Most of us have heard of a young ballet dancer named Natalia Osipova, although I don't think a ton of us know a lot about her. Her middle name is Petrovna, she's 27 years old, she trained at Bolshoi and is now a principal dancer at Mikhailovsky Theater, she is most famous for her performance in Don Quixote as Kitri, and she's set to dance at The Royal Ballet for the 13/14 season. That shows a lot about her dance career, but not about her personality or life.
Osipova is famous not only for playing Kitri, nor for winning the 2003 Grand Prix, but also for her grand and graceful leaps. not many know that she began her career as a gymnast when she was only five. She never would've become a dancer, but when she injured her back at age eight and couldn't continue training, her mother enrolled her in dance to distract her. She ended up loving it, and is now at the top.
In addition to being a former gymnast which helps her with flexibility and strength, she also shares her May 18th birthday with the famous Margot Fonteyn. This shared birthday is only a coincidence, although it's also a very good omen for Natalia.
Natalia is not only an amazing ballerina, she is also great at building relationships. Natalia is betrothed to Ivan Vasiliev, her partner dancer. They're not sure when they're going to get married, but when they do I'll update this post.
Finally, Natalia didn't spend all of her childhood in Russia, she actually spent some time in Israel and even visited after her family moved to Russia.
That's all I've got time to write about today, although I could really go on and on and even fangirl and Natalia, but I've got to go. I'm going to see fireworks, comment what you did for July 4th!
Check here for a ton of pictures of Natalia: Osipova
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