Russian-born Ksenia started her training in Belorussian State Ballet College, followed by winning a scholarship at Prix de Lausanne to come to English National Ballet School. Her career started with English National Ballet and over the years she performed on the stages around the world including: Opera National de Paris (Palais Garner), Royal Opera House, Muscat, Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, London’s Royal Albert Hall and Buckingham Palace. Participated in gala performances in China, Singapore, India, Russia, Chile Greece, Sweden, Spain, Italy, France, Denmark, Latvia, Belarus among others, as well as participated in Closing ceremony of Olympics in London 2012.
At the age of 20 she danced her first Giselle and was nominated for English National Ballet’s Emerging dancer award. In March 2012 Ksenia had a title role of Firebird choreographed on her in the world premiere of Firebird by George Williamson, which brought her the Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for an outstanding performance. In 2013 was nominated for “Prix Benois de la Danse” best female dancer award and in 2018 she won “Dance Open” international Ballet Award in St. Petersburg. Ksenia created roles together with current choreographers such as Nacho Duato, Liam Scarlett, George Williamson, Alexej Ratmansky, Itzik Galilli, Yabin Wang and performed ballets by Kenneth Macmillan, John Cranko, Jiří Kylián, George Balanchine, Serge Lifar and Wayne Eagling among others.
In 2016 she joined Staatsballett Berlin as Principal Ballerina, performing leading roles in Nacho Duato's Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, the title role in ballet Erde created on her by Duato, as well as Rubies and Diamonds in Balanchine's Jewels, Giselle, Onegin, Don Quixote, La Bayadere and others.
photo: Jason Ashwood
