Ulyana Lopatkina: biography, repertoire

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Lopatkina Ulyana Vyacheslavovna is a Russian ballerina. Today it is one of the most famous in the world. She actively tours in different countries.

Biography

Future ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina was born in 1973, on October 23rd. Her parents were teachers. She also has a younger brother named Eugene. The artist's birthplace is the city of Kerch, Crimea. All her childhood was spent on the Black Sea coast. Even in early childhood, the parents sent the girl to the ballet. Ulyana Lopatkina was engaged in choreographic circles, as well as in the gymnastics section. The artist received her education at the Academy of Russian Ballet named after Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova. She studied in the class of Professor N. Dudinskaya. Even in her student years, she won her first prize in the field of ballet.

Since 1991 she has been an artist of the Mariinsky Theatre. Here Ulyana's teachers were such outstanding personalities as Ninel Alexandrovna Kurgapkina and Olga Nikolaevna Moiseeva.

After 4 years of hard work, she became a prima. Her debut role was Odile/Odette in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, which brought her first success. The actress was highly appreciated by critics and loved by the public. Perthis role the ballerina was awarded one of the most prestigious theatrical awards of our country - "Golden Soffit".

Soon she was seriously injured and did not go on stage for several years. In 2003, she decided on a major operation. After that, Ulyana Lopatkina was able to return to her favorite work. Today, a wonderful teacher Irina Alexandrovna Chistyakova works with the ballerina. In 2013, Nikolai Tsiskaridze was appointed rector of the Vaganova Academy of Ballet. He recommended taking Ulyana to the position of artistic director. But for some reason, the ballerina never signed a contract with the academy.

In 2001 Ulyana got married. Her husband was businessman and writer Vladimir Kornev. In 2002, the couple had a daughter, who was given the name Maria. In 2010, the couple divorced. Now, in addition to her career, Ulyana is actively involved in charity work. She chairs the Board of Trustees of the Cancer Prevention Foundation.

Over the years of her creative activity, Ulyana Lopatkina had a chance to work not only on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater, of which she is the prima ballerina. She also dances at many other famous venues in the country and the world. These are the GABD (Moscow), the Metropolitan Opera (New York), the Royal Opera House (London), La Scala (Milan), the Grand Opera (Paris), NHK (Tokyo), as well as the National Opera and Ballet Theater (Helsinki).

In the year 2010, the ballerina took part in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Canada. In 2011, a gala concert dedicated to the memory of the great ballerina Galina Ulanova was held in London. Ulyana took in himparticipation.

In addition to her favorite profession, the ballerina has several other hobbies: Ulyana loves to draw, read books, listen to classical music, and is also interested in interior design and cinema.

Repertoire

Ulyana Lopatkina performs parts in the following ballet performances:

• "Leningrad Symphony".
• "Blank Page Sounds".
• "Fairy's Kiss" (part of the main character).
• Gossips.
• "Anna Karenina".
• "Leda and the Swan".
• Serenade.
• "Two Voices".
• "La Bayadère" (part of Nikiya).
• "Contradictions".
• Swan Lake.
• "Tango".
• Scheherazade (Zobeida part).
• "Death of the Rose".
• The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Zarema's part).
• "The Nutcracker".
• "Jewelry".
• Imperial.
• "Legend of Love" (Mekhmene Banu part).
• "Carmen Suite".
• "Raymonda" (part of the main character, also Clemence).
• Goya divertissement.
• "Giselle" (part of the main character).
• "The Poem of Ecstasy".
• Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy part).
• "Swan".
• "Young Man and Death".
• Pas de Quatre (Maria Taglioni part).
• "Paquita".
• "Symphony in C".
• Corsair (Medora's part).
• "Where golden cherries hang", etc.

Tour Geography

Ulyana Vyacheslavovna Lopatkina tours not only in Russia, but alsoaround the world. The geography of her performances is extensive. Ulyana tours in countries such as:

• Germany.
• Japan.
• China.
• USA and others

Awards

Ulyana Lopatkina is the winner of a large number of various awards. In her piggy bank:

• "Benois de la Danse".
• Vaganova-Prix.
• Evening Standard.
• B altika.
• Gold Soffit.

In 1997, the artist was awarded the most important prize in the field of theater - the Golden Mask. Uliana Lopatkina in 2000 received the title of Honored Artist of Russia, and in 2005 - People's Artist.