Jurgita Dronina
Jurgita Dronina, Principal Ballerina with The National Ballet of Canada, International Guest Artist. Jurgita Dronina was born in Saratov, Russia and trained at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art in Lithuania and Munich International Ballet Academy in Germany.
Ms. Dronina was a Principal Dancer with:
- Royal Swedish Ballet (2005 - 2010)
- Het Nationale Ballet (2010 - 2015)
- National Ballet of Canada ( 2015 - current)
- English National Ballet (2017 - 2020)
Jurgita was as a Lead Principal Ballerina with English National Ballet since 2017 - 2020 , while remaining Principal Ballerina with National Ballet of Canada and sharing her time between two companies.
Jurgita has danced the entire classical repertoire as well as contemporary works and performed worldwide as a International Guest Ballerina with:
Teatro San Carlo, Arena di'Verona, Opera dell’Roma, Royal Danish Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, Hong Kong Ballet, Shanghai Ballet, performed on the world’s biggest stages in London, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Milan, Turin, New York, Washington - just to name a few.
Winner of Many international Ballet competitions:
Gold in France (2003), Silver in Moscow (2005), Silver in Helsinki (2005), Silver in Jackson (2006).
Winner of “Rotary International” Award 2008
Swedish-Danish cultural Grant awarded by Danish Queen Margrethe II of Denmark 2009
Winner of Prestigious Zwaan Award, for the role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty 2011
Winner of Prestigious Alexandra Radius Prize “Dancer of the Year” 2014
Winner of the “Theatre Award’s “ for the “Best Performance of the Year” in Toronto, for the role of Hermoine in Ch.Wheeldon’s Winter’s Tale 2016
Received the Order for the Merits to Lithuania, the Cross of Knight, by President of Lithuania, for distinguished merits in culture worldwide 2018
Benois De La Danse nominee for the role of Juliet in Nureyev’s Romeo & Juliet, for the role of Sylphide in Bournonville’s La Sylphide with English National Ballet 2018
Baltic Assembly Award in arts and culture, for contribution in culture and distinguished merits to Lithuania 2018
Nominee of “National Dance Critic’s Award U.K.” for the best female classical dancer of the Year, in 2018 in United Kingdom
Featured as one of the main characters alongside Karen Kain in Swan Song the Documentary Series and Feature Film (TIFF) & (BFI London) by CBC in 2023;
Repertoire
Nykia in La Bayadère - choreography; Makarova - choreography; Asylmuratova
Aurora in Sleeping Beauty - choreography; Sir Wright - choreography; Paul Chalmer - choreography; Nureyev - choreography; Sir MacMillan
Juliet in Romeo & Juliet - choreography; Sir MacMillan - choreography; Van Dantzig - choreography;Deane - choreography; Nureyev
Manon in Manon - choreography; Sir MacMillan
Kitri in Don Quixote - choreography; Ratmansky - choreography; Garofoli/Nureyev - choreography; Acosta
Medora in Le Corsaire - choreography; A.Fadeyechev
Giselle in Giselle - choreography; Oleg Vinogradov - choreography; R.Beaujean/R.Bustamante after Coralli/Perrot - choreograohy; Sir.Peter Wright - choreography; M.Skeaping
Odette/Odile in Swan Lake - choreography; Karen Kain/ Eric Bruhn - choreography; Natalie Conus - choreography; Anna-Marie Holmes - choreography; Peter Martins - choreography; Rudi van Dantzig - choreography; Patrice Bart - choreography; Sergeyev/Kovaliova/Kunakova - choreography; John Meehan - choreography; D.Deane
Swanilda in Coppelia - choreography; Ribaud - choreography; R.Hynd
Sugar Plum (Clara ) in The Nutcracker - choreography; P.Isberg - choreography; Wayne Eagling - choreography; James Kudelka - choreography; Terence Kohler - choreography; A.Panzavolta
Hermoine in The Winter’s Tale - choreography; Christopher Wheeldon
La Sylphide in La Sylphide - choreography; J.Kobborg/ A.Bournonville
- choreography; F.Andersen/ A.Bournonville
Cinderella in Cinderella - choreography; Christopher Wheeldon
- choreography; James Kudelka
Queen Sofia Magdalena in Gustav III - choreography; Patrice Bart
Esmeralda in Hunchback of Notre-Dame - choreography; Pär Isberg
Miranda in The Tempest - choreography; Krzysztof Pastor
Sylvia in Sylvia - choreography; John Neumeier
Blanche Dubois in A streetcar named Desire - choreography; John Neumeier
Manon in La Dame Aux Camellias - choreography; John Neumeier
Tatiana & Olga in Onegin - choreography; John Cranko
Paquita - choreography; Marius Petipa
Titania in The Dream - choreography; Frederick Ashton
Lead Woman, in Song Of The Earth - choreography; Sir. K. MacMillan
Lead Couple in Les Sylphides - choreography; Michel Fokine
Lead Woman, Red Hat Woman in Elite Syncopations - choreography; Sir. K. MacMillan
Olga in On The Dnieper - choreography; Alexei Ratmansky
Firebird - choreography; Alexei Ratmansky
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux - choreography; George Balanchine
Waltz & Russian Girl in Serenade - choreography; George Balanchine
2nd Movement & 1st Movement & 4th Movement of Symphony in C - choreography; George Balanchine
Diamonds & Emeralds in Jewels - choreography; George Balanchine
3rd.Sonata in Approximate Sonata - choreography; W.Forsyth
Lead Pas De deux in No Man’s Land - choreography; Liam Scarlett
Main parts in contemporary work by: Alonzo King, Mauro Bigonzetti, Christian Spuck, Krzysztof Pastor, Nils Christe, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Benjamin Millepied, Juanjo Arques, Hans Van Manen, Sidi-Larbi Cherkaoui, Rudi van Dantzig, Toer van Schayk, David Dawson, Jorma Elo, Guillaume Cote, Will Tuckett, Liam Scarlett, William Forsythe.
