{"id":59867,"date":"2025-04-03T08:03:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T08:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/?p=59867"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:21:49","slug":"natalia-osipova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/natalia-osipova\/","title":{"rendered":"NATALIA OSIPOVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Perfectly imperfect<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">By Vikki Jane VILE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the traditional world of ballet, Natalia Osipova is a small, but powerful firecracker. She is somewhat of an enigma, joining The Royal Ballet as a Principal in 2013, there is still the same frisson of excitement in the auditorium prior to one of her performances today as there was over ten years ago. A woman of few words off the stage, you never quite know what you\u2019re going to get, only that it will be a thrill.<\/p>\n<p>Last year she revealed on Instagram she had had a surgery to relieve an injury that had left her in pain for many years. Now, she returns to the Linbury stage in a programme of self selected pieces and partners, fulfilling a long term dream. So what drives her now? And at 38 does she still have the same passion?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbo.org.uk\/people\/natalia-osipova\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59870\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Natalia-Osipova-in-Five-Brahms-Waltzes-The-Royal-Ballet-\u00a92025-RBO.-Photographed-by-Andrej-Uspenski-1-Kopie-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Natalia-Osipova-in-Five-Brahms-Waltzes-The-Royal-Ballet-\u00a92025-RBO.-Photographed-by-Andrej-Uspenski-1-Kopie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Natalia-Osipova-in-Five-Brahms-Waltzes-The-Royal-Ballet-\u00a92025-RBO.-Photographed-by-Andrej-Uspenski-1-Kopie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Natalia-Osipova-in-Five-Brahms-Waltzes-The-Royal-Ballet-\u00a92025-RBO.-Photographed-by-Andrej-Uspenski-1-Kopie-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Natalia-Osipova-in-Five-Brahms-Waltzes-The-Royal-Ballet-\u00a92025-RBO.-Photographed-by-Andrej-Uspenski-1-Kopie-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Natalia-Osipova-in-Five-Brahms-Waltzes-The-Royal-Ballet-\u00a92025-RBO.-Photographed-by-Andrej-Uspenski-1-Kopie.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Natalia Osipova in <em>Five Brahms Waltzes<\/em>, The Royal Ballet \u00a9 RBO \/ Andrej Uspenski<\/p>\n<p>March\u2019s Linbury programme at Covent Garden had been a long time coming. She tells me, \u201cI always wanted to do something in my house &#8211; The Royal Ballet. We talked with Kevin O\u2019Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, for so many years but I\u2019ve always been so busy, and then last year I got injured and had surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/digital-abo-exklusiv\/\">Subscribe and read more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihc-locker-wrap\"><div  class='ihc_locker_2'><div class='lock_content'><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Imagine_website_Digital_Exklusiv.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Weiterlesen mit Digital+<\/h2>\n<p>Alle Formate in einem ABO.<br \/>\nBequem auf Ihrem mobilen Endger\u00e4t Ihrer Wahl.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alle Artikel online lesen<\/li>\n<li>Zugang zum ePaper<\/li>\n<li>Zugang zum Online-Archiv von Dance for You<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Jetzt digital freischalten!<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class='lock_buttons'>\n  <!-- Login Form - Start -->\n  <div class=\"ihc-login-form-wrap ihc-login-template-11\">\n      <form method=\"post\" id=\"ihc_login_form\">\n          <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ihcaction\" value=\"login\" \/>\n          <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ihc_login_nonce\" value=\"95b98bfc38\" \/>\n\n          \n                    <!-- Username field -->\n          <div class=\"impu-form-line-fr\">\n              <i class=\"fa-ihc fa-username-ihc\"><\/i>\n              <input type=\"text\" value=\"\" name=\"log\" id=\"iump_login_username\" placeholder=\"Username\"\/>\n          <\/div>\n          <!-- End of username field -->\n          \n                    <!-- Password field -->\n          <div class=\"impu-form-line-fr\">\n              <i class=\"fa-ihc fa-pass-ihc\"><\/i>\n              <input type=\"password\" value=\"\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"iump_login_password\" placeholder=\"Password\"\/>\n              <span  class=\"ihc-hide-login-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <!-- End of Password field -->\n          \n          \n          <!-- Remember me checkbox -->\n                    <div class=\"impu-remember-wrapper\">\n              <input type=\"checkbox\" value=\"forever\" name=\"rememberme\" class=\"impu-form-input-remember\" \/>\n              <span class=\"impu-form-label-remember\">Remember Me<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n                    <!-- End of remember me --->\n\n          <!-- Additional links -->\n                        <div class=\"impu-form-links-pass\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/en\/lost-password\/\">Lost your password?<\/a><\/div>\n                    <!-- End of Aditional links -->\n\n          <div class=\"ihc-clear\"><\/div>\n\n          <!-- captcha -->\n                    <!-- end of captcha -->\n\n          <!-- Submit bttn -->\n                        <div class=\"impu-form-line-fr impu-form-submit\">\n                  <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Log In\" name=\"Submit\"  class=\"button button-primary button-large\"\/>\n              <\/div>\n                    <!-- End of Submit bttn -->\n\n          <!-- Social -->\n                    <!-- End of Social -->\n\n          <!-- Additional links -->\n                        <div class=\"impu-form-links\">\n                <div class=\"impu-form-links-reg\">Don&#039;t have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danceforyou-magazine.com\/register\/\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n                        <!-- End of Aditional links -->\n\n      <\/form>\n  <\/div>\n\n  \n  <span class='ihc-js-login-data'\tdata-user_field='#iump_login_username' data-password_field='#iump_login_password' data-error_message='Please fill out all mandatory fields' ><\/span>\n  <!-- End of Login Form -->\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perfectly imperfect By Vikki Jane VILE &nbsp; In the traditional world of ballet, Natalia Osipova is a small, but powerful firecracker. 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