• Born on 5 November 1979 in Novosibirsk - Russia
• Studied at the Ballet Academy of Novosibirsk
• 1996 : Soloist contract with the Bolshoi Ballet
• Was offered a contract for 2 performances of Swan Lake with the Hungarian Ballet
• Danced with the Vienna State Opera Ballet
• 2007 : Joined the Dutch National Ballet as Principal Dancer

Honours :

• 1995 : Silver Medal at the Prix de Lausanne
• 1996 : Bronze Medal and Nina Ananiashivili prize at the IBC in Perm
• 2007 : awarded the Alexandra Radius Prize

Interviewed by Dance Europe magazine (December 2010)

"Sleeping beauty, oh my God it was a challenge! I never could believe I would do Aurora because in Russia I was not the "type". Anna Tsygankova