A debut by Oxana Skorik

Oxana Skorik is instantly recognisable thanks to the  “chiselled” shape of her legs and her perfectly straight spine. Whether she is dancing the romantic role of Giselle or the proud Medora in Le Corsaire, her carriage, the angles of her head and flawless arabesques portray the aristocratic nature of a true ballet princess. “She has a naturally pliant torso, supple arms and exceptionally pointed feet, and she used her elegant carriage with fresh spirit,” was the glowing review given by the critic of The Los Angeles Times during the company’s autumn tour to America. At the same time, her plastique has a kind of naive fragility, vulnerability and, at times an almost student-like desire to please, which is absolutely ideal for the role of Masha who, travelling through all the peripetie of Hoffmann’s Christmas tale, is transformed a young girl into a fairytale princess.