Polina Semionova, born in Moscow in 1984, is considered one of today's most talented female ballet dancers. Originally studying at Bolshoi Ballet School, Ms. Semionova has won many awards; including among the top a gold medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition 2001, First Prize at the Vaganova-Prix Ballet Competition in St Petersburg 2002, and Junior Prize at the Nagoya (Japan) International Ballet Competition 2002. Polina is also known for dancing with Vladimir Malakhov, touring Japan with him, and is the dancer in Herbert Grönemeyer's music video De Letzter Tag.
Graduating from the Bolshoi in 2002, she joined the Berlin Staatsoper Ballet as a principal when she was 18 years old. She showed her outstanding talent by winning several international ballet competition awards. She has toured in Japan partnering Vladimir Malakhov. In Germany she is also known as the ballerina dancing in Herbert Grönemeyer's music video "Demo (Letzter Tag)".
In 2006, at the age of 19, she performed in the English National Ballet’s Swan Lake and was praised by English critics for her performance.. She made the cover of Berlin’s ballettanz magazine in March of the same year, in an issue focusing on beauty. Despite the pressure such notoriety places on a young dancer, Semionova handled it well through her U.S. debut as Aurora in the California Ballet's Sleeping Beauty, demonstrating her natural charm and clear technique.
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