| Stella Voskovetskaya | |
| Birth Name: | Stella Semenovna Voskovetskaya |
| Birth Date: | 1965 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR |
| Education: | Kiev Ballet School, Vaganova Ballet Academy |
Stella Voskovetskaya is a dancer, choreographer and dance instructor.
Voskovetskaya was born on February 6, 1965, in Kiev Ukraine. In 1971, Voskovetskaya was accepted at the Kiev Ballet School (teachers Lyudmila Krymskaya and Galina Kirilova). Four years later she was accepted at Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet,graduating in 1983. She was later admitted to the Corps de Ballet of the Kirov Ballet Theater (now Mariinsky Theater) where she was worked from 1983 to 1993.
In 1984 Stella was promoted to coryphée, and later to demi-soloist (or Second Soloist)In 1994, she was invited to work at Igor Moiseyev Ballet, as a First Character Dancer.
After retiring in 2000, Voskovetskaya returned to Kyiv, where she founded Academic Children's Dance Ensemble. In 2004, she moved to the US, where she helped found Voronov Academy of Ballet in Chicago. In 2010, she began working with several ballet schools in Chicago, preparing students for prestigious international ballet competitions. In 2012, Voskovetskaya opened her own school, and after the reorganization in 2016, continues to work at the school preparing students for professional careers in ballet.
Currently Mrs. Voskovetskaya is a founder and Artistic Director of Illinois Classical Ballet.