Background
She was born on March 17, 1969 in Leningrad (now Street St. Petersburg), Russia.
She was born on March 17, 1969 in Leningrad (now Street St. Petersburg), Russia.
She graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in Leningrad in 1987 and joined the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky Ballet).
In 1990 she became a First Soloist. She left the Mariinsky in 1994 and joined the Dutch National Ballet as a principal. The Nutcracker (with Kirov Ballet, 1994)
The Sleeping Beauty (with Kirov Ballet, coached by Irina Kolpakova)
The Swan Lake (Dutch National Ballet, 2011).