Victoria Ananyan
In short
joined Dutch National Ballet 2007
birth place Yerevan (Armenia)
career with Dutch National Ballet
second soloist (2012), (2010),
grand sujet (2009),
corps de ballet (2007)
previously danced with Opera- and Ballet Theatre (Perm, Russia), San Francisco Ballet (USA, 2011)
training School for Choreography (Perm, Russia)
biography
Victoria Ananyan, who returns to the company this season, was born in Jerevan, in Armenia, but trained as a dancer two thousand kilometres away at the Ballet Academy of the Perm State Theatre, in Russia. Alongside the Vaganova Academy and the Bolshoi Ballet School, this is one of the top three Russian dance academies. Following her training, Victoria danced with the Tchaikovsky Perm Ballet for four years, where she reached the rank of principal. She joined the Dutch National Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 2007, and was promoted to soloist in 2010. In the 2011-2012 season, she danced in the same rank with San Francisco Ballet.