{"id":15699,"date":"2026-09-22T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/09\/22\/i-cried-i-shook-royal-ballets-natalia-osipova-on-making-her-fearsome-foul-mouthed-acting-debut-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T16:34:03","slug":"i-cried-i-shook-royal-ballets-natalia-osipova-on-making-her-fearsome-foul-mouthed-acting-debut-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/09\/22\/i-cried-i-shook-royal-ballets-natalia-osipova-on-making-her-fearsome-foul-mouthed-acting-debut-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I cried. I shook\u2019: Royal Ballet\u2019s Natalia Osipova on making her fearsome, foul-mouthed acting debut Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Osipova plays the wife of formerly gay economist John Maynard Keynes in a new play. The ballerina talks about the allure of her Russian character, dismissed as a \u2018frivolous, foghorn of a chorus girl\u2019<\/p>\n<p>When Natalia Osipova started rehearsals for her first ever play, it didn\u2019t go well. \u201cI cry. I\u2019m shaking. I\u2019m stressed and completely lost on the first day,\u201d she reports. \u201cI think, \u2018I\u2019m a piece of shit!\u2019 I want to take a taxi and run away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> It\u2019s the second week of rehearsals when we meet, and Osipova is still here. The Royal Ballet principal plays a Russian ballerina from a previous age: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2008\/mar\/22\/dance.stage\">Lydia Lopokova<\/a>, who danced with Diaghilev\u2019s Ballets Russes, then in 1925 unexpectedly married British economist John Maynard Keynes, who is the protagonist of James Graham\u2019s The Standard of Living \u2013 a play about, among other things, taking risks and imagining a brave new future.<\/p>\n<p> Acting is central to ballet\u2019s appeal for Osipova. \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll never be super perfect for classical ballet because I love stories so much,\u201d she says. Even so, she demurred when former colleague Edward Watson suggested she audition. \u201cYou\u2019re stupid!\u201d was his retort. \u201cYou need to try because it\u2019s amazing opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A delicate silver necklace shines beneath frank brown eyes. Osipova requested a translator in our previous interviews, but today speaks in an idiosyncratic gallop not unlike Lopokova\u2019s own. Entering Nicholas Hytner\u2019s rehearsal room, joining a classy cast led by Rory Kinnear, she felt like Lydia among Keynes\u2019s sneery Bloomsbury friends. \u201cI left rehearsal and cried,\u201d she says, \u201cbecause I feel, \u2018Oh my god, I\u2019m so bad.\u2019 But you learn and listen and every day, step by step, I do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2026\/sep\/22\/natalia-osipova-ballerina-interview-royal-ballet-keynes\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2026\/sep\/22\/natalia-osipova-ballerina-interview-royal-ballet-keynes\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ce4345c47588cc800e507c71b9a9b5af650877ac\/1019_596_9321_7461\/master\/9321.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d3a715823c2db413affa9a56cdb414ef\" title=\"\u2018I cried. 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