Natalia Osipova became the prima ballerina of the Perm theater. Tchaikovsky will bring to Perm during his work in the Bolshoi Theater
Natalia Osipova is called one of the best ballerinas in the world. Having appeared on the ballet firmament, she quickly made a dizzying incredible career. But first things first.
How the future prima came to ballet
Natalya Osipova was born on May 18, 1986 in Moscow. At the age of five, parents sent their daughter to the gymnastics section. In 1993, the girl received serious injury back, and sports were out of the question. The coaches recommended Natalya's parents to send their daughter to ballet. From that moment on, Natalia Osipova and ballet became synonymous words.
Natalia completed her ballet training at the Moscow Academy of Choreography. At the end educational institution joined the troupe of the famous Bolshoi Theater. Her debut took place in September 2004.
Career at the Bolshoi Theater
Natalya Osipova immediately attracted the attention of the capital's public. All of Moscow started talking about her brilliant jumping-flights. And already in the first theatrical season, the ballerina danced many solo parts. She captivated the audience with her impeccable performance technique, fantastic lyricism.
In 2007, while on the triumphant tour of the Bolshoi Theater in London, on the stage of the world-famous Covent Garden, Osipova was enthusiastically received by the English ballet public and was awarded the British National Prize as the best ballerina of 2007 in the nomination " classical ballet».
Therefore, it is not at all surprising that since the fall of 2008, Natalya Osipova has become the leading dancer of the Bolshoi Theater. The ballerina rehearsed her leading roles under the guidance of the outstanding teacher Marina Viktorovna Kondratyeva. And there were not so few of them ... Medora, Kitri, Sylphide - these images were brilliantly embodied on the stage by Natalya Osipova. Giselle in her performance was especially remembered by the audience. In one of her interviews, Natalya admitted that this is her favorite part, and she seeks to open to the audience not just a beautiful fairy tale, but real story with emotions and feelings. In 2009, at the invitation of the American Ballet Theater in New York, the ballerina performed in the title roles in the ballets La Sylphide and Giselle at the Metropolitan Opera.
Since May 2010, she received the status of prima of the Bolshoi Theater. In the same year, on tour in America, she again performs on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera.
The creative life of the ballerina Natalia Osipova after leaving the Bolshoi Theater
Natalia Osipova is a ballerina who is not like the others. For her creative career closely followed by numerous fans. For them, the departure from the Bolshoi Theater of the great star couple, Ivan Vasiliev and Natalia Osipova, came as a complete surprise. In her interviews, the ballerina explains her decision by her desire to move forward and develop.
Since December 2011, Natalya Osipova has become the prima Mikhailovsky Theater. Here the ballerina is provided with excellent working conditions. In December 2012, she received an invitation to work with the London Royal Ballet. In the same year, Osipova takes part in a gala concert dedicated to the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
Currently, Natalia Osipova is the prima ballerina of the famous American Ballet Theatre. In 2013, she was offered a permanent contract with the famous London Royal Ballet.
Personal life and creative plans
Natalya Osipova, whose personal life is constantly in the spotlight, never ceases to amaze lovers of gossip. Her fans still remember love triangle which took shape at the Bolshoi Theatre. The ballerina broke up with her fiancé after he fell in love with the dancer Natalya then left for London. After her departure, Vasiliev and Vinogradova got married.
Today, the companion of Natalia Osipova is famous artist ballet At one of the press conferences in London, the star couple officially confirmed that they had an affair. Natalya Osipova also announced her departure from She decided to try herself in modern dance.
The forthcoming performance with the participation of Polunin and Osipova "A Streetcar Named Desire" aroused great interest. This is their first collaboration on stage. They had never danced together before. The premiere will take place in the summer of 2016 in London at the Sadler's Wells Theatre. Natalia will play the role of Blanche in the performance, and Sergey will dance Stanley.
Now Natalia is recovering from her injury. She also plans to return to the Royal Ballet soon.
Evaluation of creativity Natalia Osipova
Milan, New York, Berlin, Paris, American ballet theater, La Scala, Grand Opera - in a short period of time, Natalia Osipova conquered all the leading dance capitals of the world and performed with the best ballet troupes.
