Ballet is not just art, but real magic. Such dances are inimitably beautiful.
Russian ballet is a reference, the most authoritative in the world. The dancers amaze with the plasticity, ease and ease with which they perform complex dance movements.
Recall the 10 most famous ballerinas in Russia, performing in the Russian Imperial, as well as in modern theaters.
10. Diana Vishneva
Diana Vishneva - Owner of her own international festival CONTEXT, world star, prima Mariinsky Theater. She started dancing at the Mariinsky Theater when she did not graduate from the Russian Ballet Academy. Very soon Vishneva was already performing at the Bolshoi Theater.
Diana says she is an artist, not a ballerina. She not only takes part in other people's productions, but is also actively involved in creating her own projects.
Vishneva tried herself as a film actress in the films "Ballerinas", "Diamonds. Theft ”,“ Meek ”.
Having created the Foundation for the Promotion of the Development of Ballet Art, she began to actively help beginner dancers.
9. Ekaterina Kondaurova
Another prima of the Mariinsky Theater. This is not “porcelain”, “lace”, but a ballerina cut in stone. Ekaterina Kondaurova copes with technically difficult numbers and demonstrates an amazing dramatic game on stage.
This dancer for a long time did not receive roles in classical works, the role of the performer of modern parties was assigned to her. Then the ballerina learned the classic pas de deux.
Together with colleagues from the Mariinsky Theater, Ekaterina Kondaurova often toured abroad: she traveled to the United States, the Netherlands, Great Britain, China, Germany, and Norway.
8. Svetlana Zakharova
In childhood Svetlana Zakharova studied at the Kiev choreographic school. Then the girl went to East Germany with her parents. A few months later, Svetlana Zakharova returned to Ukraine, graduated from college and entered the Academy of Russian Ballet named after A. Ya. Vaganova.
Then the dancer was accepted into the troupe of the Mariinsky Theater. Svetlana also worked at the La Scala Theater, the Bolshoi Theater. Today, the ballerina performs in many megacities of the world.
Svetlana Zakharova has wonderful “technical characteristics” and natural data, which allowed her to become one of the most popular dancers.
7. Agrippina Vaganova
Agrippina Vaganova She was not like her classmates from a theater school. She lacked natural plastics, flexibility.
To succeed, the novice ballerina devoted a lot of time to training. She created her own technique, which then became legendary. Critics talked about honed movements, strong jumps and the "steel toe" of the dancer.
The teaching method created by Agrippina Vaganova in the future began to be used by many teachers of ballet art. Dancers taught by the ballerina performed all over the world.
In 1931, the famous dancer became artistic director at the Mariinsky Theater.
6. Matilda Kshesinskaya
Matilda Kshesinskaya first appeared on the Mariinsky stage when she was four years old. At the end of the XIX century, she studied for a ballerina at the St. Petersburg Theater School.
Kshesinskaya performed at the Mariinsky Theater for a long time. Her performances were distinguished by cheerfulness, bright artistry. It is said that this ballerina was the favorite of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II.
Matilda Kshesinskaya was distinguished not only by her unsurpassed talent, but also by her firm position and iron character. The dancer is credited with the dismissal of Prince Volkonsky, director of the Imperial Theaters.
After the revolution, Kshesinskaya went to France and there she married the Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich, cousin of Nicholas II.
5. Lyudmila Semenyaka
This ballerina performed at the Mariinsky Theater when she was only 12 years old. A capable young dancer simply could not help but notice: very soon she was invited to the Bolshoi Theater. On a creative path Lyudmila Semenyaki her teacher Galina Ulanova greatly influenced.
Even with the most difficult tasks, the ballerina coped very easily and naturally. It might seem that during her performances the dancer only enjoys the process and makes no effort.
In the mid-70s of the last century, the Paris Dance Academy awarded the ballerina an award named after Anna Pavlova.
4. Maya Plisetskaya
This dancer is one of the most famous Russian ballerinas. She liked ballet art from an early age. When Maya was 9 years old, she entered the Moscow Choreographic School. Then the ballerina studied at the Bolshoi Theater: Agrippina Vaganova became her mentor. The dancer achieved the status of a soloist in two years.
The core of Plisetskaya’s biography was Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake. She performed the part of Odile-Odette.
Primary ballerina became thanks to a very difficult jumps, expressive plasticity and innate artistry. This dancer was very good at tragic images, she also liked to experiment with modern dances.
In the early 90s Maya Plisetskaya was fired from the Bolshoi Theater, but she did not despair and continued to perform solo. Thanks to her great love for her job and a huge amount of energy, the ballerina was able to debut on her seventieth birthday.
3. Galina Ulanova
We can say that Galina Ulanova was "doomed" to the creative path of a ballerina: her mother taught others ballet dances.
In the late 20s of the last century, Galina graduated from the choreographic college. After that, she began working at the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater.
Ulanova began to attract the attention of critics and spectators from the very beginning of her journey. A very noticeable role of the dancer was Giselle. When Galina Ulanova performed the scene of her madness, she did it with such selflessness and penetration that even the stronger sex could not restrain tears in the hall.
Ballerina performed on stage until the age of 50. The dancer always treated herself with severity: she weighed less than 50 kg and began every morning with classes even at an advanced age.
2. Olga Lepeshinskaya
The nickname of this dancer is “Dragonfly”: she received it for accuracy of movements, sparklingness and passion in dance. In his youth Olga Lepeshinskaya studied at the ballet school at the Bolshoi Theater. She was easily given both modern and classical productions.
During the war years, the ballerina boldly danced in front of the soldiers to raise their morale. Lepeshinskaya had a large number of awards, was the favorite of Stalin.
The dancer has always been demanding of herself. It was made inimitable by its special character and natural technique.
1. Anna Pavlova
This ballerina was "wind, lightness, fluff." Anna Pavlova associate with the "Dying Swan": it was this scenic image that made her very famous.
The dancer created her ballet troupe and performed with her in different countries. In Australia, in honor of Anna Pavlova, they called meringue cake, in Holland a new variety of tulips.
This ballerina has always honed her skills, and besides, she had wonderful natural data. She managed to become a legend during her lifetime.