Olga Esina is originally from Russia, but she's best known as a dancer in Austria.
Born and raised in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). she studied at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in her hometown and was a member of the Mariinsky Theatre Ballet. In 2006 - at the age of twenty - Ms. Esina she joined the Vienna State Ballet ballet of the Vienna State Opera and Volksoper as a soloist and was promoted to first soloist four years later.
Her repertoire in Vienna includes roles, such as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Princess Aurora in Peter Wright's version of The Sleeping Beauty," the title role in ballets such as in Kenneth MacMillan's Manon, and Anna Karenina," Bella in Roland Petit's Die Fledermaus, and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, among many, many others.
Ms. Esina has also performed in France, Argentina, Germany, Spain, and the United States as well. You might see her this coming January 1, when PBS airs the annual Vienna Philharmonic New Year's concert, along with performances from - you guessed it - the Vienna State Ballet.
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