6 October 2024 |
She is a technically reliable performer with a harmonious figure and strong legs.
PRO Dance
• People´s Artist of the Udmurt Republic (2022);
• Honoured Artist of the Udmurt Republic (2011);
• Recipient of the Golden Sofit, St Petersburg’s most prestigious theatre prize, in the category “Best Female Role in Ballet” for the role in the ballet Push Comes to Shove (2019);
• International Ballet Competition prize-winner (Seoul, 2009, 1st prize).
Elena Yevseyeva was born in Izhevsk.
In 2001 she graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class of Marina Vasilieva).
From 2001 to 2008 she was a soloist with the Mikhailovsky Theatre, where she performed in the ballets The Nutcracker (Masha), The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Diamond Fairy), La Bayadère (Gamzatti), Don Quixote (Kitri), Le Corsaire (Medora), Raymonda (Raymonda), Giselle (Giselle), Chopiniana (Mazurka, Seventh Waltz), Swan Lake (Odette-Odile), Cipollino (Radish), Spartacus (Aegina).
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2008.
Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre:
La Sylphide (the Sylph); choreography by August Bournonville, revised version by Elsa-Marianne von Rosen,
Giselle (Giselle, Zulma, Classical Duet); choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa,
La Fille du Pharaon (Ramzé); choreography by Marius Petipa reconstructed by Toni Candeloro,
La Bayadère (Gamzatti, Shades); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani,
Le Corsaire (Medora, Gulnare, Trio of Odalisques); production by Pyotr Gusev after the composition and choreography of Marius Petipa,
“Paquita” Grand pas (Variation); choreography by Marius Petipa,
Le Réveil de Flore (Flore); choreography by Marius Petipa, reconstruction of the 1894 production by Sergei Vikharev,
Swan Lake (Friends of the Prince); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Raymonda (Henrietta); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Don Quixote (Kitri, Flower Girls); choreography by Alexander Gorsky,
Chopiniana (Nocturne, Eleventh Waltz, Prelude, First Waltz); choreography by Michel Fokine,
Le Sacre du printemps; choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky,
Les Noces (Soloist); choreography by Bronislava Nijinska,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Maria); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
The Nutcracker (Masha, Classical Trio); choreography by Vasily Vainonen,
The Young Lady and the Hooligan (the Young Lady); choreography by Konstantin Boyarsky,
Shurale (Syuimbike); choreography by Leonid Yakobson,
Walpurgis Night (Bacchante); choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky,
Yuri Grigorovich's ballets The Legend of Love (Shyrin, Gold Dance) and The Stone Flower (Katerina, The Mistress of the Copper Mountain),
Pas de quatre (Carlotta Grisi, Fanny Cerrito); choreography by Anton Dolin,
Carmen Suite (Carmen); choreography by Alberto Alonso,
George Balanchine’s ballets Jewels (Rubies), Apollo (Polyhymnia), La Valse, Symphony in C (III. Allegro vivace), Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Butterfly),
The Nutcracker (Masha); production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov,
Cinderella (Cinderella, Khudyshka), Concerto DSCH, The Little Humpbacked Horse (Tsar Maiden),
William Forsythe’s ballets In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated and Approximate Sonata,
Ondine (Two Naiads); choreography by Pierre Lacotte,
Push Comes to Shove; choreography by Twyla Tharp,
Glass Heart (Clock); choreography by Kirill Simonov,
Yuri Smekalov’s ballets Parting, Presentiment of Spring (Three Women), Intensio,
Without; choreography by Benjamin Millepied,
Infra; choreography by Wayne McGregor,
The Bronze Horseman (Parasha); choreography by Yuri Smekalov,
Paquita (Cristina); choreography by Yuri Smekalov, reconstruction and staging of Marius Petipa's choreography (Act III Grand Pas) by Yuri Burlaka,
The Four Seasons, Pulcinella (Pimpinella); choreography by Ilya Zhivoi.
Repertoire also includes:
Act III from the ballet The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Pas de deux Classique; choreography by Nikita Dolgushin,
Diana and Actéon Pas de deux from the ballet La Esmeralda; choreography by Agrippina Vaganova,
pas de six from the ballet La Vivandière; choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon,
Grand pas classique; choreography by Viktor Gzovsky,
Vernal Waters; choreography by Kasian Goleizovsky, revised version by Vadim Desnitsky,
Vernal Waters; choreography by Asaf Messerer,
pas de deux from the ballet Flames of Paris; choreography by Vasily Vainonen,
Bhakti; choreography by Maurice Béjart,
Labyrinth; choreography by Ksenia Zvereva,
Tromba Lontana; choreography by Maxim Petrov.