The Mariinsky Ballet (Russian: Балет Мариинского театра) is the resident classical ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia...
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known as the Kirov Theatre. Today, the Mariinsky Theatre is home to the Mariinsky Ballet, Mariinsky Opera and Mariinsky Orchestra. Since Yuri Temirkanov's...
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Anastasia Volochkova (category English National Ballet)
prestigious Vaganova Ballet Academy by Natalia Dudinskaya. Still a student, Volochkova became the youngest soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet, making her debut...
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Vladimir Shklyarov (category Mariinsky Ballet principal dancers)
1985 – 16 November 2024) was a Russian ballet dancer, who ranked as a principal dancer at the Mariinsky Ballet in Saint Petersburg. He had also been a...
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Viktoria Tereshkina (category Mariinsky Ballet principal dancers)
Терёшкина; born 31 May 1983) is a Russian ballet dancer, who performs as a principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet in Saint Petersburg. People's Artist...
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Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on January 15, 1890, and from that year forward The Sleeping Beauty has remained one of the most famous ballets of...
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Svetlana Zakharova (dancer) (category La Scala Theatre Ballet dancers)
pre-eminent Russian ballet school for one year, Zakharova then joined the Mariinsky ballet in 1996. Zakharova debuted with the Mariinsky Ballet in 1996, appearing...
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Rudolf Nureyev (category Ballet choreographers)
that in the Soviet era was called the Kirov Ballet (now called by its original name, the Mariinsky Ballet). In 1961 he defected to the West, despite KGB...
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Evgenia Obraztsova (category Mariinsky Ballet first soloists)
ballerina. She is a prima ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, and with the Mariinsky Ballet. Evgenia Obraztsova was born into a family of dancers...
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Maria Khoreva (category Mariinsky Ballet first soloists)
Владимировна Хорева; born 3 July 2000) is a Russian ballet dancer and a first soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet since 2018. Khoreva was born on 3 July 2000 in...
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prominent ballet companies in the world, together with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, the Mariinsky Ballet in Saint Petersburg, the Royal Ballet in London...
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La Bayadère (category Ballets about suicide)
Ponomarev [ru] and Vakhtang Chabukiani's redacted version staged for the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet in 1941 that has remained in the company's repertory to the present...
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Swan Lake (category 1870s ballets)
Petipa and Lev Ivanov, first staged for the Imperial Ballet on 15 January 1895, at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. For this revival, Tchaikovsky's...
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guest dancers come and go from other prestigious ballet companies, such as Mariinsky and American Ballet Theatre, most company dancers are graduates of...
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Diana Vishneva (category Mariinsky Ballet principal dancers)
July 1976) is a Russian ballet dancer who performs as a principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Ballet). Vishneva was born in Leningrad...
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Mikhail Baryshnikov (category Mariinsky Ballet dancers)
division of the Varna International Ballet Competition. He joined the Mariinsky Ballet, then called the Kirov Ballet, in 1967, dancing the "Peasant" pas...
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Marius Petipa (redirect from Titania (ballet))
Ballet (today known as the Mariinsky Ballet), a position he held from 1871 until 1903. Petipa created over fifty ballets, some of which have survived...
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Ulyana Lopatkina (category Mariinsky Ballet principal dancers)
(retrieved 30 December 2007) List of Russian ballet dancers Ulyana Lopatkina – Short Bio at the Mariinsky Theatre site. Retrieved 29 June 2019. Dyukova...
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Xander Parish (category Mariinsky Ballet dancers)
(born 1986) is an English ballet dancer and actor and was the first British dancer to be employed by the Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia....
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Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and the Mariinsky in Saint Petersburg remain famous throughout the world. For the full plainlist of Russian ballet dancers on...
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January 12, 2001, Saint Petersburg) is a Russian ballet dancer. She has been a soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet since 2019 and was nominated for the “Golden...
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The Nutcracker (redirect from The nutcracker ballet)
Coffee/Peacock. Pacific Northwest Ballet. Dancers of the Mariinsky ballet (2012). The Nutcracker – Tea (Chinese Dance). Mariinsky Ballet. Archived from the original...
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Michel Fokine (redirect from Ballets by Michel Fokine)
birthday, he debuted on the stage of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Paquita, with the Imperial Russian Ballet. In addition to being a talented dancer, Fokine...
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(1945) Bolshoi Ballet Glossary of ballet terms List of the main ballet masters of the Saint Petersburg State Ballet Mariinsky Ballet Vaganova method...
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Keenan Kampa (category Mariinsky Ballet dancers)
She accepted a contract with the Boston Ballet after two seasons, she was invited to dance with the Mariinsky Theatre, becoming the first American in...
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Maria Shirinkina (category Mariinsky Ballet dancers)
the Mariinsky Ballet and a guest principal dancer of the Bayerisches Staatsballett. Maria Shirinkina was born in Perm and studied at the Perm Ballet School...
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Alina Somova (category Mariinsky Ballet principal dancers)
Со́мова; born 22 October 1985) is a Russian ballet dancer and principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet of Saint Petersburg. When Somova was young, she...
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American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is a classical ballet company based in New York City. Founded in 1939 by Lucia Chase and Richard Pleasant. Through 2019,...
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La fille mal gardée (category 18th-century ballets)
Bolshoi Ballet Academy. In 1989 the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet's director Oleg Vinogradov mounted a new version of the ballet for the Kirov Ballet, largely...
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Gayne [sic] Ballet Suite (Adagio) Excerpt from Gayane performed by the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia at the Mariinsky Theatre Dance...
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