Prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre: Maya Plisetskaya, Svetlana Zakharova and others

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater - thousands of dancers dream of such an honorary title. Primadonnas perform leading roles in choreographic performances. And to be the prima of the Bolshoi is especially honorable, because this is the best and most famous theater in our country, which is known to the whole world.

Prima of the Bolshoi Theater of different years

The best dancers in the country are prima ballerinas of the Bolshoi Theatre. List of leading actresses of the Bolshoi Theater who ended their careers in the XX-beginning of the XXI century:

• Shulamith Messerer
• Maya Plisetskaya
• Raisa Struchkova
• Olga Lepeshinskaya
• Margarita Kandaurova
• Rimma Karelian
• Galina Ulanova
• Natalia Bessmertnova
• Ekaterina Maksimova
• