Photographer: Title image Walter Chin
Irina Dvorovenko
Principal Artist
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, Odette-Odile in
Swan Lake and the
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux. She also danced the pas de deux
Le Corsaire and
Diana and Acteon.
Dvorovenko's awards include a Gold Medal and the “Anna Pavlova” Prize at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow (1992), the Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition Serge Lifar in the Ukraine (1994), a Diploma and the Grand Prix in the Junior Division of the Ukraine Ballet Competition (1987), a Diploma in the Junior Division of the Moscow Ballet Competition (1988), a Silver Medal at the Jackson International Ballet Competition (1990), and a Bronze Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Osaka, Japan (1991).
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 Terpsichore and Polyhymnia in
Apollo, Mathilda Kchessinska and the Tsarina in
Anastasia, Nikiya and Gamzatti in
La Bayadère, the second movement in
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, the title role in Ben Stevenson's
Cinderella, Swanilda in
Coppélia, Medora in
Le Corsaire, Kitri and Mercedes in
Don Quixote, Giselle, Myrta and the peasant pas de deux in
Giselle,
Grand Pas Classique, His Memory in
HereAfter, Hanna Glawari and Valencienne in
The Merry Widow, the Sugar Plum Fairy in
The Nutcracker, the Operetta Star in
Offenbach in the Underworld, Tatiana in
Onegin, the
Paquita pas de deux, Cerrito and Taglioni in
Pas des Déesses, the Siren in
Prodigal Son, Raymonda in
Raymonda, Juliet in
Romeo and Juliet, the Lilac Fairy and Princess Florine in
The Sleeping Beauty, Coupava in
The Snow Maiden, Odette-Odile in
Swan Lake, the first and second movements in
Symphony in C, the
Sylvia Pas de Deux, Katherina in
The Taming of the Shrew, the
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, leading roles in
Études,
In The Upper Room,
Petite Mort,
Les Sylphides and
Without Words and a featured role in
Push Comes to Shove. She created a leading role in
The Brahms/Haydn Variations.
Dvorovenko is married to ABT Principal Dancer Maxim Beloserkovsky and they are the parents of a girl, Emma Galina.
Ms. Dvorovenko's performances at American Ballet Theatre are sponsored by Theresa Khawly.
Swan Lake 6/25/2007
The Sleeping Beauty pas de deux 7/10/2007
The Sleeping Beauty (excerpts) 5/14/2007
Le Corsaire Bedroom pas de deux 7/12/2007
La Bayadère 5/19/2007, 5/21/2007
The Sleeping Beauty 6/6/2007, 6/8/2007
Romeo and Juliet 6/20/2007
Irina and Maxim's website