Victoria Ananyan
First Soloist of the Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Dance Open: 2017
She comes from the family of ballet dancers. Her grandfather, Zare Muradyan, is one of the ballet founders in Armenia and her grandmother graduated from the then St. Petersburg Choreography College. Her parents are also professional dancers and ballet tutors, they trained their daughter until she turned 17.
Victoria continued the family tradition and entered the Perm Choreography College, that has recently turned into a breeding ground for the leading ballet companies of the world, in 2000. After the graduation she joined the Perm Ballet Company.
After her participation at the Arabesk Ballet Competition and Vaganova-prix in 2002 her talent became obvious.
In 2007 she joined the Dutch National Ballet where she performed first in the corps de ballet and then as a soloist. In the 2011/2012 season she performed with the San Francisco Ballet where she aimed to broaden her creative and technical skills.
In 2015 she joined the Ballets de Monte-Carlo by the invitation of Jean-Christophe Maillot.
She participated in the Dance Open Festival twice with the Dutch National Ballet: in 2014 in Hans van Manen. Master of Movement and in 2015 in Back to Bach. In 2017 Victoria will participate in the Dance Open Gala of Ballet Stars.