Natalia Osipova

Biography

Natalia Petrovna Osipova is a Russian ballerina born on May 18, 1986, in Moscow. She began formal ballet training at nine and later studied at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography. Osipova joined the Bolshoi Ballet as a corps de ballet member at 18 and rose to principal dancer in 2010, before leaving to pursue "artistic freedom." She is currently a principal ballerina with The Royal Ballet in London.