Elena Evseeva (russian: Елена Евсeева) (born 13 December 1982,

Izhevsk Izhevsk (russian: Иже́вск, p=ɪˈʐɛfsk; udm, Ижкар, ''Ižkar'', or , ''Iž'') is the capital city of Udmurtia, Russia. It is situated along the Izh River, west of the Ural Mountains in Eastern Europe. It is the 21st-largest city i ...

) is a Russian ballerina, soloist of the Mikhailovsky (2001—2008) and the Mariinsky (since 2008) theaters. Honored Artist of the Republic of Udmurtia. Elena Evseeva 2

Biography

Elena Evseeva was born in Izhevsk; her father is an economist and mother is a master of sports in artistic gymnastics. During her childhood she moved to Perm, where she joined the Perm Ballet School. At the age of 14, a teacher from the Ballet theater of Boris Eifman noticed Elena at the International Ballet Competition held in Moscow and advised her parents to transfer her to the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. That’s how Elena came to study ballet in St. Petersburg. In 2001 she graduated from the Academy in the class of Honored Art Worker Marina Vasilieva and was taken to the ballet troupe of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. There she was a leading soloist from 2001 to 2008. Since 2008, she is dancing in the Mariinsky Theatre on the position of the first soloist. Evseeva works under the supervision of the teacher-tutor Lyubov Kunakova. In 2009, dancing in a duet with Konstantin Zverev at

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International Ballet Competition, Evseeva won the I Prize. In 2011, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Udmurt Republic.

Repertoire

Mikhailovsky Theatre

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'' : Mary *'' The Sleeping Beauty'' : Diamond Fairy, Princess Aurora *'' La Bayadère'' : Gamzatti *'' Don Quixote'' : Kitri *'' Le Corsaire'' : Medora *''

Raymonda ''Raymonda'' (russian: Раймонда) is a ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis, choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Alexander Glazunov, his Opus 57. It was first presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsky ...

'' : Raymonda *''

Giselle ''Giselle'' (; ), originally titled ''Giselle, ou les Wilis'' (, ''Giselle, or The Wilis''), is a romantic ballet (" ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, ...

'' : Giselle *'' Les Sylphides'' : Mazurka, Seventh Waltz *''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...

'' : Odette and Odile *'' Chipollino'' : Radish *'' Spartacus'' : Aegina. *''Walpurgis Night'', ballet fragment in '' Faust'' — choreography by Georgy Kovtun

Mariinsky Theatre

*La Sylphide in '' La Sylphide'' — choreography by

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in the version of Elsa—Marianne von Rosen; *Giselle, Zulma, pas de deux of act I, in ''

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Marius Petipa Marius Ivanovich Petipa (russian: Мариус Иванович Петипа), born Victor Marius Alphonse Petipa (11 March 1818), was a French ballet dancer, pedagogue and choreographer. Petipa is one of the most influential ballet masters an ...

; *Gamzatti, ''

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, in the version of Vladimir Ponomarev and

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; *Gulnara, Odalisque in '' Le Corsaire'' — staged by

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Paquita ''Paquita'' is a ballet in two acts and three scenes originally choreographed by Joseph Mazilier to music by Édouard Deldevez and Ludwig Minkus. Paul Foucher received royalties as librettist. History ''Paquita'' is the creation of French compo ...

'' — choreography by Marius Petipa; *pas de trois of the act I in ''

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; *Kitri in '' Don Quixote'' — choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky; *Seventh Waltz, Prelude, Eleventh Waltz, Mazurka in '' Les Sylphides'' — choreography by

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; *Soloist in '' Les noces'' — choreography by

Bronislava Nijinska Bronislava Nijinska (; pl, Bronisława Niżyńska ; russian: Бронисла́ва Фоми́нична Нижи́нская, Bronisláva Fomínična Nižínskaja; be, Браніслава Ніжынская, Branislava Nižynskaja; – Febr ...

; *Mary in ''

The Fountain of Bakhchisarai ''The Fountain of Bakhchisaray'' (russian: «Бахчисарайский фонтан», ''Bakhchisaraiskiy fontan'') is a poem by Alexander Pushkin, written during the years 1821 to 1823. Pushkin began writing ''The Fountain of Bakhchisa ...

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Rostislav Zakharov Rostislav Vladimirovich Zakharov (russian: Ростислав Владимирович Захаров; September 7, 1907 – January 15, 1984) was a Soviet and Russian choreographer, ballet dancer and opera director. He was a professor at the Russia ...

