Joined the Company in 2008

Hometown - Tallinn, Estonia

Darli began her training at European Dance Studio with her mother and continued with the Tallinn Ballet School, and the Washington Ballet School. She completed her studies by graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts and from Tallinn University with a Bachelors in dance and choreography. She also trained with the Kirov Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet School and Kaatspan. She has performed with Vanumuine Ballet (Tartu, Estonia), New York Theatre Ballet, Albany Berkshire Ballet, and the Akjun Ballet. With OKC Ballet, Darli has performed the principal pas de deux in Les Sylphides, the Sugar Plum Fairy in Robert Mills' The Nutcracker, Le Corsaire pas de deux and Glenda in Jacob Sparso's The Wizard of Oz. Last season Darli enjoyed performing the pas de deux in Gerald Arpino'€™s Light Rain. Darli is married to fellow company member Anton Iakovlev.