Her numerous awards, awards - all this is a natural continuation of her successful career. The L. Myasin Prize, presented in Positano, Italy, the Benois de la dance prize, the prestigious jury award of the competition " golden mask"- this is not a complete list of awards won by the ballerina.
Ballerina Natalya Osipova - about romance and adrenaline.
“I don’t have the most beautiful legs, and the figure,” admitted famous ballerina Bolshoi Theater Natalya Osipova.
"I don't twist intrigue"
"AiF": - Natasha, playing Kitri in Don Quixote, you violated all traditional ideas about this legendary role. But here's what I heard from the audience during the intermission: “There are a lot of flaws. But you can't take your eyes off it."
NO: - Osipova is not quite a classical dancer according to the concepts of the Russian ballet school. Now there are such standards: ballerinas are tall, thin, with a perfect line of legs. If you look at me, everything is different. I am not tall, not the most beautiful legs, and the figure as a whole. But I think talented person can and should be allowed to create something new. There is such a thing as "romantic ballerina". Strict, aloof. The most romantic ballets are Giselle and La Sylphide. No one in my life represented me in these parties: I have always been bravura, temperamental, with energy overflowing. But she danced both of these ballets in a row in one season. Now these roles I have - one of the best.
"AiF": - theater world- It's also behind-the-scenes intrigue. Using the "secret passages", many pave their way ...
NO: - I won't speak for others. It is easier for me to work in the hall than to run around and organize intrigues. And in general ... I think talented people must be good in nature.
"AiF": - 5 years ago on the Moscow international competition ballet you were given third place. This angered the whole room. They say that "bronze" is the consequences of your conflict with jury member Lyudmila Semenyaka. She was offended that you left her for another teacher.
N.О.: - I am convinced that I took third place because I did not prepare enough. But it was far from a defeat for me, but an impetus to work even harder.
As for Lyudmila Semenyaka, she is a brilliant ballerina and teacher. I respect her very much. We now have absolutely normal relations. Why did you leave?
It so happened. Some people cannot work with each other: a combination of circumstances, characters. But even during the time that I spent with her, Lyudmila Ivanovna gave me a lot.
Instead of a diet - scene
"AiF": - Natasha, you look atypical for a ballerina ... Short haircut, leather jacket...
NO: - I love thrash in everything. Black hair, dark nail polish, leather clothes, motorcycles. When I see them, adrenaline starts to play in my blood. I can't stand conservatism. Therefore, I will never be bored in my profession: I do not set limits and boundaries for myself in anything! My mother is worried: “Natasha, put on a dress, you will be like a girl, you are a ballerina. Why don't you grow your hair?" But I think you should look and act the way you feel comfortable. I love to jump, jump, have fun. Madly I love to dance in discos.
"AiF": - They say that ballerinas lead a half-starved lifestyle ...
NO: - Nothing of the kind. Ballerinas have such a load ... Mom feeds me, buys cakes, and other tasty things. But when I'm on vacation, I recover from doing nothing. Then you come to the theater and say to yourself: “That's it! Let's start working."
Russian ballet dancer Natalia Osipova was born in 1986 in Moscow. As a child, she did not think about ballet, preferring sports, namely gymnastics. But a very serious back injury received in 1993 forced me to make adjustments to my plans for life - now there was nothing to think about a sports career, but it was a pity to “burrow into the ground” the girl’s abilities ... the coach advised parents to send their daughter to a ballet school. Thus, the arrival of N. Osipova in ballet was almost accidental, but many years later the ballerina admitted: if it were possible to start life from the beginning, she would again come to ballet.
in the Moscow state academy choreography Natalya Osipova becomes a student of M. Leonova. She liked to realize at the age of ten that she had a profession, and at the age of eighteen she liked to feel like an established person who knew what he was working for. Natalya Osipova graduated from the Academy of Choreography in 2004, performed the part of Odette at the graduation performance - this performance was criticized mercilessly, however, the graduate was admitted to the Bolshoi Theater. She started as a corps de ballet dancer, but already during the first theatrical season she was entrusted with the performance of eight solo parts.
