The nine-year-old Yekaterina Oleinik was brought to a choreography school by her mother. Years later, the talented student was noticed by Belarusian ballet master Valentin Yelizaryev at the competition in Bulgaria's Varna. In 2007 he invited her to the Bolshoi Theater ballet company. Today, Yekaterina Oleinik performs at the National Academic Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of Belarus and also as an invited dancer in Estonia.
Pictured is Yekaterina Oleinik.
Photo by Oksana Manchuk, BelTA