Maria Kowroski
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Maria Kowroski (born June 29, 1976 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a principal ballerina at the New York City Ballet.
Kowroski's training in ballet began at the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet and subsequently the School of American Ballet in 1992; became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1994 and joined the corps de ballet in 1995. Kowroski was promoted to soloist in 1997 and principal dancer in 1999. She has performed as a guest artist with the Maryinsky Ballet in productions of Swan Lake and Jewels, as well as with the Munich Ballet in Apollo and Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet. Kowroski was the recipient of the Princess Grace Award in 1994. She Is currently dancing with New York City Ballet as a principal dancer. She is married to former Royal Ballet dancer Martin Harvey. She returned from maternity leave to dance in Vienna Waltzes in May 2016,
Originated rôles
- Them Twos
- Thou Swell
- Double Feature
- The Blue Necklace
- Dorothy Brooks
- The Blue Necklace
- Duke!
- Blossom Got Kissed
- Slice to Sharp
- Musagète
- Organon
- Double Aria
- Prism
- After the Rain
- Variations Sérieuses
Featured rôles
- Agon
- Apollo
- Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
- Fourth Movement
- Chaconne
- Concerto Barocco
- Cortège Hongrois
- Episodes (Bach)
- Firebird
- The Four Temperaments
- The Nutcracker
- Sugarplum Fairy
- Dewdrop
- Coffee
- Ivesiana
- Jewels
- Emeralds
- Rubies
- Diamonds
- Kammermusik No. 2
- Liebeslieder Walzer
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Titania
- Monumentum pro Gesualdo
- Movements for Piano and Orchestra
- Mozartiana
- Prodigal Son
- Robert Schumann's "Davidsbündlertänze"
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
- Swan Lake
- Serenade
- Symphony in C
- Second Movement
- Union Jack
- RCAF
- Wrens
- La Valse
- Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir
- Antique Epigraphs
- The Cage
- The Concert
- Dances at a Gathering
- Fanfare
- The Goldberg Variations
- I'm Old Fashioned
- In G Major
- In the Night
- Moves
- Piano Pieces
Peter Martins
- Harmonielehre
- River of Light
- The Sleeping Beauty
- Lilac Fairy
- Carabosse
- Diamond
- Swan Lake
- Suite from Histoire du Soldat
- Todo Buenos Aires
- The Waltz Project
- Ancient Airs and Dances
- Schoenberg/Wuorinen Variations
- Sonatas and Interludes
- Red Angels
Eliot Feld
- The Unanswered Question
- Concerto in Five Movements
Other
She was a motion capture dancer[1] for several Barbie movies and appeared in documentaries about the movies.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | Barbie in the Nutcracker | Motion capture dancer - Clara | |
2001 | Living a Ballet Dream | Herself | Documentary |
2003 | Barbie of Swan Lake | Motion capture dancer - Odette | |
2006 | Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses | Motion capture dancer - Genevieve | |
2006 | Dancing on Air: The Making of Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses | Herself | Documentary |
References
External links
- NYCB website
- Mariinsky Theatre website
- Christian Science Monitor, Iris Fanger, January 25, 2002
- Grand Rapids Press, Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk, September 16, 2011