At first glance, the physique of Natalia Osipova was not quite suitable for success in ballet - this was especially true of her legs, but the ballerina managed to turn this shortcoming into a virtue: it was the “imperfect” legs that provided a magnificent jump - weightless, flying, with hovering in the air. With this jump, as well as her bright temperament and impeccable technique, the ballerina captivated the audience. In 2007, N. Osipova during English tour The Bolshoi Theater was enthusiastically accepted by the London public. The Guardian newspaper advised residents of the British capital to get to the performance with her participation at any cost, even if it means stealing a ticket or taking it away from someone with a fight. During these tours, N. Osipova was awarded the British national award in the Classical Ballet nomination, and in 2008 she became the leading dancer at the Bolshoi Theatre.
Under the guidance of the ballet teacher M. Kondratyeva, N. Osipova prepared many roles: Kitri, Medora, Sylphide ... But most of the roles that she received - with the exception of Kitri - invariably gave rise to bewilderment of those around her: "This part is not for Osipova," nevertheless However, the ballerina each time refuted such judgments with her performances. So it was with the Sylphide, and with Aurora in, and with Gamzatti in La Bayadère, as well as with the part that became especially beloved for the ballerina - with the title role in.
This role was given to N. Osipova by the choreographer A. Ratmansky, who believed in her. Throughout the stage history of the work, each ballerina who played the title role in it had a special Giselle, and N. Osipova also interpreted the image in her own way. According to the ballerina, she wanted the viewer to see not a beautiful fairy tale, but a story with real feelings and experiences, therefore, in her interpretation of the image, she leaned not towards romance, but towards realism, perceiving ballet as the embodiment of a dramatic image, and not as an opportunity. surprise the audience with spectacular technical techniques.
Giselle N. Osipova danced not only at the Bolshoi Theater - when she came as a guest artist to the American Ballet Theater, it was this role in ballet that became her debut. Her partner at the performance there was D. Holberg, with whom she also performed in other performances - in particular, in Sleeping Beauty directed by K. MacKenzie. After the performance of Natalia Osipova with D. Holberg at the Bolshoi Theater, this American dancer became especially famous in Russia.
The Bolshoi Theater is dear to N. Osipova, but the time has come when she felt that she had already performed the most interesting parts there, a new repertoire that could provide an opportunity creative development, is not expected. And the ballerina decides to leave the Bolshoi Theater. Simultaneously with her, her partner I. Vasiliev left the theater.
After leaving the Bolshoi Theater, the ballerina did not want to leave Russia, in 2011 she comes to Mikhailovsky. The dancer was attracted by the fact that in this theater, which has always been, as it were, "in the shadow" of the Mariinsky, there were many opportunities for development - according to her, "life was seething here, there were innovators, new interesting ballets were staged."
Since 2012, N. Osipova has been a guest artist, and since 2013, she has been a prima ballerina of the London Royal Ballet. Parts for her are created by leading English choreographers - W. MacGregor, C. Wildon, A. Marriott. In 2014, N. Osipova and I. Vasiliev presented a three-act performance "Solo for Two", created by three contemporary choreographers– and, by Ohad Naharin and Arthur Pita. Later, the ballerina becomes a partner.
N. Osipova considers classical ballet to be a kind of escape from reality: "A person touches the beautiful - and at least for a while forgets about difficult problems." In contrast, modern dance "drags reality onto the stage." According to the ballerina, both directions are equivalent: “Someone needs a fairy tale, someone needs a blow to the sickest,” she says. Having fully shown herself in the "fairy tale" of classical ballet, N. Osipova in 2015 turns to modern dance. In this incarnation, she appears in the performances of "Qutb" by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, "Silent Echo" by Russell Malifant, "Run Mary, Run" by Arthur Pita.
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Russian ballerina Natalia Osipova, is known as the prima ballerina of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, the London Royal Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre.
Natalia was born in Moscow in 1986. Masterfully mastering her body, from the age of five she became interested in gymnastics However, two years later, this type of self-development had to be abandoned - seven-year-old Natasha received a serious injury, excluding further studies. On the advice of the coach, the parents took the girl to a ballet school, where Natalya found herself and her business at long years. She later received professional training at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography.
The creative path of Natalya Osipova / Natalya Osipova
Ten years after the first exercise at the machine, Osipova was already accepted into ballet troupe Bolshoi Theatre. Four years later, she plays leading roles, and in 2010 she becomes a prima ballerina. However, wanting to develop further, in 2011 Natalia moved to St. Petersburg and there she became the prima ballerina of the Mikhailovsky Theatre.
