Natalia Osipova
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Natalia Petrovna Osipova (Russian: Ната́лья Петро́вна О́сипова; born 18 May 1986) is a Russian ballerina, currently performing as a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.

Born in Moscow, Osipova began her formal ballet training at the age of eight at the Kiev Choreographic School and then was invited to complete her studies from 1996 to 2004 at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography (The Bolshoi Ballet Academy), under the tutelage of Marina Kotova and Marina Leonova.

At the age of 18 she joined the Bolshoi Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet. In 2005 she danced the role of Kitri in Alexei Fadeyechev’s production of Don Quixote to much critical acclaim  and was promoted to soloist in 2006. She was named one of the “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine in 2007, was awarded the Prix Benois de la Danse in 2009 and promoted to leading soloist. In 2010, she became a principal dancer at the Bolshoi Ballet, but resigned from the company in 2011, citing “artistic freedom” as her reason for leaving. She has also won two Golden Mask awards for her performances in In the Upper Room (2008) and La Sylphide (2009); three Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for Best Female Dancer in 2007, 2010, and 2014 for Giselle, a role herald as the best of her generation; and a Benois de la Danse Award for Best Female Dancer in 2008.