"Pointe shoes to me!" - celebrities with a ballet past

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Today, October 14, promising Australian actress Mia Wasikowska celebrates her 25th birthday. The girl actively starred in Hollywood films, and she was especially famous for the role of Alice in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Interestingly, if not for the injury, Mia could have become a great ballerina in her homeland. But it didn’t grow together. One way or another, the girl became famous and does not regret anything. Congratulating Miu on her birthday, we decided to remember other celebrities with a ballet past.

Mia Wasikowska

As already mentioned, Mia has been studying ballet since childhood, but due to injury she was forced to give up her dream. The actress entered the ballet class at the age of eight. Dreaming of becoming a professional ballerina, Mia practiced 5 hours a day (35 hours a week), circling in front of a mirror on pointe shoes. She never missed training, although it was hard to study at school and dance at the same time. However, due to injury, her passion for ballet faded, so she dropped out of classes at the age of 14. To some extent, it was ballet that led the girl to the profession of an actress.

She never missed training, although it was hard to study at school and dance at the same time.

Mia began to attend acting lessons at the insistence of one of the teachers, who believed that a modern ballerina should not only dance well, but also be able to beautifully convey emotions in order to achieve the pinnacle of a ballet career. Initially, Vasikovska was rather skeptical about classes in a theater group, but over time she simply fell in love with theater and cinema. Now she is a talented and very promising actress. One of the first for Mia was a role in the Australian crime drama "Chaos on the outskirts", which began her ascent in the cinema.

Sarah Jessica Parker

Known throughout the world for her role as Carrie Bradshaw, the actress began her career in cinema with ballet. Thanks to him, Sarah took part in many performances on Broadway. But in the 80s, the girl had to make a choice: a career as a ballerina or an actress. Sarah chose the latter. Despite the fact that the actress still dreams of becoming a ballerina, she does not regret her choice.

Parker still practices ballet (but not on a professional level, just to keep his body in shape). The actress admits that it is ballet that makes one feel desirable, graceful and truly feminine. The trainers with whom Sarah has even developed a special ballet program for her, which was recorded on videotape.

Charlize Theron

This actress began studying ballet at the age of six. At 13, Charlize entered the National School of Art in Johannesburg. To get there, she had to travel 50 kilometers daily. At the age of 15, she was already a performer of one of the ballet companies in Johannesburg. At the age of 16, having won a selection competition for a modeling agency, Charlize left for Milan. Having traveled all over Europe, at the end of the contract, she entered the Joffrey School of Choreography (New York). In her free time, Theron moonlighted as a model.

At the age of 15, she was already a performer of one of the ballet companies in Johannesburg.

Unfortunately, after 3 years (at the age of 19), due to a knee injury, Charlize was again forced to leave ballet: “I thought it was the end of the world, dancing was my passion. I thought I would have to go back to South Africa and work in a supermarket for the rest of my life. This did not happen, because she began to stubbornly make her way to Hollywood and achieved her finest hour in cinema.

Zoe Saldana

After the death of her father, who died in a car accident, Zoe moved with her family to the Dominican Republic, where she began to study ballet. She studied at one of the most prestigious dance schools and dreamed of becoming a prima ballerina. Like many actresses, ballet helped her in her future profession. Zoe danced on the stage of theaters until the authors of the musical picture "Proscene" needed a real ballet dancer. In the film, Saldana played a talented rebel ballerina named Eva.

After the offer to play in the tape, Zoe without hesitation gave up ballet for the sake of cinema. But the reality turned out to be more brutal: before becoming a sought-after actress, she played in episodic roles. Over time, everything has changed, and now Zoe is the star of American cinema.

Diane Kruger

A knee injury prevented another celebrity from reaching heights in ballet. Diane started dancing at the age of 2, having devoted 10 years of her life to this occupation. The actress achieved significant success and, having matured a little, began to attend the Royal Ballet School in London. Thanks to her efforts, she ended up on the school's advertising posters. Two years later, she had the fourth grade. But the trauma put an end to Diane's ballet future.

A knee injury prevented her from reaching heights in ballet.

However, the girl did not despair, but began to try herself in other activities. Kruger became a model, participated in several beauty contests and starred in films. Diane is sure that her current success is largely due to ballet training: “Ballet taught me work and patience. I, like no one else, know: to achieve success, you need to work hard like a damn."

Olga Lomonosova

Many people know this actress from the TV series "Don't Be Born Beautiful", where she played the bitchy Kira Voropaeva. Interestingly, this blonde is also related to ballet. Once she was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics and even became a candidate for master of sports. But Olga's mother, who always dreamed of becoming a ballerina, decided to send her daughter to ballet. At that time Olga was 12 years old. She even entered the Kiev State Choreographic School, where she studied on the course of the famous teacher Valeria Ivanovna Sulegina.

Everyone predicted a great future for Olga in ballet. In the penultimate year of the school, the talented student was noticed by the director of the Stuttgart Ballet, who was on tour in Kiev, and invited her to continue her career in Germany. The girl was guaranteed payment for her studies at the Stuttgart School of Choreography and a place in the troupe after graduation. But fate again decreed otherwise. After graduating from college and firmly deciding to leave for Germany, Olga first wanted to rest. The actress left for Miskhor, where she met the actors Alexei Yakubov and Nadezhda Berezhnaya. It was they who invited Olga to Moscow, which eventually conquered her. Lomonosova traded Stuttgart for the Russian capital and began her acting career there …

Christina Orbakaite

The daughter of the Russian Prima Donna once also studied ballet. Having visited many performances of the Bolshoi Theater, Christina persuaded her mother to take her to the ballet school exam. The girl was accepted unconditionally, because she had all the data, plasticity and talent.

After successfully studying for a year at a ballet school, Christina decided to quit her studies.

Having successfully studied for a year at a ballet school, Christina decided to quit her studies. But the acquired skills were useful to the singer in the future: she participated in Alla Pugacheva's ballet Recital and toured with Todes. Even now, you can see the notes of the ballet past in Orbakaite's choreography, because she perfectly holds on to the stage, keeps her posture and is incredibly plastic.

Victoria Dayneko

The popular Russian singer studied ballet for 9 years. However, then Victoria made a choice in favor of music. Many of the basics of ballet came in handy in her career for staging stage numbers. The girl has repeatedly said that she regrets her decision, but she can return to ballet at any time. By the way, information recently appeared that Daineko took up ballet again.

In her blog, she wrote about her feelings from the classes: “I have little regret. But I am sincerely upset that I dropped out of ballet school. It was great to get back in class and study. I will not speak - as the next day I could not walk. Unaccustomed to, the star had severe pain in his legs. But this did not spoil the pleasure of returning to ballet.