Elisabeth in Mayerling, The Chosen One in The Rite of Spring and First Sister in My Brother, My Sisters. She has also performed in many ballets by Balanchine, including the Siren in Prodigal Son, Terpsichore in Apollo, Jewels, Agon, Symphony in C, Serenade, The Four Temperaments and Stravinsky Violin Concerto. Her other roles include the Hostess in Les Biches and the Bride in Les Noces (both choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska) and the Black Queen in Checkmate (by Dame Ninette de Valois). She has also created roles for and worked with many contemporary choreographers. In the Royal Ballet's 2006/07 season, she created a role in Christopher Wheeldon's DGV: danse a grande vitesse and Anna II in the new production of The Seven Deadly Sins by Will Tuckett. In the 2007/08 season, she worked with Wheeldon again and created a role in Electric Counterpoint. Her role as the maniacal Queen of Hearts in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Christopher Wheeldon, drew thunderous applause from both critics and audiences alike and is frequently viewed on YouTube. She created the role of Paulina in Christopher Wheeldon's 2014 ballet The Winter's Tale. She is featured in the short dance films Duet and the Sandman (directed by The Brothers Quay and Will Tuckett and Choreographed by Will Tuckett for Channel 4). In 2005, she starred in the BBC2's film 'Riot at the Rite' as Maria Plitz, who danced as the Chosen One in the première of The Rite of Spring in 1913 in Paris. Personal life She married the British baritone Simon Keenlyside in August 2006. They have two children, a son, Owen, and a daughter, Iona. Her husband was knighted in the 2018 Birthday Honours, granting Yanowsky the title Lady Keenlyside. Image gallery References External links Biography on the Royal Ballet's website Interview with the Guardian's Judith Mackrell (Dec, 2004) Interview with the Sunday Times by Clifford Bishop (May, 2005) A gallery of curtain call pictures by Dave Morgan 1975 births 21st-century ballet dancers 21st-century Spanish dancers Living people Prima ballerinas Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet Spanish ballerinas National Dance Award winners Entertainers from Lyon People from Las Palmas Wives of knights Zenaida Spanish expatriates in England