Yelena Andrienko (russian: italic=yes, Елена Андреевна Андриенко) is a Russian
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ist of
Bolshoi Ballet
The Bolshoi Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company based at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, Russia. Founded in 1776, the Bolshoi is among the world's oldest ballet companies. In the early 20th century, it came to internatio ...
,
Honoured Artist of Russia
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...
.
Biography
Originally, Andrienko was born 24 March 1972 in a capital of
Ukraine
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,
Kiev
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where she attended
Kiev Ballet School. After graduating from there, she was trained by
Sofia Golovkina Sofia Nikolayevna Golovkina (alternate, Sophia; Russian, Головкина, Софья Николаевна; 13 October 1915 - 17 February 2004) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. A graduate of the Moscow State Acade ...
at the
Moscow State Academy of Choreography
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. From 1993 to 1995, she appeared in many
Yuri Grigorovich
Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich (russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Григоро́вич; born 2 January 1927 in Leningrad) is a Soviet and Russian dancer and choreographerGiselle
''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, ...
'' where she played the role of Myrtha, and ''
The Golden Age'' where she appeared as Rita. In 1995, she played a role of Muse in a play called ''
Paganini'' and the same year took a role of Snow White in a play of the same name. In 1996, she played Gamzatti in the ''
La Bayadère
''La Bayadère'' ("the temple dancer") ( ru. «Баядерка», ''Bayaderka'') is a ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven tableaux by French choreographer Marius Petipa to the music of Ludwig Minkus. The ballet was staged especiall ...
'' and the same year participated in the
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 ...
of
Vladimir Vasiliev as the Swan Princess.
Next year, she participated in a play called ''
Sleeping Beauty
''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...
'' where she played a role of Fairy of Carelessness and the same year played as Kitri in ''
Don Quixote
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...
'' and in a comical play called ''
The Taming of the Shrew
''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'' where she played Katarina. In 1998, she played the role of Marie in ''
The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaiko ...
'' and the same year portrayed as Princess Florine in a reincarnation of ''Sleeping Beauty''.
In 2000, she played the role of Magnolia in ''
Cipollino
Cipollino (), or Little Onion as translated from the original, is a fictional character from Gianni Rodari's eponymous ''Tale of Cipollino'' ( it, Il romanzo di Cipollino), also known under its 1957 renamed title ''Adventures of Cipollino'' ( it, ...
'' and two years later appeared in the dual role of Odette-Odile in ''Swan Lake''. In 2003, she participated in a play called ''
The Limpid Stream
''The Limpid Stream'' (russian: Светлый ручей, also translated as ''The Bright Stream'') is a ballet in 3 acts, 4 scenes, composed by Dmitri Shostakovich on the libretto by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov, with choreography by F ...
'' where she played as a ballerina and the same year appeared as Clemence in ''
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 ...
''. In 2006, she played in ''
Cinderella
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'' and next year participated as a soloist for ''
In the Upper Room''. The same year, she played in the
Le Corsaire ballet and in 2009 appeared in ''
La Sylphide
''La Sylphide'' ( en, The Sylph; da, Sylfiden) is a romantic ballet in two acts. There were two versions of the ballet; the original choreographed by Filippo Taglioni in 1832, and a second version choreographed by August Bournonville in 1836. Bo ...
'' and as a pupil in ''
the Lesson
''The Lesson'' (french: La Leçon) is a one-act play by French-Romanian playwright Eugène Ionesco. It was first performed in 1951 in a production directed by Marcel Cuvelier (who also played the Professor). Since 1957 it has been in permanen ...
'' following by the role of Beranger in a ballet called ''
Esmeralda''.
See also
*
List of Russian ballet dancers
This is a list of ballet dancers from the Russian Empire, Soviet Union, and Russian Federation, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list includes as well those who were born in these three states but later emigra ...
External links
Andrienko's page on The Ballerina GalleryAndrienko as Kitri in Don Quixote, Serbia, National Theatre in Belgrade, 30.04.2011Andrienko in the Nutcracker. Bolshoi Theatre. 07.01.2012Andrienko and Tsiskaridze in the Nutcracker. Bolshoi Theatre. 07.01.2012Andrienko and Tsiskaridze in the Nutcracker. Bolshoi Theatre. 07.01.2012Andrienko and Tsiskaridze in the Nutcracker. Bolshoi Theatre. 07.01.2012
References
Living people
Dancers from Kyiv
Ukrainian female dancers
Ukrainian dancers
1972 births
Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
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