Zenaida Yanowsky reflects on 23 years with The Royal Ballet

Principal of The Royal Ballet since 2001, Zenaida Yanowsky is a real cornerstone of the Company. Here, she is interviewed by another legend of the business, Darcey Bussell, who spent almost 20 years as a Principal with The Royal Ballet.

The pair talk about a life and career with The Royal Ballet, from favourite performances and roles through to their thoughts on the Ashton triple bill in which Yanowsky dances dance the role of Marguerite in Marguerite and Armand.

The Ashton triple bill, featuring The Dream, Symphonic Variations, and Marguerite and Armand, is a collection of works by Frederick Ashton, Founder Choreographer of The Royal Ballet.

Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/ashton

Yanowsky was born in Lyon and raised in Spain. She trained with Anatol Yanowsky and Carmen Robles. After winning a silver medal at Varna in 1991 she joined Paris Opera Ballet. Further awards included gold medals at the 1993 European Young Dancers Competition and the 1994 Jackson International Ballet Competition. She has performed leading roles in the classical, dramatic and contemporary repertories, and has created roles for and worked with choreographers including Mark Baldwin, Kim Brandstrup, Christopher Bruce, Siobhan Davies, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Flemming Flindt, William Forsythe, Javier De Frutos, Jiří Kylián, Cathy Marston, Ashley Page, Alexei Ratmansky, Liam Scarlett, Glen Tetley, Twyla Tharp, Will Tuckett and Christopher Wheeldon (including Mother/Queen of Hearts (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland) and Paulina (The Winter’s Tale for The Royal Ballet).

Yanowsky features in the short dance films Duet and The Sandman (Channel 4) and Riot at the Rite (BBC). She has collaborated with Tuckett to create work for the Whitechapel Gallery and Tate Modern. Her many awards include Outstanding Female Performance (Classical) at the 2016 National Dance Awards for Elizabeth.

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