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Born: 1985 (32 years old)

Place of birth: Bhubaneswar, India

Schooling: Singh Dance Academy; Williams Ballet School (under Rachel Williams)

Company: Royal Danish Ballet (2002); Danish National Ballet,
corps (2004), soloist (2007), principal (2012)

Prizes and grants: First prize, Prix de Lausanne, 2001

Selected roles: Effy in La Sylphide, Mercedes in Don Quixote, Myrtha in Giselle, Gulnare in Le Corsaire, the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Giselle in Giselle, Cinderella in Cinderella, Carmen in Carmen; leading role in The Dying Swan, The Moor's Pavane, Six Dances and Flower Festival in Genzano pas de deux

Dream role: Nikiya in La Bayadère