Eniko

Dame Eniko Valeria Fayanova (née Beltrami) is Alesya's mother. She is very sweet, helpful and kind, and is a prima ballerina and contortionist. She is voiced by Susie Blake.

## Dame Eniko Fayanova

### Aliases

My dear (Melissa), Chérie (Susan, Elsa, Marie, Sylvia and Poppy), Eni (for short, rarely used)

### Relatives

Alesya (Eniko has a motherly figure to Alesya, which makes sense because Alesya is Eniko's daughter), Derek and Rodney (sons), Ken (husband), Tamara (cousin), Lorenzo and Guido (brothers), Miranda, Juliet, Molly and Victoria (daughters)

### Affiliation

Her family, various ballet companies, people who treat her well, Ken, Mei Ling and others

## Notable info

After her husband was knighted for his brave actions when saving a cat from an inferno, Eniko changed her title from Mrs. to Dame, while Ken changed his title from Mr. to Sir.

Eniko started doing ballet at the age of five, and was a super fast learner, passing with flying colours in every ballet lesson, including pointe classes. Eniko became a prima ballerina on her twentieth birthday.

Eniko learned contortion on her tenth birthday and quickly became very flexible, specializing in splits, backbends, frontbends, twists, acrobatics and even dislocation.

Eniko is one of the most skilled and graceful ballerinas appearing in Alesya. Her skill is on par with Mei Ling.

In Alesya's Ballet Lessons, her daughter Alesya nearly made her cry tears of joy, indicating that she really, *really* loves Alesya.

Eniko's English actress, Susie Blake, also voiced Soo in Sooty's Amazing Adventures.

## Talents

Eniko is a very talented squirrel who loves doing ballet and contortion among other things.

Ballet dancing: Eniko is a very skilled prima ballerina. She wears a pink tutu, white tights, cream pointes and a platinum tiara with sapphires in it when she does ballet. She even teaches young ballerinas how to dance, including her daughters Alesya and Molly.

Contortion: Eniko is one of the most flexible members of her family and specialises in extreme splits, backbends, frontbends, twists, acrobatics and dislocation, the latter confirming that she is double-jointed. Her toes are very flexible, meaning that she can curl them very tightly, spread them out very wide, curl them while spreading them and control each one individually among other things. She wears a light blue latex catsuit when doing contortion.

Gymnastics: Eniko is very acrobatic and can do handstands, cartwheels, somersaults and other acrobatic tricks. She can even balance on her tail! Her leotard is a long-sleeved leotard similar to Alesya.

Swimming: Eniko is a very experienced swimmer and teaches others how to swim. She even taught Alesya! Eniko can hold her breath underwater for 15 to 30 minutes. Eniko also wears a navy blue one-piece swimsuit, and she is also seen wearing a navy blue bikini swimsuit on some occasions.

Figure skating: While Eniko is an excellent ballerina, she excels on ice too! When doing figure skating, she wears her ballet costume except she swaps her pointes out for a pair of ice skates.

Yoga: Eniko serves as Marie's assistant in yoga training, and is very flexible too. She wears either her catsuit, swimsuit or a specially made costume consisting of a blue top and blue yoga trousers. She sometimes does yoga in bed with her undies on, and even wears her pyjamas which consist of a violet top and pink trousers.