Oksana
Skorik

Benois de la Danse nominee

Born in Kharkov (Ukraine). Graduated from the Perm School of Dance in 2007.
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet the same year. Principal since 2015.

Her repertoire includes: La Sylphide (Sylph), Giselle (Giselle, Monna, Zulma), La Bayadère (Nikia, Trio of Shades), The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy, Princess Florine), Swan Lake (Odette-Odile, Swans, Two Swans), Raymonda (Raymonda), Paquita Grand pas (variation), The Nutcracker (Masha), Le Corsaire (Medora), Don Quixote (Kitri, Queen of the Dryads), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), The Legend of Love (Mekhmeneh-Bahnu), Carmen-Suite (Carmen), Ondine (Four Naiads), Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina); Grand pas classiqueby Viktor Gsovsky.
Also; Michel Fokine's ballets Chopiniana (Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Waltz, First Waltz) and Schéhérazade (Zobeide); George Balanchine's ballets Serenade, Symphony in C (II. Adagio, III. Allegro vivace), Jewels (Diamonds, Rubies), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania, Act II – Soloist in the Divertissement), Piano Concerto No 2 (Ballet Imperial); In the Night; choreography by Jerome Robbins; Frederick Ashton's ballets Marguerite and Armand (Marguerite), Sylvia (Sylvia), Infra by Wayne McGregor.

Recipient of the Léonide Massine Prize in the category Emerging Talent on the International Scene (Positano, Italy, 2014). Prize-winner at the XII International Ballet Dancers and Choreographers Competition in Moscow (2nd prize, 2013).

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet to the USA, Japan and throughout Europe.