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• People’s Artist of Russia (2005)
• Recipient of the State Prize of Russia (1999)
• Recipient of the following prizes: Golden Sofit (1995, 2015), Divine together with the accolade Best Ballerina (1996), Golden Mask (1997), Benois de la danse (1997), Baltika (1997 and 2001: the Grand-Prix for promoting the worldwide fame of the Mariinsky Theatre), Evening Standard (1998), Monaco World Dance Awards (2001), Triumph (2004)
• In 1998 she was awarded the honorary title of “Artiste of Her Imperial Majesty, the Stage of Sovereign Russia” and the medal Mankind-Creator
• Prize-winner at the International Vaganova-Prix Competition (St Petersburg, 1991).
Born in Kerch. Graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy (class of professor Natalia Dudinskaya). From 1991 to 2021 she performed at the Mariinsky Theatre featuring the ballets La Bayadère (Nikia); Swan Lake (Odette-Odile); Raymonda (Raymonda); Giselle (Myrtha, Giselle); Le Corsaire (Medora); The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy); The Firebird (Firebird) and Schéhérazade (Zobeide), The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Zarema); The Legend of Love (Mekhmeneh Bahnu); Leningrad Symphony (the Girl); Carmen-Suite (Carmen); Serenade; Symphony in C (II. Adagio); Jewels (Diamonds); Piano Concerto No 2 (Ballet Imperial); Theme and Variations; La Valse; Scotch Symphony; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Titania), In the Night (3rd movement); Le Jeune Homme et la mort; Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina), The Little Humpbacked Horse (Tsar Maiden), Le Baiser de la fée (Fairy) and Le Poème de l’extase; In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated; Trois Gnossienes, Variations for two couples and 5 Tango's, Marguerite and Armand (Marguerite).
She was the first performer of the solo role in John Neumeier’s ballet Sounds of Empty Pages (2001), the roles of Kitty in Andrei Prokovsky’s Anna Karenina (1993) and the Death in Goya Divertissement (1996) by Jose Antonio.
Since 2024 she has been a coach and a teacher with the Mariinsky Ballet.
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