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Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013
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Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013

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  • Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013<br /> <br /> Irina embraces husband Max as daughter Emma looks on in the post performance celebration of Irina's final ABT performance. <br /> <br /> It was an honor to be at Irina’s final ABT performance, as Tatiana in Onegin. I always enjoyed watching Irina since she joined ABT in 1996, so it was sad to see her go. She was always expressive when dancing diverse roles-from a cocky, coquettish Kitri in Don Quixote to an anguished young lover in Romeo and Juliet. I enjoyed her great athleticism typified by a fouetté sequence in Don Quixote consisting of a series of alternating single and double fouettés with the double pirouettes capped by one arm en haut (arm above head) holding a Spanish fan. Her performances with husband Maxim Beloserovsky were memorable; you could see the great affection and bond between the two from the audience. <br /> <br /> Here are photos from Irina’s emotional post-performance goodbye. Plenty of hugs and tears as Irina is congratulated on a great ABT career by current and former dancers in addition to a well-deserved goodbye from her many adoring fans.<br /> <br /> I had an event in Philadelphia that weekend but wasn't going to miss Irina's final performance even if it meant taking the 3 am Amtrak train back to Philadelphia. Well worth the lack of sleep.
  • Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013<br /> <br /> Irina embraces husband Max as daughter Emma looks on in the post performance celebration of Irina's final ABT performance. <br /> <br /> It was an honor to be at Irina’s final ABT performance, as Tatiana in Onegin. I always enjoyed watching Irina since she joined ABT in 1996, so it was sad to see her go. She was always expressive when dancing diverse roles-from a cocky, coquettish Kitri in Don Quixote to an anguished young lover in Romeo and Juliet. I enjoyed her great athleticism typified by a fouetté sequence in Don Quixote consisting of a series of alternating single and double fouettés with the double pirouettes capped by one arm en haut (arm above head) holding a Spanish fan. Her performances with husband Maxim Beloserovsky were memorable; you could see the great affection and bond between the two from the audience. <br /> <br /> Here are photos from Irina’s emotional post-performance goodbye. Plenty of hugs and tears as Irina is congratulated on a great ABT career by current and former dancers in addition to a well-deserved goodbye from her many adoring fans.<br /> <br /> I had an event in Philadelphia that weekend but wasn't going to miss Irina's final performance even if it meant taking the 3 am Amtrak train back to Philadelphia. Well worth the lack of sleep.
  • Irina Dvorovenko and daughter Emma, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013<br /> <br /> Irina embraces daughter Emma in the post performance celebration of Irina's final ABT performance.
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013
  • Irina Dvorovenko and José Manuel Carreño, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013<br /> <br /> José was a Principal Dancer at ABT until 2011 and danced frequently with Irina.
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013<br /> <br /> Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie presents Irina with flowers.
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013<br /> <br /> Former ABT Soloist Gennadi Saveliev presents Irina with flowers
  • Irina Dvorovenko and Irina Kolpakova, May 18, 2013, Irina's Final ABT Performance <br><br> Kolpakova is a Ballet Master at ABT. She was a prima ballerina of the Kirov State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (now the Mariinsky Theater) in St. Petersburg. From 1974 to 1979, she served as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (highest legislative body in the Soviet Union and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments). <br><br> Kolpakova was made a People's Artist of USSR (an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union) in 1965 and a Hero of Socialist Labor (an honorary title of the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture) in 1983. She was awarded the Order of Lenin (highest civilian award of the U.S.S.R. awarded to individuals, collectives, institutions, or organizations for outstanding achievements in research, art, technology, or economics or for tasks vital to the state) in 1983 and was awarded a pension by presidential decree in 1996 for outstanding contribution to the development of national art. She is married to the noted ballet dancer Vladilen Semenov, also a People's Artist of USSR. <br><br> See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina_Kolpakova">Wikipedia</a> for more detail.
  • Irina Dvorovenko, Irina's Final ABT Performance, May 18, 2013<br /> <br /> Associate Artistic Director and former Principal Dancer Victor Barbee embraces Irina
  • Irina Dvorovenko, May 18, 2013, Irina's Final ABT Performance<br /> <br /> Ballet Mistress and former ABT dancer Susan Jones. Susan played the role of the nurse in the performance.
  • Irina Dvorovenko, May 18, 2013, Irina's Final ABT Performance<br /> <br /> Irina and David LaMarche, conductor
  • Irina Dvorovenko, May 18, 2013, Irina's Final ABT Performance<br /> <br /> Irina's final exit from the ABT stage
  • Irina Dvorovenko, May 18, 2013, Irina's Final ABT Performance<br /> <br /> A stage without Irina
  • Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky, Don Quixote, June 12, 2008 <br><br> Irina was born in Kiev, Ukraine and began her ballet training at age 10 at the Kiev Ballet School. She joined the National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Kiev in 1990 as a soloist, rising to the rank of principal dancer in 1992. She won a Gold Medal and the "Anna Pavlova" Prize at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow (1992), the Grand Prix at the International Ballet Competition Serge Lifar in the Ukraine (1994), a Diploma and the Grand Prix in the Junior Division of the Ukraine Ballet Competition (1987), a Diploma in the Junior Division of the Moscow Ballet Competition (1988), a Silver Medal at the Jackson International Ballet Competition (1990), and a Bronze Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Osaka, Japan (1991). <br><br> She joined American Ballet Theatre in August 1996 and was promoted to Soloist in 1997 and Principal Dancer in August 2000. Irina is married to former ABT Principal Dancer Maxim Beloserkovsky. They have one daughter. <br><br> Max received his dance training at the Kiev Ballet Institute. In 1990 he danced as a soloist with the National Opera of Bulgaria. In 1993, Beloserkovsky was honored by the President of the Ukraine for outstanding artistic achievement. <br><br> He joined ABT in 1994, was made a soloist in 1995 and appointed principal dancer in 2000. <br><br> See <a href="http://irinamaxballet.com/">their website</a> for more information.
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