Iana Salenko

Iana Salenko
Born (1983-07-19) 19 July 1983
Kiev, USSR (now Ukraine)
Education Pisarev Ballet School in Donezk
Occupation Ballet dancer
Title Principal Dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin
Guest artist with the Royal Ballet, London
Spouse(s) Marian Walter

Iana Salenko (Ukrainian: Яна Саленко; born 19 July 1983) is a Ukrainian ballerina. She is a principal dancer at the Berlin State Ballet, and a guest artist with the Royal Ballet, London.

Early life

Iana Salenko was born in Kiev on 19 July 1983[1] and began dance lessons at the age of 12.[2] She received further training at the Pisarev Ballet School, Donetsk, from which she graduated in 2000.[3]

Career

From 2000 to 2002, Salenko performed with the Donezk Opera House as a soloist and afterwards as a principal dancer at the National Opera in Kiev. She joined the Berlin State Ballet as a demi-soloist in 2005, and was promoted to soloist in 2006, and to principal dancer in 2007.

Repertoire at Staatsballett Berlin

  • Vladimir Malakhovs "Cinderella" (Cinderella)
  • Vladimir Malakhovs "Dornröschen"(Princess Aurora)
  • Patrice Barts "Nussknacker" (Marie)
  • Boris Eifmans "Tschaikowsky"(girl)
  • George Balanchines "Tschaikowsky-Pas-de- deux"
  • Vladimir Malakhovs "Die Bajadere" (Vasentanz)
  • Grand Pas de deux "Le Corsaire"
  • Grand Pas de deux "La Esmeralda"
  • Patrice Barts "Giselle" (Bauern-Pas-de-deux)
  • Auguste Bournonvilles "Blumenfest von Genzano" (Grand Pas de deux)
  • Frederick Ashtons "Sylvia" (Tanz der Geißlein)
  • Giorgio Madias "Alice's Wonderland" (Alice)
  • John Crankos "Onegin"(Olga)
  • "Glories of the Romantic Ballet" (Pierre Lacottes "Le Papillon")
  • Peter Schaufuss' "La Sylphide" (main cast)
  • Patrice Barts "Das flammende Herz" (Harriet Grove, Shelleys erste Liebe)
  • George Balanchines "Ferrydole
  • Esmeralda (La Esmeralda)
  • John Crankos "Romeo and Julia" (Julia)
  • George Balanchines "Jewels" | Rubies
  • Nacho Duatos "The Nutcracker" (Clara)
  • John Crankos "Onegin" (Tatjana)

Guest Artist at The Royal Ballet

Salenko joined the Royal Ballet of London as a guest artist in the 2013/14 season to dance Kitri in Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote, followed by Odette-Odile in Swan Lake. During the 2015/16 season she appeared as Juliet in Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet, in George Balanchine's Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux,[4] as the Young Girl in Frederick Ashton's The Two Pigeons,[5] as the Sugarplum Fairy in Peter Wright's The Nutcracker,[6] and in the title role in Giselle. During the 2016/17 she is scheduled to appear in The Nutcracker, as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty and in the "Diamonds" section of Balanchine's Jewels.[3]

Galas and intitations

  • Taipei (Gala of Stars 2007)
  • Arnheim (Benefiz Gala/ Stiftung ARDT)
  • Essen (Sleeping Beauty)
  • Stettin (Gala 2006)
  • Innsbrug (Dance Festival Gala 2007)
  • Berlin (Malakhov & Friends)
  • Swizerland (Minsk-Ballet / Sleeping Beauty)
  • Grand Canaria (Staatsballet & Malakhov Gala)
  • Peking (Gala 2007), Japan (Gift from Malakhov 2008)
  • Tanzstiftung Birgit Keil (Gala 2008)
  • Mailand 08/09(Swan Lake, Nutkracker, DonQ)
  • Bilbao ( Lucia Lacara Gala 2009)
  • Singaure (evening with Paloma 2009)
  • Budapest (World Ballet Stars 21st century)
  • Brno (Gala 2009)
  • Japan (Malakhov & Friends 2010)
  • Zagreb (Odette/Odile 2010)
  • 2010 Bratislava Opera, Slovaky(Odette/Odile)
  • 2011: Gala in Riga, Karlsruhe, Kiev and Italy Essen Opera, Germany(Sleeping beauty) Florencia Opera, Italy (Don Quixote/ Kitri)
  • 2011 Munich Opera,Germany(Don Q kitri)
  • 2011 Zagreb Opera,Slovenia(Nutkracker)Suger plum
  • 2011 Bratislava Opera,Slovaky(Sleeping Beauty)
  • 2012 Rome Teatro Dell'Opera di Roma (Don Q Kitri) & Swan lake (Odette/Odile)
  • 2012 Moscow, Kremlin Theatre (Don Q Kitri)
  • 2012 London Covent Garden Opera House (Don Quixote/ Kitri hor of Carlos Acosta )
  • 2013 Word Ballet Festival in Japan
  • 2013 In Bucharest La Sylphide (Sylphide)
  • 2014 Guest with Mariinskiy Theatre St. Petersburg - Don q (Kitri)
  • 2014 Guest Almaty Opera, Kazakhstan, Swan Lake (Odetta/Odilie )
  • 2015 Guest with Royal Opera House London; Don q , Swan Lake, Romeo Juliet (McMillan)
  • 2015 Brno Opera Bayadere ( Nikia )
  • 2013- 2015 Principal Guest with Royal Opera House
  • 2017 Guest with Rome Opera House - (Premiere Michael Baryshnikovs DonQ)
  • 2017 Guest with Hong Kong Ballet ( Don Quixote)
  • 2018 Guest with Hong Kong Ballet (Swan Lake)
  • 2018 World Ballet Festival Tokyo

Personal life

Salenko is married to Berlin State Ballet principal dancer Marian Walter,[3] and they are parents of a son.[7]

Filmography

  • The Nutcracker (choreography: Vasily Medvedev and Yuri Burlaka, after Lev Ivanov), Berlin State Ballet, 2014: as Clara,[8] with Marian Walter
  • Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux (choreography: George Balanchine), Royal Ballet,[9] 2015, with Steven McRae
  • The Sleeping Beauty (choreography: Nacho Duato), Berlin State Ballet, 2015: as Princess Aurora,[10] with Marian Walter

References

  1. ↑ "Iana Salenko". deballet.com. de Ballet. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Duchen, Jessica (27 October 2015). "The Royal Ballet's star duo reveal how they've become the best pairing in years". The Independent. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Iana Salenko". roh.org.uk. Royal Opera House. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Monahan, Mark (27 October 2015). "Carlos Acosta's Carmen, Royal Ballet: 'a misfire'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Macaulay, Alastair (30 November 2015). "Review: 'The Two Pigeons,' Frederick Ashton's Look at Love". New York Times. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Norman, Neil (9 December 2015). "The Nutcracker review at the Royal Opera House, London – 'utterly delightful'". The Stage. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Duchen, Jessica (27 October 2015). "The Royal Ballet's star duo reveal how they've become the best pairing in years". The Independent. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Nutcracker by Vasily Medvedev & Yuri Burlaka". Mezzo TV. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Viscera / Afternoon of a Faun / Tchaikovsky Pas de deux / Carmen". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Sleeping Beauty". Film Festival Wiener Rathausplatz. Retrieved 22 December 2016.


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