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![]() Swan. Photo by Nadezhda Bausova.
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![]() Swan. Photo by Nadezhda Bausova.
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![]() In the title in Giselle. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
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![]() In the title part in Giselle.
Photo by Elena Fetisova. |
![]() In the title part in Giselle. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
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![]() As Odette in Swan Lake. Alexander Volchkov as Prince Siegfried. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
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![]() As Odette in Swan Lake.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
![]() As Odile in Swan Lake.
Photo by Nadezhda Bausova. |
![]() As Odile in Swan Lake. Alexander Volchkov as Prince Siegfried. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
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![]() As Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
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![]() As Nikia in La Bayadere. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
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![]() As Nikia in La Bayadere. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
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![]() As Nikia in La Bayadere. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
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![]() As Nikia in The Shadows Scene. La Bayadere. Vladislav Lantratov as Solor.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
![]() As Kitri in Don Quixote.
Photo by Svetlana Postoenko. |
![]() As Kitri in Don Quixote. Denis Rodkin as Basilio.
Photo by Svetlana Postoenko. |
![]() In the title part in Carmen Suite.
Photo by Elena Fetissova. |
![]() In the title part in Cinderella.
Photo by Andrei Melanyin. |
![]() As Medora in Le Corsaire.
Photo by Nadezhda Bausova. |
![]() As Medora in Le Corsaire. Denis Matvienko as Conrad.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
![]() Russian Seasons. Opposite Andrei Merkuriev.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
![]() As Marguerite in Lady of the Camellias.
Edvin Revazov as Armand. Photo by Elena Fetisova. |
![]() As Mekhmene Banu in A Legend of Live.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
![]() As Princess Mary in A Hero of Our Time. Ruslan Skvortsov as Pechorin.
Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
![]() As Anastasia in Ivan The Terrible. Photo by Damir Yusupov.
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![]() In the title part in Anna Karenina. Photo by Mikhail Logvinov.
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![]() In the title part in Anna Karenina. Denis Rodkin as Vronsky. Photo by Elena Fetisova.
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Born in Lutsk, in the Ukraine. In 1989, she entered Kiev Choreographic School. In Kiev, she trained with Valery Sulegina. Having finished six years at the Kiev School, Zakharova took part in a young dancers’ competition Vaganova-Prix in St. Petersburg. Her phenomenal physique (extraordinary flexibility, big step, stability, stable rotation) were noted at once. She won second prize and received an invitation to join the graduating course at Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. In 1996, Zakharova graduated from the Vaganova Academy, ennobling the first graduation by Elena Evteyeva, former distinguished ballerina of the Mariynsky Theatre. That same year she was accepted in the theatre’s company and in the following season was promoted to principal dancer. Famous ballerina and teacher Olga Moiseeva became her permanent teacher and mentor.
Throughout her time at the Mariynsky Theatre, Zakharova gained a vast repertoire:
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
The Dying Swan
Maria (The Fountain of Bakhchisarai. Music by Boris Astafiev. Choreography by Rostislav Zakharov)
Masha (The Nutcracker. Choreography by Vassili Vainonen)
Medora (Le Corsaire. Choreography by Pyotr Gusev after Marius Petipa)
Giselle
Bride (Les Noces. Music by Igor Stravinsky. Alexei Miroshnichenko production)
Queen of the Dryads (Don Quixote)
7th Waltz and Mazur (Chopiniana)
Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty. Choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev. Revival of Petipa’s production by Sergei Vikharev)
Terpsichore (Apollo)
Serenade (Choreography by Georges Balanchine)
Odette-Odile (Konstantin Sergeyev version)
Soloist (Poem of Ecstasy to music by Alexander Scriabin. Alexei Ratmansky production)
Soloist Part 1 (Symphony in C)
Nikia (La Bayadere. Choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vladimir Ponomarev, Vakhtang Chabukiani. Revival of Petipa’s production by Sergei Vikharev)
Soloist in Diamonds (Jewels)
Manon (Manon)
Soloist (Now and Then to music to Mariu§гe Ravel. John Neumeier production)
Young Lady (The Young Lady and The Hooligan to music by Dmitry Shostakovich. Choreography by Konstantin Boyarsky)
Zobeide (Scheherazade), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet. Choreography by Ltonid Lavrovsky)
Grand Pas (Paquita)
Middle Duet (to music by Yuri Khanon. Alexei Ratmansky production)
Etudes (Lander)
One of her permanent partners was Igor Zelensky — the principal of the Mariynsky Theatre and an international star.
In
Svetlana Zakharova’s international career began in
As a guest star, Svetlana Zakharova successfully mastered new variations of well known classical ballets. She danced four versions of Swan Lake — by Natalia Makarova in Rio de Janeiro (2001), by Rudolf Nureyev at Opera de Paris (2002), by Derek Deane with the English National Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall in London (2002, partner — Sergei Filin), and by Galina Samsova at the Rome Opera (2003). In 2002, she danced the title role in The Sleeping Beauty (version by Paul Chalmer) at the Rome Opera, and Nikia in La Bayadere staged by Nureyev at Opera de Paris. In 2003, she performed in La Bayadere (choreography by Asami) with the New National Theatre Ballet in Tokyo, with which, the year prior, she danced Odette-Odile in Swan Lake staged by Konstantin Sergeyev. In 2004, Zakharova was a guest star with Teatro San Carlo in Naples, where she had a debut in La Bayadere (production by Derek Deane).
During the
2003
Title role (Giselle. V. Vasiliev production, then Y. Grigorovich production)
Aspicia (La Fille du Pharaon )
Odette-Odile (Y. Grigorovich production)
2004
Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty. Y. Grigorovich production)
soloist Part 2 (Symphony in C)
Nikia (La Bayadere. Y. Grigorovich production)
Kitri (Don Quixote. A. Fadeyechev production)
Hyppolita/Titania (A Midnight’s Summer Dream. J. Neumeier production) — creation at Bolshoi Theatre
2005
Title part (Raymonda. Y. Grigorovich production)
Carmen (Carmen Suite. A. Alonso production)
2006
title part (Cinderella. Y. Possokhov and Y. Borisov creation)
2007
Serenade (choreography by G. Balanchine) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Medora (Le Corsaire. Production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky and Y. Burlaka after Marius Petipa) — creation
Class Concert (to music by different composers; choreography by A.Messerer)
2008
Aegina (Spartacus.Y. Grigorovich production)
Couple in Yellow (Russian Seasons. Music by L. Desyatnikov, choreography by A. Ratmansky) — was among the creators of this ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre
Paquita (Paquita. Staging and new choreographic version by Y. Burlaka)
2009
Svetlana (E. Palmieri’s Zakharova Super Game. Choreography by F. Ventriglia) — creation
2010
Death (Le Jeune Homme et la Mort to music by J. S. Bach, choreography by R. Petit) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
2013
The leading part in Diamonds (Part III of Jewels, choreography by G. Balanchine)
2014
Marguerite Gautier (Lady of the Camellias to music by F. Chopin, choreography by J. Neumeier)
— creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Mekhmene Banu (A Legend of Love by A. Melikov, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
2015
Mary (A Hero of Our Time by I. Demutsky, Princess Mary part, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov) — creation
2017
Anastasia (Ivan the Terrible to music by Sergei Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
The Diva (Nureyev by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, director K. Serebrennikov) – creation
2018
Title role (Anna Karenina to music by P. Tchaikovsky, A. Shnitke, Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam, choreography by J. Neumeier) – creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
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