Sunday 2 December 2012

World Pole Dance Championship

World Pole Dance Championship Biography

 Elena trained at The National Ballet School of Canada where she was awarded 4 years' full-time scholarship. Graduating in 1995, she won the "Excellence in Dance" Oondatje Foundation Award, the Peter Dwyer Prize and the Ambrosoli Arts Foundation Scholarship and became a member of The National Ballet of Canada under the direction of Reid Anderson and later, James Kudelka. In 1996 Elena won the first prize at the Professional Young Dancers Competition in Pinerolo and Udine, Italy. Then, in 1998 she joined The Bavarian State Ballet in Germany lead by Check director and former principal dancer with the Hamburg Ballet Ivan Liska.

Her repertory includes Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, La Bayadere, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Don Quixote, Onegin, Manon, The Merry Widow, Romeo And Juliette, Coppelia, Paquita, La Fille Mal Gardee, Concerto Barocco, Episodes, Four Temperaments, Serenade, Theme And Variations, The Second Detail, Artifact 2, Washington Square, Les Sylphides, The Red Shoes, Elite Syncopations, Tales of the Arabian Nights: The Story of Abdallah, Terra Firma, Grand-Maître's Emma B, and Lady of the Camellias. In March 2000 Elena was involved in a serious car accident, which resulted in her retiring from the company and led to her discovery of pole dancing and the start of a more contemporary dance career following her full recovery.

In 2001 Elena became a freelance solo artist and choreographer, exploring modern dance and in particular pole dancing, traveling worldwide and captivating audiences with her unique and original shows, combining the elegance of classical ballet, extreme flexibility and acrobatic pole work.  Touring to Austria, Belgium, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland Elena performed her choreographed repertory The Arabian Nights, Black Swan & Rock, Moulin Rouge, Tango De Roxanne, Wild Wild West, The Matrix, James Bond and Kill Bill.

World Pole Dance Championship
World Pole Dance Championship
World Pole Dance Championship
World Pole Dance Championship
World Pole Dance Championship
World Pole Dance Championship
 World Pole Dance Championship
World Pole Dance Championship
World Pole Dance Championship
World Pole Dance Championship
 World Pole Dance Championship
World Pole Dance Championship

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