Prima ballerina Natalia Osipova presents Drive of Nature in NYC

Acclaimed worldwide as one of many biggest ballerinas of her technology, Natalia Osipova stars in a night of solos and duets unmatched for his or her virtuosity and sweetness – from all-time classics to sensible new ballets.

The Royal Ballet prima ballerina Osipova is presenting the US Premiere of Drive of Nature – a brand new programme from her personal Bloom Dance Mission -featuring dazzling traditional and up to date dance items in NYC.

The programme consists of classics just like the Act III pas de deux from Don Quixote (Petipa/Minkus) and The Dying Swan (Fokine/Saint Saens), in addition to a brand new piece, Ashes (co-choreographed by Osipova and Kittelberger), and items by British and American choreographers, amongst others. Full program to be introduced.

“I’ve at all times beloved to bop in New York,” mentioned Natalia Osipova. “It’s a really particular viewers who love dance. I’ve been lacking New York, and I’m so glad that I can come again in January with a brand new program, the place I’ve chosen items which I like from British and American choreographers, but in addition ones I’ve by no means danced in America, so I can share one thing new with the New York viewers.”

A proportion of proceeds from all ticket gross sales can be donated to the Ukrainian Reduction Effort.

About Natalia Osipova

Natalia Osipova is without doubt one of the most celebrated dancers of the trendy age, famend the world over for her distinctive mix of flawless approach and dynamic, fluid and deeply charismatic emotional interpretations in each classical and up to date dance.

A multi award-winning artist, Osipova is feted as a lot for her perfection in radical new dance drama as for her definitive interpretations of the good classical ballet roles and is universally considered some of the exceptional ballerinas of her technology.

In 2013 Osipova joined the Royal Ballet as a Principal after showing as a Visitor Artist the earlier Season as Odette/Odile (Swan Lake) with Carlos Acosta. She frequently seems as a visitor artist with firms world wide, together with La Scala and ABT in New York, to call simply two.

Since 2016 Sadlers Wells Theatre in London has commissioned two touring productions particularly for Natalia, “Natalia Osipova” (2016) and “Pure Dance” (2018) during which she appeared in a spread of classical and up to date items, some commissioned by and choreographed on her by essentially the most well-known choreographers from Alexei Ratmansky, Akram Khan, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui to Arthur Pita and Iván Pérez, amongst many others, and showing alongside long-term associate David Hallberg in addition to up to date dancer and choreographer Jason Kittelberger.

Osipova’s quite a few awards embrace Golden Masks for her performances in Within the Higher Room (2008) and La Sylphide (2009), Critics’ Circle Nationwide Dance Awards (Greatest Feminine Dancer, 2007, 2010 and 2014), Positano Dance Awards (Greatest Feminine Dancer, 2008 and 2011) and a Benois de la Danse Award (Greatest Feminine Dancer, 2008), UK Critics’ Circle Nationwide Dance Awards (Excellent Feminine Classical Efficiency – Giselle, 2022).

About Blooms Dance Mission

Blooms Dance Mission is the unbiased manufacturing firm based by Natalia Osipova and Jason Kittelberger. It has began with the thought of sharing dance works Natalia has skilled throughout her profession, from classical to 1’s created particularly for her. In an extended view the purpose is to determine a dance firm to create new works with a robust mixture of dancers and inventive workforce and thru worldwide touring to advertise the artwork of dance to the broader viewers.

Get Your Tickets

Date: Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 8pm at New York Metropolis Heart, 131 West fifty fifth St., NYC.

For extra data and to buy tickets: Tickets will go on sale September 13, 2022 by way of nycitycenter.org/NataliaOsipova or 212-581-1212.