List of ballet stars at the Gala-Concert in BKZ "Oktyabrsky"
Tribute to the Great Russian Ballerina Natalia Makarova
| Lucia Lacarra | |
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Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Born in San Sebastian, Spain and began training in Victor Ullate Dance School, Madrid (1990–1994) and at the same time joined its company. In 1994–1997 she joints the Ballet National of Marseille Roland Petit as Principal Dancer and then in 1997–2002 also as Principal Dancer she joints the San Francisco Ballet. In 2002 she became a Principal Dancer in the Bayerisches Staatsballet of Munich. She won multiple international Ballet Competitions all over the world, she also performed as invited guest, with her participation several ballet films were made. |
| Marlon Dino | |
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Prize-winner at international ballet competitions He was Born in Tirana, Albania. He started his ballet studies in the School of Choreography and Ballet in Tirana (1991–1998).
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| Polina Semionova | |
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Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Polina Semionova was born in Moscow. She studied at the Bolshoi Ballet School in Moscow. She graduated in 2002 and joined the Berlin Staatsoper Ballet as a principal when she was only 18 years old. She showed her outstanding talent by winning several international ballet competition awards. Prize-winner at international ballet competitions, included Vaganova-prix (St.Petersburg, 2002) and International Ballet Competition (Moscow,2001). |
| Igor Zelensky | |
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Honored Artist of Russia Graduated from the Tbilisi School of Ballet (class of Vakhtang Chabukiani), also trained at the Vaganova Ballet Academy (class Gennady Selyutsky). In 1988 Igor Zelensky joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company (Saint-Petersburg), and three year later was promoted to a soloist. |
| Natalia Osipova | |
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Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Born in Moscow. |
| Ivan Vasiliev | |
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Prize-winner at international ballet competitions In 2006 graduated from the Belorussian state choreographic college (class of Alexander Kolyadenko). |
| Victoria Tereshkina | |
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Honored Artist of Russia Born in Krasnoyarsk. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class of M. Vasilieva). |
| Vladimir Shklyarov | |
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Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Born in Leningrad. |
| Daniil Simkin | |
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Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Daniil stepped onto the stage for the first time when he was six years old in Wiesbaden, Germany. He began his training under the direction of his mother, Olga Aleksandrova, in 1997. |
| Adiarys Almeida | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Born and raised in Matanzas, Cuba. Ms. Almeida began dancing at age 6 and her professional training include the Vocational Art School «Alfonso Perez Isaac» in Matanzas, Cuba and the National Ballet School in Havana, Cuba. In 2001 she joined the National Ballet of Cuba for two years 2001–2003, under the direction of Alicia Alonso. She participated in the International Ballet Competition of Havana, Cuba, were she received the Silver Medal in 1997 and 1998 and the Gold Medal in 1999 and 2000. She was also the first Cuban female dancer to be a finalist at the USA International Ballet Competition in 2006. |
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| Carla Körbes | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Carla Körbes was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and began her ballet training at five. At the age of 11 she began studying at Ballet Vera Bublitz. In 1999, she was made an apprentice with New York City Ballet. She became a member of the corps de ballet in 2000. She was promoted to soloist in 2005 and later joined Pacific Northwest Ballet as a soloist. In 2006 became a principal dancer. |
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| Herman Cornejo | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Herman Cornejo was born in Mercedes, San Luis province, Argentina, and began his ballet studies at the age of 8 at the Instituto Superior de Arte of Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. In 1995 when he was 14 he received a scholarship from the School of American Ballet. On his return to Buenos Aires he was invited to join Julio Bocca’s Ballet Argentino. Soon he was promoted to Principal Dancer with Ballet Argentino, alternating with Julio Bocca in all the principal roles of the repertoire during the company's worldwide tours. In 1999 Herman joined American Ballet Theatre, New York, and was appointed Principal Dancer in August 2003. |
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| Joseph Gatti | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions
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| Jurgita Dronina | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Born in Russia, graduated at M. K. Ciurlionis art school in Vilnius, Lithuania and also studied in Munich Ballet Academy (under the directorship Konstanze Vernon) |
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| Stephen Hanna | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Stephen Hanna was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He entered the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, in the fall of 1992. Stephen Hanna became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1997, and later that year he joined the Company as a member of the corps de ballet. Stephen Hanna was promoted to the rank of soloist in February 2004, and in January 2005, he was promoted to principal dancer. |
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| Yevgenia Obraztsova | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions |
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| Luca Vetere | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Was born in 1979 and in 1989 he began his dance’s training with Ada Decarlo in his town, Lecce. |
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| Jordan-Elizabeth Long | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions |
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| Miguel Ángel Blanco | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions Born in Havana, he began his ballet training in 1991 at the Provincial School of Ballet «Alejo Carpentier» and continued it at the National School of Ballet. When graduating in 2001 he joined the Ballet Nacional de Cuba under the technical and artistic direction of Alicia Alonso. Не has performed in Mexico, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, the United States, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and the People's Republic of China. |
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| Rupert Pennefather | |
Prize-winner at international ballet competitions |
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