Victoria Glazunova
Photo: Jan Willem Kaldenbach

Victoria Glazunova

Élève

Victoria Glazunova enjoyed a rich education, successively at the Lviv Ballet School, Kiev Choreographic College “Kiyanochka” and the Royal Ballet School in London. After this, she joined the Young Ballet Program at the Bolshoi Theatre, where she was later offered a contract. During her training, Victoria participated in several competitions, such as the Grand Prix Kiev in 2016, where she won the People's Choice Award. In other competitions she received first and second prizes several times.

Victoria experienced her first international tour at the age of 15, when she danced various roles in Swan Lake, Cinderella and The Nutcracker in Switzerland, Germany and France. In the same year, she toured China with Swan Lake, performing the roles of Odette and Odile. In addition, Victoria had roles in many other productions, including The Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote and Carmen.

CV

With Dutch National Ballet since: 
2022


Career with Dutch National Ballet: 
Élève (2023), Junior Company (2022)


Previously danced with: 
Bolshoi Ballet (Moscow, Russia)


Training: 
Lviv Ballet School (Ukraine), Kyiv Choreographic College “Kiyanochka” (Ukraine), Royal Ballet School London (United Kingdom), Young Ballet Program Bolshoi (Russia)


Awards: 

  • 2018: Second prize classical and contemporary Youth America Grand Prix

  • 2017: First prize Junior Ballet Fest Lviv

  • 2017: Second prize contemporary (Junior group) Youth America Grand Prix

  • 2016: Second prize Tallinn International Competition

  • 2016: People's Choice Award & S. Bondur's prize Grand Prix Kyiv

  • 2015: First prize Mysl-Potok

  • 2014: Second prize Mysl-Potok

  • 2013: First prize Khrustal’naya Tufel’ka