; *Mary in ''

'' — choreography by Vasily Vainonen *The young lady in ''The Lady and the Hooligan'' — choreography by Konstantin Boyarsky; *Syuimbike in ''Shurale'' — choreography by

Leonid Yakobson Leonid Veniaminovich Yakobson (russian: Леонид Вениаминович Якобсон; January 2 (15), 1904 — October 17, 1975), whose last name is sometimes spelled Jacobson, was a Jewish ballet choreographer from Russia ...

; *Bacchante in ''

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Leonid Lavrovsky Leonid Mikhailovich Lavrovsky (1905–1967) was a Russian ballet choreographer, most famous for choreographing the first full version of Sergei Prokofiev's ''Romeo and Juliet''. Early life Lavrovsky was born in 1905 in St. Petersburg, the son ...

; *dance of gold, Shirin in '' Legend of Love'' — choreography by

Yury Grigorovich Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich (russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Григоро́вич; born 2 January 1927 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian dancer and choreographerFanny Cerrito in ''

Pas de Quatre ''Grand Pas de Quatre'' is a ''ballet divertissement'' choreographed by Jules Perrot in 1845, on the suggestion of Benjamin Lumley, Director at Her Majesty's Theatre, to music composed by Cesare Pugni. On the night it premiered in London (12 Ju ...

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Anton Dolin Anton Dolin may refer to: * Anton Dolin (ballet dancer) Sir Anton Dolin (27 July 190425 November 1983) was an English ballet dancer and choreographer. Biography Dolin was born in Slinfold in Sussex as Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey ...

. *ballets by

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: **Polyhymnia in ''

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'', **''Waltz'', **'' Tarantella'', **Soloist of the part III in '' Symphony in C'', **''

Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux ''Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky originally intended for act 3 of ''Swan Lake'' (Op. 20, 1875–76). With costumes by Barbara Karinska and lighting by Jack Owe ...

'', **Butterfly in ''

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Mihail Chemiakin Mihail Mikhailovich Chemiakin (or Shemyakin, russian: Михаил Михайлович Шемякин, born 4 May 1943) is a Russian painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher, and a controversial representative of the nonconformist ar ...

, choreography by Kirill Simonov; *Thin girl, Cinderella in Cinderella — choreography by Alexei Ratmansky; *ballets by William Forsythe: **''In the Middle Somewhat Elevated'', **''Approximate Sonata''; *Two naiads in '' Ondine'' — choreography by Pierre Lacotte; *Hours in ''Glass Heart'' — choreography by Kirill Simonov. *Parasha in ''The Bronze Horseman'' — staged by Yuri Smekalov *''Without'' — choreography by Benjamin Millepied; *''Infra'' — choreography by

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. *''Waltz'' by Moritz Moszkowski *''

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Arthur Saint-Léon Arthur Saint-Léon (17 September 1821, in Paris – 2 September 1870) was the '' Maître de Ballet'' of St. Petersburg Imperial Ballet from 1859 until 1869 and is famous for creating the choreography of the ballet ''Coppélia''. Biography He was ...

; *''

Grand Pas Classique Because ballet became formalized in France, a significant part of ballet terminology is in the French language. A À la seconde () (Literally "to second") If a step is done "à la seconde," it is done to the side. 'Second position'. It can als ...

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Victor Gsovsky Victor Gsovsky (russian: Виктор Иванович Гзовский; 12 January 1902, Saint Petersburg - 14 March 1974, Hamburg) was a Russian ballet dancer, teacher, balletmaster and choreographer. Biography He studied with Mariinsky Theatre ...

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Torrents of Spring ''Torrents of Spring'', also known as ''Spring Torrents'' (russian: Вешние воды ''Veshniye vody''), is an 1872 novella by Ivan Turgenev. It is highly autobiographical in nature, and centers on a young Russian landowner, Dimitry Sanin ...

'' — choreography Kasyan Goleizovsky as amended by Vadim Desnitsky; *''

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Asaf Messerer Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer (Russian: Асаф Михайлович Мессерер, November 19, 1903 - March 7, 1992) was a highly influential Soviet ballet dancer and ballet teacher. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. From 1919 until 1921 he tra ...

; *Pas de deux in ''

Flames of Paris ''Flames of Paris'' or ''The Flames of Paris'' (russian: Пла́мя Пари́жа) is a full-length ballet in four acts, choreographed by Vasily Vainonen with the stage director Sergei Radlov to music by Boris Asafyev based on songs of the F ...

'' — choreography by Vasili Vainonen; *''

Bhakti ''Bhakti'' ( sa, भक्ति) literally means "attachment, participation, fondness for, homage, faith, love, devotion, worship, purity".See Monier-Williams, ''Sanskrit Dictionary'', 1899. It was originally used in Hinduism, referring to d ...

'' — choreography by Maurice Béjart; *''Labyrinth'' — choreography by Kseniya Zvereva. *Laurenci, Pase-de-sis in ''

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