Viktoria Nowak is a dancer, graduate of the Olga Sławska-Lipczyńska Ballet School in Poznań, studied with Mirosław Różalski and Krystyna Frąckowiak, Winner of the 14th Eurovision Young Dancers competition (Pilsen, 2015). A laureate of the International Choreographic Competition Złote Pointy [Golden Pointes] in Szczecin, where she won the audience award, the best ballet school graduate award, and the main prize, she was awarded the Wielkopolska Person of the Year 2015 honour in the plebiscite organised by the Głos Wielkopolski daily. She is currently a member of the ballet company of the Stanisław Moniuszko Grand Theatre in Poznań.
Other awards, honourable mentions and scholarships:
– Institute of Music and Dance prize for the visit at Ecole de Danse Opra de Paris and Centre National de la Danse, Paris, 2015
– Eurovision 2015 Audience Award
– Kielce Dance Theatre award dance workshops in Kielce, 2015
– Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2010, 2015)
– Scholarship of the Polish Childrens Fund (2011)
– Grand Prix of the 4th Polish National Young Dancers’ Meetings Warsaw 2010
– First prize of the 27th Polish National Dance Contest Gdańsk 2011
– Third prize of the 28th Polish National Dance Contest Gdańsk 2013
– Finalist of the Chanson dOr contest Paris 2012
– Participant in the competition in Beijing (2012)
Roles / performances:
– solo part in Jacek Przybyłowiczs Infolia, presented as a double bill with Georges Balanchines Serenade
– Clara in The Nutcracker, Stanisław Moniuszko Grand Theatre in Poznań (2010-1013)
– solo part in La Sylphide, Poznań Opera House (2010)
– duet with W. Marinov, soloist with Deutch Oper, in Pan Twardowski, Berliner Philharmoniker with Berliner Symphoniker (2013)
– solo part in Ein Wintermarchen, Berliner Philharmoniker with Berliner Symphoniker (2014)
– Kitri’s variation in Don Quixote concert with students of the Tichon Ironi Alef high school in Tel Aviv with Anna Komorowska, Poland’s then first lady, in attendance (2013)
– solo part in The Little Match Girl with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio (2011)
– solo part in Orawa with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio (2012)
– duet of Odette and Siegfried in Swan Lake with Gorzów Philharmonic Orchestra (2013
– lead role in the music video Laleczka z saskiej porcelany (2012)