Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova returns to Israel with new works

Natalia Osipova, a principal dancer with London's Royal Ballet, one of the world's leading ballet companies for nearly a century, will return to Israel to perform her ballet program, Force of Nature, at the Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center on December 17 and 18.The program combines excerpts from classical ballets with contemporary dance works created especially for Osipova, who will perform alongside American dancer and choreographer Jason Kittelberger and an ensemble of guest dancers.The performances will also feature the world premiere of a new work created in collaboration with an Israeli choreographer, whose name has not yet been announced.Osipova, born in Moscow, trained at the Moscow State Academy of Choreography before joining the Bolshoi Ballet.