Anna Ol

Anna Ol (born 24 June 1985) is a Russian ballet dancer.

Biography Anna Ol was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, to a family of an engineer and housewife. She started dancing at six years old in a small ballet school in Siberia. At the age of ten she started professional education as a ballerina at Krasnoyarsk Ballet College. she joined Ballet of Tatarstan in Kazan

Ol has worked with many choreographers, and works were created for her by David Dawson, Remy Worthmeyer and Juliano Nunes.

After becoming a mother in 2021, she participated in projects related to ballet and art. She has created designs and ballet costumes for the clothing brand La Principale dancewear, and helped to establish and promote the brand.

Ol was certified as a ballet teacher at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts in 2018. During the COVID-19 pandemic she organized training sessions to help ballet dancers around the world maintain their motivation and shape.

In 2020, Ol was invited as a Ballet Master in the Dancemasterclass project which creates master classes with famous dancers. During her pregnancy, she was filmed as part of a "Motherhood" documentary about pregnant ballerinas, by the same company.

Career and repertory Worked with ballet companies Source: Nikia “La Bayadere” A.Ratmansky (Berlin Staatsballet 2018), “5 Tangos” by H. van Manen, “Troix gnossienne” H. van Manen, “Replay” by Ted Brandsen, “Mata Hari” ( Mata Hari) by Ted Brandsen “Manon” ( Manon) K. McMillan

Semperoper Dresden

“Yugen” McGregor, “Vertiginous the thrill of exactitude” by W. Forsythe, “Swan Lake” by R.van Danzig (Odette-Odile), “Sleeping beauty” by sir P.Wright (Aurora), Pas de deux “Le Corsaire” M.Petipa, Pas de deux “Esmeralda” by Beryozov, “Tristan + Isolde” (Isolde) by D.Dawson, “Metamorphosis” N1 by D.Dawson, “On the nature of daylight” by D.Dawson, “Messa da Requiem” by C.Spuck, “Paquita” by R.Beaujean, “Don Quixote” (Kitry) by A.Ratmansky, “Dancers at the gathering” by J.Robbins, “Who cares ?” (fascinating) by G.Balanchine, “Embers” by E.Meisner, “After the Rain” by C.Wheeldon

Competitions

Grand prix Galina Ulanova ( 2008 Krasnoyarsk), Gold medal “Arabesque-2010” ballet competition in Perm, Russia, Gold medal “Miss-virtuosity” Danceopen festival Saint Petersburg 2018 “Dancer of a year” 2018, Dance magazine