Ulyana Lopatkina

Next one in the list of the best female ballet dancers in Ulyana Lopatkina. Ulyana Lopatkina was born on October 23, 1973 in Kerch, Ukraine. Ulyana began dance lessons at a young age and was accepted into the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg, where she studied the art of dancing with Galina Novitskaya in primary school and Natalia Dudinskaya in higher school.

Ulyana performed in the world's most prestigious theaters. The Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the Bolshoy Theatre in Moscow, the Royal Opera House in London, the Grand Opera de Paris, La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the National Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Helsinki, and the NHK Hall in Tokyo are among them.

Ulyana Lopatkina rose from humble beginnings as a gawky little dancer to become Russia's greatest ballerina and a national legend. Ballet rarely produces an artist who represents more than exceptional skill and a striking theatrical personality, and who comes to represent a kind of national aspiration. Galina Ulanova and Margot Fonteyn were highly adored, and it appears like Lopatkina will be as well.

Born: 1973
Nationality: Ukrainian