Show & Tell: Milena Demidova of ‘Jubilee!’

“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.”