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Olga Vyacheslavovna Smirnova (Russian: Ольга Вячеславовна Смирнова; born 6 November 1991) is a Russian ballet dancer. Formerly a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet , she is currently a prima ballerina with the Dutch National Ballet in Amsterdam , Netherlands.
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Oct 24, 2023 · As a young girl, Olga Smirnova had absolutely no dream of becoming a ballerina. However, she did go to kid’s dance classes, and when her mother heard by chance of an audition for the famous Vaganova Ballet Academy, an hour’s drive away from their home in St Petersburg, she asked the dance teacher whether her daughter’s physique was suited to ballet. The teacher was not very optimistic ...
Mar 16, 2022 · Pool photo by Ekaterina Shtukina/EPA, via Shutterstock. By Alex Marshall. March 16, 2022. Olga Smirnova, who has for over a decade been a star of the Bolshoi, the Russian company whose name is ...
Dutch National Ballet. Performances. Olga Smirnova - internationally acclaimed ballet artist, prima ballerina at the Bolshoi Theatre (2011-2022), principal of the Dutch National Ballet (from 2022).
Olga Smirnova. Born and raised in St. Petersburg. Studied at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet under the eminent tutor Lyudmila Kovaleva. Immediately upon graduating from the Academy in 2011, joined the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow directly in the soloist rank, and became prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2016.
Mar 16, 2022 · 16 March 2022. War in Ukraine. Getty Images. Olga Smirnova pictured performing in London in 2016. A leading Bolshoi prima ballerina, who recently denounced Russia's invasion of Ukraine, is...
Nov 29, 2022 · Olga Smirnova, the principal ballerina who joined Dutch National Ballet earlier this year, was voted the winner from a shortlist of twelve nominees curated by Dance Europe.
