Elena Lobsanova

Early life and training Lobsanova was born in Moscow. Her father was a microbiologist. As a child, she and her family moved to Toronto. In 1997 and 1998, she danced the role of Marie in James Kudelka's The Nutcracker with the National Ballet of Canada.

In 2011, Lobsanova was promoted to first soloist. Later that year, she made her debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, making her the first person to have danced both Marie as a child and the Sugar Plum Fairy as an adult, breaking what was referred as the "curse of Marie" in the company, which stated that no one who portrayed Marie as a child ever danced the Sugar Plum Fairy.

In 2015, she was named principal dancer. Other roles in her repertoire include Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, the Sylph in Bournonville's La Sylphide, the title role in Giselle, Alice in Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Perdita in Wheeldon's The Winter's Tale, Kylián's Petite Mort and Ratmansky's Piano Concerto #1.

In 2020, Lobsanova left the National Ballet of Canada and joined the Miami City Ballet as principal dancer.