Born
19.2.83 in Sigulda. Latvian

Education
Riga Ballet School.
The School of The Hamburg Ballet

Main Teachers
Valentins Blinovs, Marianne Kruuse, Kevin Haigen,
Radik Zaripov

Engagement
The Hamburg Ballet since 2001, promoted Soloist in 2008 and Principal in 2011

Creations

• The Maiden-who-never-laughs in
  Parzival – Episodes and Echo
• Calliope in Orpheus

and solos in

• Nachtwanderung from "Songs of the Night"
• A Foreign Sound (Thiago Bordin)

Repertory

• Rosalind in Romeo and Juliet
• A Stepsister and Princess from Another Country in
  A Cinderella Story
• Nina Mikhailovna Zarechnaya in The Seagull
• Desdemona in Othello
• Eleonora Bereda in Nijinsky
• Odette and Princess Claire in Illusions - like "Swan Lake"
• Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Manon Lescaut in Lady of the Camellias
• The Siren in The Prodigal Son (George Balanchine)
• Woman in Mauve in Dances at a Gathering (Jerome Robbins)
• The Wife and the Ballerina in The Concert (Jerome Robbins)

• and solos in

• Christmas Oratorium
  (she danced this role for the premiere)
• Verklungene Feste
• Saint Matthew Passion
• Requiem
• Vaslav
• Seasons – The Colors of Time
• Third Symphony by Gustav Mahler
• Les Sylphides (Michail Fokine)
• Jewels – Emeralds/Rubies (George Balanchine)
• Reflet (Stefano Palmigiano)

Award

• Dr.-Wilhelm-Oberdörffer-Prize 2008