Iana Salenko is a Ukrainian dancer and actress. She is famous as the principal dancer of Berlin State Ballet. Further, she is known as one of the youngest winners of the Diaghilev Price Serge Lifar Competition, Kiev in 2002 at the age of 18 years.
Iana grew up in Kiev, Ukraine along with her parents and siblings. She began dancing and gymnastics from a very young age. At the age of 12, she joined ballet school and started learning ballet dancing. She gained initial fame in 2002 after winning the Diaghilew Price Serge Lifar Competition.