Jurgita Dronina
In short
joined Dutch National Ballet 2010
birth place Saratov (Russia)
career with Dutch National Ballet
principal (2010)
guest (february 2010)
previously danced with Royal Ballet of Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden)
training
National Art Academy (Vilnius, Lithuania),
Munich Ballet Academy (Munich, Germany)
awards
International Ballet Competition 2003 (Grasse, France) (1st),
International Ballet Competition 2005 (Helsinki, Finland) (2nd),
International Ballet Competition 2005 (Moscow, Russia) (2nd),
International Ballet Competition 2006 (Jackson, U.S.A. (2nd),
Louis Gallodier Grant 2007,
Rotary International Award 2008,
Dutch Swan 2011
biography
In 2010, Jurgita Dronina (Saratov, Russia) danced several performances of Kitri in the Dutch National Ballet’s new production of Don Quichotte as a guest artist, after which artistic director Ted Brandsen offered her a contract. Before that, Jurgita danced with the Royal Swedish Ballet. She was trained at the National Ballet Art Academy in Vilnius (Lithuania) and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich. She has won several international dance awards, including first prize at the Grasse Ballet Competition in France. The British magazine Dance Europe nominated her ‘outstanding dancer of the year 2010’ for the lead role in Romeo & Juliette with the Royal Swedish Ballet. Last spring, Jurgita received the Expressivity Award at the international dance festival Dance Open in St. Petersburg, and at the beginning of 2011 she was rewarded the Merit Prize of the Premio Internazionale ApuliArte (Italy).
zwaan 2011
In October Jurgita was awarded the Zwaan 2011 for 'best achievement'. The award is initiated by the VSCD, that joins members of theatres all over the Netherlands.
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