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Not official casting for the graduation performances but VBA recently posted some pictures of a concert at the Hermitage where their students performed Gayane (I think the Suite is basically Act IV of the ballet/the wedding scenes?) and 'White Act' from Swan Lake in what looks like an early stage rehearsal.

Ekaterina Morozova (Tsiskaridze's class) was Odette and Sofia Romanovich (Kasenkova's class) was Gayane.

I think (based off barre position in the exam photos) they are the each the top student in their respective classes and both have danced as lead in Fairy Doll this year. Assuming Morozova = Odette and Romanovich = Gayane for the final graduation perfomances, I think Veselina Ilieva (Tsiskaridze's class) is a good bet for lead in Paquita - she was one of the two Princess Mashas this year and has also been lead in Fairy Doll.

Sofia Amanatova (Kasenkova), Veronica Lavrova (Tsiskaridze), and Milana Korchagina (Kasenkova) were all listed as having featured parts in the recent performance of Gayane but I think they might be character dance roles? At least Lavrova and Korchagina almost certainly are. I don't know about Amantova. Presumably some of the other graduating girls are featured as Big and Little Swans but I don't know them well enough to tell by face + the casting for those roles wasn't listed.

From the younger girls I think I expect Daria Pankova (7th year) to get some kind of featured role (maybe a variation in Paquita) - she was the other Princess Masha - and Yasmina Aziz (6th year) - who was the doll in the Nutcracker - had a featured role as Nune in the Gayane perfomance at the Hermitage. I have no idea about the rest.

Full casts from the Hermitage concert (according the the VBA Vk page at least)

'White Act' from Swan Lake

Odette – Ekaterina Morozova, Prince Siegfried – Arseny Sosnovich, Rothbart – Andrey Chuzhanov.

Suite from Gayane

Gayane - Sofya Romanovich Kazakov - Ilya Zaitsev Armen - Nikoloz Paradashvili Aisha - Sofia Amanatova Karen - Lev Timoshenko Nune - Yasmina Aziz Izmail - Egor Babkin Saber dance (soloists): Milana Korchagina, Roman Khurtin Georgian dance (soloists): Veronica Lavrova, Stanislav Karpov.

Thank you for this!

Another Anon pointed out that the lead male dancers appear to be actual Vaganova students as opposed to former Tsikaridze students/current Mariinsky dancers, which is a nice change, although Paquita’s cast has not yet been announced as far as I tell.

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Maia Makhateli and Oleg Ivenko in Gayane.

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Maia Makhateli in the Gayane pas de deux (Nureyev Legend and Legacy 2022)

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Look who finally got painted!!! Red Iris Atelier on Etsy did such an amazing job painting Adam even though it was outside her usual style. He looks amazing!