At the same time, the ballerina takes part in foreign productions: she is increasingly invited to perform at the Grand Opera, La Scala, the London Royal Opera, the American Ballet Theater, and the London Royal Ballet.
However, despite the great demand in classical ballet, Natalia is increasingly looking towards modern dance. According to the artist, her injuries and the routine of ballet rehearsals led to this decision.
To the world of modern dance shows yesterday's ballerina enters not alone, but with her partner, the scandalous Sergei Polunin. Together they perform in a production of three one-act ballets on the stage of London's Sadler's Wells Theatre.
Natalya Osipova: “When we teamed up, many thought that I had gone crazy. I immediately began to give a variety of advice. But I have always done what I want. And if my heart tells me that this is what I should do, then I will do it.”
Osipova's new style of criticism is still being assessed as controversial and in need of improvement, but at the same time they do not lose faith that Natalya will still win the favor of the public in modern dance.
She is one of the most famous and titled Russian dancers, prima ballerina of the Royal Ballet Natalya Osipova will perform on the stage of the Kremlin Palace in Moscow on February 1 in the ballet "The Nutcracker of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theater. The ballerina spoke in an interview with RIA Novosti about this performance, shared her plans for New Year, announced her participation in the gala concert of the Bolshoi Theater, anniversary Petipa, about performances at the Mariinsky Theatre, on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera and Covent Garden, about his favorite partner and favorite ballet.
— You danced in the ballet The Nutcracker choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich at the Bolshoi Theater and in a production directed by Rudolf Nureyev at the Paris Opera. What is special about The Nutcracker by the Perm Theatre, which you will present in Moscow?
- I have not started rehearsing the performance yet, I have only seen video fragments of the rehearsals. But we actively discussed the concept with the choreographer of the Perm Theater Alexei Miroshnichenko. He has very interesting look on this work - he wants to express all the tragedy of Tchaikovsky's score, his Nutcracker is not only a fairy tale for children, but above all for adults. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote music of amazing depth, and we will try to convey this.
The stage of the Kremlin Palace is not the easiest platform for dancers. But as far as I know, all the scenery will be completely brought in, and Muscovites will see the performance in original form. And we will try our best to do our best.
— Natalia, you are the prima ballerina of Covent Garden, this season you have become the prima ballerina of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre. How did this idea come about and how did it happen?
- everything happened naturally. I came to Perm several times with my performances, I really like this place, this theater and the wonderful team that has now formed in this theater. And when they made me an offer, I accepted with great pleasure. Now we are preparing my first premiere - the ballet "The Nutcracker", and I really hope that this season in Perm there will also be "Don Quixote" with my participation. True, we will no longer take this performance to Moscow.
- The Bolshoi Theater is always glad to see you and invites you, your many fans are waiting for you and want to see you on main stage in Moscow. Are you still going to find an opportunity and perform at the Bolshoi Theater?
- Yes, indeed, we are constantly negotiating, but it’s impossible to agree on dates because of my busy schedule. However, in the new year, I still hope to appear on the stage of the Bolshoi in early June as part of a gala concert dedicated to Marius Petipa.
- I would like to know about your plans for the next year. Where will you dance and in what ballets? Will there be performances in Russia?
- One of the most long-awaited events for me is the play "The Legend of Love" choreographed by Yuri Grigorovich at the Mariinsky Theater, which will take place on February 16th. I will also dance "Giselle" and "Manon" in Covent Garden. This is my first time dancing with David Hallberg. This is my favorite partner, he was on sick leave for three years, I have been waiting for him for a very long time, and now, finally, my old dream will come true. In May I will perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. I worked there for five years, but then I moved to London and didn't perform there for a long time. On my birthday, May 18, I will dance my beloved Giselle there. And, of course, my speech in Moscow on February 1 in the Kremlin. I have not performed in Moscow for a very long time, I miss this city and the public. I am sure that there will be a full house in the Kremlin.
- You are a world-famous ballerina, choreographers create their works especially for you. But didn't you have the desire to act as a director?
— It is always interesting for me to try everything new, I love classical ballet and modern dance in its various manifestations. And I even already tried to put a few numbers. But still, I am first and foremost a dancer, an interpreter, and as long as I can dance, I will dance.
