organized several training sessions to aid ballet dancers around the world in maintaining their motivation and shape.

In 2020, Anna was invited as a Ballet Master in the “Dancemasterclass”^[7] project which creates Master Classes with the most famous dancers of our days. During her pregnancy, she was also filmed as part of a “Motherhood” documentary about pregnant ballerinas^[8] by the same company.

Career and repertory

Worked with ballet companies

Source:^[1]

• Siberian state ballet (2003-2011) Krasnoyarsk,^[1]
• Tatarstan state opera and ballet theatre (as guest 2010-1015) Kazan,^[1]
• Mikhailovsky Theatre (2011-2012) Sankt Peterburg,
• Novosibirsk Academic Opera and Ballet theatre (as guest 2015),
• Stanislavskyi and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (2012- 2015) Moscow,
• Het Nationale Ballet of Nederlands (2015–present),
• Semperoper Dresden (2017),
• Teatro Colón Argentina (2017),
• Staatsballet Berlin (2018)

Trained with ballet teachers(school)

Classical: Svetlana Mikheeva, Vera Surovceva( Vaganova academy)

Pas de deux: Alexey Pavlenko

Character: Natalia Michailova

Modern: Ekaterina Shaybina

Acting: Lidiya Ridkous

Repertoire (theatre):

Yukari Saito, Director of Tokyo Ballet,

Olga Evreinoff, Guest Teacher of Royal Ballet,

Yannic Boquin, Guest Teacher of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre,

Natalya Makarova ,

John Neumeier,

Lyudmila Shipulina (Teacher of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre),

Carl Burnett , Patricia Ruanne,Julie Lincoln from McMillan’s trust,

Elke Scheppers, Urtzi Arabanburu( Kilian foundation),

Ben Huys,

Patricia Neary , Larissa Lezhnina, Guillaume Graffine,

William Forsythe

Professional Stage Experience

Ballet college

Graduation performance

• Classic pas de deux, Tchaikovsky (choreography by Balanchine), 2003
• Pas de deux White swan “Swan Lake” (by Petipa), 2003
• Pas de deux Blue bird “Sleeping beauty” (by M. Petipa), 2003^[1]

Siberian state ballet

• Odette-Odille "Swan Lake" (by M. Petipa, L.Ivanov),
• Giselle "Giselle"(by Perro, Petipa),
• The Mistress of the Copper Mountain "The Stone Flower" (by Y.Grigorovich),
• Liza "La fille mal gardée"(by M.Peretokin),
• Kitry "Don Quixote" (by V.Gorsky after M. Petipa),
• Svanilda "Coppélia" (by Y.Malkhasyanc),
• Juliette "Romeo and Juliette"(by A.Bobrov),
• Aurora "Sleeping beauty"( by M. Petipa),
• Cinderella “Cinderella” (by S.Bobrov),
• Phrigiya “Spartacus” (by Y. Grigorovich) with Ivan Vasiliev,
• Marie “The Nutcracker” (by S.Bobrov after Vainonen)

Tatarstan state opera and ballet theatre

• Odetta-Odilia "Swan lake" (by Petipa, Ivanov),
• Giselle “Giselle” by M.Petipa
• Marie “Nutcracker” ( by V.Vainonen),
• Phrigiya “Spartacus” (by E.Koftun),
• Nikiya “La Bayadère” (by M.Petipa) with Kim In Kim (the principal of Mariinsky Theatre)

Mikhailovsky Theatre, Sankt Peterburg

• Giselle “Giselle” (by Perro, Koralli, Petipa),
• Kitri “Don Kixot” (by Gorsky, Petipa) with Leonid Sarafanov,
• Marie “Nutcracker” (by Boyarchikov),

Stanislavskyi and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre

• Marie ("The Nutcracker", choreography by V. Vainonen),
• Nikiya ("La Bayadere", choreography by N. Makarova) with Ivan Vasiliev,
• Manon (“Manon”, choreography by K. McMillan),
• Mary Vetsera (“Mayerling”, choreography by K. McMillan) with Sergei Polunin,
• La Sylphide (“La Sylphide”, choreography by P. Lacotte),
• Olga (“Tatiana”, choreography by J. Neumeier),
• Cinderella ("Cinderella", choreography by O. Vinogradov),
• Soloist (“Wings of Wax” and “Petite Mort” in choreography by J.Kylian),
• Snow Maiden "The Snow Maiden"(by Burmeister),
• First duet "In the night" (by Jerome Robbins).

Het Nationale Ballet

• “Giselle” (Giselle) by R.Beaujean after M.Petipa,
• Clara “Nutchracker” (choreography by Wayne Eagling –Tour Van Shayek),
• “Violine concerto” (2nd Area soloist) by G. Balanchine,
• “Theme and variation” (Main soloist) by G. Balanchine,
• “Apollo” (Terpsichore and Calliope) by G. Balanchine,
• "La Bayadere" (Nikiya) by N. Makarova,
• “Metaforen” (soloist) by Hans van Manen,
• 1st Pas de deux in “Adagiohammenklavier” by Hans van Manen,
• 3rd Pas de deux “Four letze lieder” By Rudi van Dantzig,
• “Penumbra” By Remi Wortmeyer,
• “You before me” R.Wortmeyer
• Swanilda “Coppélia” by Ted Brandsen,
• Soloist “Concerto Concordia”, “Cinderella” by Christopher Wheeldon,
• Soloist “Souvenir d’un lieu cher” by Alexei Ratmansky,
• Tatjana “Onegin” by Cranko,^[9]
• Nikia “La Bayadere” A.Ratmansky (Berlin Staatsballet 2018),
• “5 Tangos” by H. van Manen,
• “Troix gnossienne” H. van Manen,
• “Replay” by Ted Brandsen,
• “Mata Hari” ( Mata Hari) by Ted Brandsen
• “Manon” ( Manon) K. McMillan

Semperoper Dresden

• “Yugen” McGregor,
• “Vertiginous the thrill of exactitude” by W. Forsythe,
• “Swan Lake” by R.van Danzig (Odette-Odile),
• “Sleeping beauty” by sir P.Wright (Aurora),
• Pas de deux “Le Corsaire” M.Petipa,
• Pas de deux “Esmeralda” by Beryozov,
• “Tristan + Isolde” (Isolde) by D.Dawson,
• “Metamorphosis” N1 by D.Dawson,
• “On the nature of daylight” by D.Dawson,
• “Messa da Requiem” by C.Spuck,
• “Paquita” by R.Beaujean,
• “Don Quixote” (Kitry) by A.Ratmansky,
• “Dancers at the gathering” by J.Robbins,
• “Who cares ?” (fascinating) by G.Balanchine,
• “Embers” by E.Meisner,
• “After the Rain” by C.Wheeldon

Competitions

• Grand prix Galina Ulanova ( 2008 Krasnoyarsk), Gold medal^[4]
• “Arabesque-2010” ballet competition in Perm, Russia, Gold medal^[2][4]
• “Miss-virtuosity” Danceopen festival Saint Petersburg 2018^[9][1]
• “Dancer of a year” 2018, Dance magazine^[1]

Languages

• Russian: speaking
• English: speaking
• Dutch: understanding

References

Yukari Saito, Director of Tokyo ballet

Olga Evreinoff, Ballet master of The Royal Ballet

External links

• Dance Masterclass
• La Principale

This page was last edited on 8 October 2023, at 08:04