Maria Kowroski

Maria Kowroski (born 1976 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a principal ballerina at the New York City Ballet.

Biography
Kowroski started her ballet training in 1983, when she was seven years old, with the School of Grand Rapids Ballet. The School of American Ballet accepted Kowroski as a ballet student in 1992, and she joined New York City Ballet as a member of the corps de ballet in 1995. Kowroski was promoted to a soloist in 1997, and, in 1999, she was promoted to a principal dancer.

Trivia

 * Kowroski has described all of her roles dancing as Barbie as "great experiences".
 * Kowroski starred in Living a Ballet Dream: Six Dancers Tell Their Stories, a documentary released on the Barbie in the Nutcracker DVD. On the Barbie in the Nutcracker website there is a feature named Living a Ballet Dream: Four Dancers Tell Their Stories, and it shows photos and quotes from the documentary.
 * Kowroski also starred in Dancing on Air: The Making of Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses, which is included as a special feature on the Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses DVD. The video can be viewed online at the official website for the film if Princess Hadley is clicked on.