Kristina Aleksandrovna Kretova (russian: Кристина Александровна Кретова; born 28 January 1984) is a Russian

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Biography

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Kretova was born in

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. She was a graduate of the Moscow State Choreographic Academy in 2002 and after it joined the where she plays such roles as Odette-Odile in ''

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 ...

'', Kitri in '' Don Quixote'', Marie in ''

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'', and Emmy Lawrence in ''

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''. She also played a double role of both Princesses Florina and Aurora in '' The Sleeping Beauty'' and also played roles of main characters such as ''Giselle'' in the play of the same name and Esmeralda in '' La Esmeralda''. In 2011 she became soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet company. Dancing'Don Quixote' she played a role of Queen of Dryads and the same year replayed her previous roles from ''

'' and ''Giselle''. In 2012 she reprised her role in ''Swan Lake'', and the same year became a part of the slaves' dance in '' Le Corsaire''. In 2017 she is playing the part of Giselle in the Bolshoi's production of Adolphe Adam's ''

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'' - a ballet in two acts opposite who plays Count Albrecht.

References

Living people People from Oryol Russian ballerinas 21st-century Russian ballet dancers 1984 births Moscow State Academy of Choreography alumni {{Russia-bio-stub