Birthplace: Brits, South Africa.
Training: South African Ballet Theatre School, The National School of the Arts, The Washington School of Ballet.
Joined Trockadero: February 2011.
Previous companies: South African Ballet Theatre, Cape Town City Ballet.
Sonia Leftova
“The Prune Danish of Russian Ballet,” abandoned an enormously successful career as a film actress to become a Trockadero ballerina. Her faithful fans, however, need not despair as most of her great films have been made into ballets: the searing “Back to Back’, the tear-filled ‘Thighs and Blisters”, and the immortal seven-part “Screams from a Carriage.” Because of her theatrical flair, Sonia has chosen to explore the more dramatic aspects of ballet, causing one critic to rename her Giselle, “What’s my Line?”
Andrei Leftov
“The Prune Danish of Russian Ballet,” abandoned an enormously successful career as a film actor to become a Trockadero premier danseur. His faithful fans, however, need not despair as most of his great films have been made into ballets: the searing “Back to Back', the tear-filled 'Thighs and Blisters”, and the immortal seven-part “Screams from a Carriage.” Because of his theatrical flair, Andrei has chosen to explore the more dramatic aspects of ballet, causing one critic to rename his Siegfried, “What's my Line?”