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to join the company as a principal dancer. Dronina said she made the move as she wanted to have a good balance between classical works and new productions, and she believed
Toronto is more suitable for her family. In 2017, after dancing Mary Skeaping's
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In 2018 Jurgita was Benois De La Danse nominee for her role of Juliet, in R.Nureyev's “Romeo and Juliet” and
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Madeleine Onne. She had host and danced in an International Ballet Star gala in Lithuania, for the 90th. Anniversary of Lithuanian National Ballet.
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Serguei Endinian, their son was born in 2012 In Amsterdam. Second son was born in 2021 in Toronto, their daughter was born in 2023, also in Toronto. The family resides in Toronto.
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as the scheduled performer was ill. She completed the assignment so successfully that she was promoted to principal dancer, at age 22.
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