Весела Василева

Born in Rousse, Vesela Vasileva studied classical ballet at the Prof. Veselin Stoyanov National School of Arts there from 1994 to 1999 and at the National School of Dance Arts in Sofia from 1999 to 2002. She toured Europe with Jeannette Jacquet's Classical Ballet of Paris between 2002 and 2004, joined the ballet of the Opera and Philharmonic Society Rousse in 2003 and taught at the National School of Arts in Rousse from 2004 to 2007. Her roles include Odette and Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, Masha in The Nutcracker and Giselle; she has also danced contemporary works by Mariana Krancheva and Yassen Stoyanov, and since 2019 she has been artistic director of the ballet company of State Opera Rousse. As a principal of Sofia Ballet she danced in all five performances of Swan Lake at The Theatre at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai between 6 and 9 June 2012.