Jul 31, 2023
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Vaganova Ballet Academy graduate (class of Nikolai Tsiskaridze) and Mariinsky dancer, Pavel Mikheev, is not just a talented danseur but a gifted pianist. Here he is playing a piece he composed.
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Graduate Updates
New photo of the 2016 Vaganova Ballet Academy graduate, Alena Kovaleva, by Alisa Aslanova.
Eleonora Sevenard
The Bolshoi have updated their website recently, so we now know who the new recruits will be coached by. Eleonora will rehears under Svetlana Adyrkhaeva (other students include: Anna Antonicheva, Anastasia Yatsenko, Anna Leonova, Ekaterina Krysanova, Yulia Grebenshchikova, Olga Stebletsova, Anastasia Stashkevich, Irina Yatsenko).
As I mentioned earlier, Eleonora will be one of the ten dancers performing Grand Pas in “La Bayadere” on the 7th and the 10th of October. She will also be appearing in “The Etudes” on the 30th of September. Here she is rehearsing her variation (photo by Oscar Frame).
Pavel Mikheev
The 2017 graduate, Pavel Mikheev, has debuted in the Mariinsky’s “The Nutcracker” on the 21st of September. He danced the pas de trois with Svetlana Lunkina and May Nagahisa. You can watch the video here.
Stanislava Postnova
BBA graduate, Stanislava Postnova (ruby.tear), will be coached by Lyudmila Semenyaka. Semenyaka was Galina Ulanova’s and Irina Kolpakova’s student and often rehearsed under Marina Semyonova. She coaches several dancers at the Bolshoi, most notably - Svetlana Zakharova. I know she’s not a VBA grad, but this is interesting information.
Renata Shakirova
The 2015 graduate, Renata Shakirova will be debuting as Shyrin in “The Legend of Love” at the Mariinsky on the 28th of October.
Nika Tskhvitariia
Earlier this month, the 2015 graduate, Nika Tskhvitariia, debuted as both The Young Mare and Sea Princess in the in “The Little Humpbacked Horse” at the Mariinsky.
Vaganova Ballet Academy students, Eleonora Sevenard, Oscar Frame and Pavel Mikheev, at the Russian Ballet Icons Gala. Photos by Marc Haegeman.
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