 Irina Dvorovenko
American Ballet Theatre
Born in Kiev, Ukraine, Irina Dvorovenko began her ballet training at
the age of 10 at the Kiev Ballet School. She joined the National Opera and
Ballet Theatre of Kiev in 1990 as a Soloist, rising to the rank of
Principal Dancer in 1992. Her repertoire with that company included
Gamzatti in La Bayadère, the title roles in Cinderella and
Paquita, Kitri, the Queen of the Driads and Mercedes in Don
Quixote, Giselle and Myrta in Giselle, the Sugar Plum Fairy in
The Nutcracker, Princess Aurora and Princess Florine in The
Sleeping Beauty and Odette-Odile in Swan Lake. She also danced
the pas de deux Le Corsaire, Diana and Acteon, and
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux.
Ms. Dvorovenko's awards include a Gold Medal and the "Anna Pavlova"
Prize at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow in 1992 and the
Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition Serge Lifar in the
Ukraine in 1994, a Diploma and the Grand Prix in the Junior Division of
the Ukraine Ballet Competition in 1987, a Diploma in the Junior Division
of the Moscow Ballet Competition in 1988, a Silver Medal at the Jackson
International Ballet Competition in 1990 and a Bronze Medal at the
International Ballet Competition in Osaka, Japan in 1991.
Ms. Dvorovenko joined American Ballet Theatre in August 1996 and was
promoted to Soloist in 1997 and Principal Dancer in August 2000. Her
repertoire with the Company includes Mathilda Kchessinska and the Tsarina
in Anastasia, Gamzatti and a Shade in La Bayadère, the Fairy
Godmother in Cinderella, Aurora in Coppélia, Medora in Le
Corsaire, Kitri and Mercedes in Don Quixote, Myrta and the
peasant pas de deux in Giselle, Valencienne in The Merry Widow,
Cerrito in Pas des Déesses, the Siren in Prodigal Son,
Rosaline in Romeo and Juliet, the Fairies of Benevolence and
Temperament, the Lilac Fairy and Princess Florine in The Sleeping
Beauty, Coupava in The Snow Maiden, the pas de trois and
Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew,
leading roles in Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, and Études and
a featured role in Push Comes to Shove. She created a leading role
in The Brahms-Haydn Variations.
Ms. Dvorovenko is married to ABT Principal Dancer Maxim
Belotserkovsky.
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