Show & Tell: Milena Demidova of ‘Jubilee!’

Meet Milena
Demidova

“Jubilee!”

Hometown: Riga, Latvia

Age: 42

Started studying ballet at age 5. ... Dad was a professional soccer player, Mom was a ballerina. ... First professional role, at 16: a tango, “Leningrad State of Musical,” with Olga Versdachiva. ... Moved from Latvia to Montreal, Canada, at age 20 to join a classical ballet company (“The food was different, but the weather was the same”). ... Spent nine months performing and touring the Caribbean on a Princess Cruises ship. ... Resume also includes extended stints in Europe and Japan. ... Joined “Jubilee!” in 2004 and dances the roles of Delilah in “Samson and Delilah” and the drunken lady in “Titanic.” ... If she wasn’t a dancer, would probably be a chef (“I’m the chef for my dressing room. I love to cook”).

On dancing two of “Jubilee’s” most memorable roles:

“I like both of them. They’re very different characters. With Delilah, I feel pretty and seductive, but as the drunken lady, I just like to make people laugh. When the audience laughs, that’s my favorite part.”