# Nadia Yanowsky
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{{short description|Spanish ballet dancer}}
{{Infobox dancer
| name = Nadia Yanowsky
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| birth_place = [Madrid](/source/Madrid), Spain
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| former_groups = [English National Ballet](/source/English_National_Ballet)
[Berlin State Ballet](/source/Berlin_State_Ballet)
[Dutch National Ballet](/source/Dutch_National_Ballet)
| current_group = [Royal New Zealand Ballet](/source/Royal_New_Zealand_Ballet)
| occupation = Ballet dancer
| years_active = 2002 - present
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'''Nadia Yanowsky''' is a Spanish ballet dancer.
== Early life and family ==
Yanowsky was born in [Madrid](/source/Madrid) and raised in [Las Palmas](/source/Las_Palmas), [Gran Canaria](/source/Gran_Canaria) in the [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands).[{{cite web|url=https://rnzb.org.nz/backstage/dancers/nadia-yanowsky/|title=Nadia Yanowsky|website=RNZB|accessdate=2019-04-21}}] She is the daughter of Russian ballet dancer Anatol Yanowsky and Spanish ballet dancer Carmen Robles, who both danced with the [Lyon Opera Ballet](/source/Op%C3%A9ra_National_de_Lyon). She is the sister of ballet dancers [Yury Yanowsky](/source/Yury_Yanowsky) and [Zenaida Yanowsky](/source/Zenaida_Yanowsky).[{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/jun/27/ballet-yanowsky-yury-zenaida-nadia|title=MoveTube: meet ballet's brilliant Yanowskys | Stage|website=The Guardian|accessdate=2019-04-21}}] She began her ballet training at a school run by her parents and won a silver medal and audience prize at the Luxemburg International Ballet Competition.[
== Career ==
Yanowsky began her professional career in 2002 at the [English National Ballet](/source/English_National_Ballet). In 2003 she joined the [Berlin State Ballet](/source/Berlin_State_Ballet) and was promoted to demi-soloist. In 2008 she moved to [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) and joined the [Dutch National Ballet](/source/Dutch_National_Ballet) as grand sujet, and was promoted to the rank of soloist two years later.][{{cite web|url=https://dancemagazine.com.au/2017/11/new-zealand-dance-news-november-2017/|title=New Zealand Dance News – November 2017|website=dancemagazine.com.au|accessdate=2019-04-21}}] In 2018 she joined the [Royal New Zealand Ballet](/source/Royal_New_Zealand_Ballet) and made her debut as the Sugar Plum Fairy in [Val Caniparoli](/source/Val_Caniparoli)'s ''[The Nutcracker](/source/The_Nutcracker)''.[{{cite web|url=https://danz.org.nz/the-nutcracker-review|website=danz.org.nz|title=The Nutcracker by the Royal New Zealand Ballet, DANZ|accessdate=2019-04-21}}]
Throughout her career Yanowsky has danced lead roles in many classical ballets including ''[Romeo and Juliet](/source/Romeo_and_Juliet_(Prokofiev))'', ''[Giselle](/source/Giselle)'', ''[Carmen](/source/Carmen_(1949_ballet))'', ''[Swan Lake](/source/Swan_Lake)'', ''[Paquita](/source/Paquita)'', ''[La Bayadère](/source/La_Bayad%C3%A8re)'', ''[Les Sylphides](/source/Les_Sylphides)'', ''[Cinderella](/source/Cinderella_(Prokofiev))'', ''[The Sleeping Beauty](/source/The_Sleeping_Beauty_(ballet))'', ''[The Nutcracker](/source/The_Nutcracker)'', ''[Coppélia](/source/Copp%C3%A9lia)'', ''[The Rite of Spring](/source/The_Rite_of_Spring)'' and ''[Le Corsaire](/source/Le_Corsaire)'', and lead roles in [Balanchine](/source/George_Balanchine) works including ''[Serenade](/source/Serenade_(ballet))'', ''[Agon](/source/Agon_(ballet))'', ''[Symphony in C](/source/Symphony_in_C_(ballet))'', ''[Concerto Barocco](/source/Concerto_Barocco)'', ''[Symphony in Three Movements](/source/Symphony_in_Three_Movements_(ballet))'' and ''[Violin Concerto](/source/Violin_Concerto_(Stravinsky))''.[{{cite web|url=https://bachtrack.com/review-cinderella-wheeldon-tsygankova-golding-dutch-national-london-july-2015|title=A touch of Disney: Wheeldon’s glossy Cinderella sweeps into London | by Bachtrack for classical music, opera, ballet and dance event reviews|website=bachtrack.com|accessdate=2019-04-21}}] Yanowsky has also performed in works by [William Forsythe](/source/William_Forsythe_(choreographer)), [Hans van Manen](/source/Hans_van_Manen), [Wayne McGregor](/source/Wayne_McGregor), [Christopher Wheeldon](/source/Christopher_Wheeldon), [John Neumeier](/source/John_Neumeier), [Maurice Béjart](/source/Maurice_B%C3%A9jart), [Uwe Scholz](/source/Uwe_Scholz), [Angelin Preljocaj](/source/Angelin_Preljocaj), [Rudi van Dantzig](/source/Rudi_van_Dantzig), and [David Dawson](/source/David_Dawson_(choreographer)).[{{cite web|url=https://bachtrack.com/review-cool-britannia-dutch-national-ballet-2015|title=The best of British dance in Dutch National Ballet's Cool Britannia | by Bachtrack for classical music, opera, ballet and dance event reviews|website=bachtrack.com|accessdate=2019-04-21}}]
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