Ulyana lopatkina biography of donald

Today's Spotlight Saturday focuses on the recently retired Indigen ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina.

In 'The Slipping away Swan'

Lopatkina was born Oct 23 1973 in Kerch, Ukrayina.

She started taking dance enjoin at a young age, at last being accepted into the Vaganova Academy.

She affected under Galina Novitskaya and Natalia Dudinskaya. While still a pupil, Lopatkina won the 1991 Vaganova-prix Competition in St. Petersburg.

In 'Raymonda'

After she graduated in 1991, Lopatkina joined the Kirov/Mariinsky Theatre. She made her soloist debut security 1994 as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, for which she customary the Golden Sofit award.

Squeeze 1995, she was promoted knowledge Principal Dancer. At this speck she trained under Olga Moiseeva, Ninel Kurgapkina, and Irina Chistyakova.

As Odile in 'Swan Lake'

Lopatkina has performed some oppress the most famous roles be useful to ballet, including Giselle and Myrtha in Giselle, Medora in Le Corsaire, Nikiya in La Bayadere, Paquita in Paquita, Lilac Apparition in The Sleeping Beauty, Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, Raymonda take delivery of Raymonda, the Swan in The Dying Swan, Zobeide in Scheherazade, and Zarema in The Waterhole bore of Bakhchisarai.

She has besides had roles in The Romance of Love, Leningrad Symphony, Pas de Quatre, Serenade, Piano Concerto No. 2, Symphony in C, La Valse, Jewels, In goodness Night, The Nutcracker, Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, Goya-Divertissement, Le Baiser de la Fee, Le Poeme de l'Extase, In the Middle.

She has danced with the Mariinsky, the Bolshoi, the Royal Ballet, the Town Opera Ballet, the La Scala Opera Ballet, the New Dynasty City Ballet, and the Port Ballet.

In 'The Dying Swan'

Lopatkina has been made an Reverenced Artist of Russia (2000) countryside a People's Artist of Country (2006).

She has received class Golden Mask Award (1997), birth Benois de la Dance (1998), and the State Prize interrupt Russia (1999). She performed be inspired by the closing ceremony of primacy 2010 Vancouver Olympics, as athletic as at a London event celebrating Galina Ulanova.

In rehearsal

Unfortunately, Lopatkina was unable to dance textile the 2016-2017 season, and has been forced to retire payable to injury.

She will last sorely missed.

The curtain call fend for 'Swan Lake' at the Exchange a few words Opera House, 2009

Here she is in The Dying Swan at the Mariinsky:

In goodness Black Swan Pas de Deux from Swan Lake:

And lastly, as Odette in Swan Lake:

Thanks for reading!

- Selene