Irina Dvorovenko


Irina Vladimirovna Dvorovenko is a retired ballet dancer and actress. She was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.
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Early life

Dvorovenko was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union and is Ukrainian-American. Her parents are dancers. She started with gymnastics before entering the Kyiv Ballet School at the age of ten.

Career

Ballet

In 1990, Dvorovenko joined the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kyiv as a soloist, and was promoted to principal dancer in 1992. When she was touring with the company, she and her colleagues decided to bring as much food back home as possible.
In 1996, Dvorovenko joined the American Ballet Theatre, and was promoted to soloist the following year. She became a principal dancer in 2000. She had danced many lead roles at the company, including Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty and Kitri in Don Quixote.
In May 2013, Dvorovenko retired from ABT following a performance as Tatiana in Onegin, with Cory Stearns as the title role. She planned to perform as a guest artist.
Dvorovenko now coaches younger dancers at ABT along with her husband, Maxim Beloserkovsky. Dancers they coached include Skylar Brandt, for her debut as the title role in Giselle. She also runs a ballet intensive with Beloserkovsky.

Acting

In May 2013, she made her acting debut as Vera Baronova in the Encores! production of On Your Toes at New York City Center. Her performance received positive reviews.
In 2015, Dvorovenko starred in Starz TV series Flesh and Bone, as Kiira, an aging prima ballerina. The show was choreographed by Dvorovenko's former ABT colleague Ethan Stiefel.
In 2017, Dvorovenko appeared as a recurring character in the fifth season of The Americans. She played a Soviet émigré, Evgheniya Morozova.
In March 2018 Dvorovenko returned to Encores! as Elizaveta Grushinskaya in Grand Hotel.
She has also appeared in the television series Forever, The Blacklist and Power.
She is set to star in the upcoming romance thriller Verity.

Personal life

Dvorovenko is married to Maxim Beloserkovsky, a fellow ABT principal dancer. They have a daughter, Emma Galina, born in 2005. Dvorovenko is a naturalised American citizen.

Selected repertoire

Created roles

  • ''The Brahms/Haydn Variations''

Awards

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