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Jurgita Dronina

Jurgita Dronina

Guest Teacher

The School of Cadence Ballet

The School of Cadence Ballet

Jurgita Dronina, Principal Ballerina with National Ballet of Canada and English National Ballet.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) and Het Nationale Ballet (2010 - 2015)Jurgita joined The National Ballet of Canada as Principal Dancer in 2015.She is also a Lead Principal Ballerina with English National Ballet since 2017 , but remains Principal with National Ballet of Canada.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 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 Prestigious Alexandra Radius Prize “Dancer of the Year” 2014Winner of Prestigious Zwaan Award, for the role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty 2011 Winner of “Rotary International” Award 2008Winner 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” 2016Awarded “Order of Merit, Cross of The Knight” , and “Baltic Assembly award” , for distinguished merits to Lithuania in Arts and Culture 2018Nominee of “National Dance Critic’s Award” for the best female classical dancer of the Year 2018Nominee of “Benois de la Danse Prize” for the roles of Sylphide and Juliet , in 2018

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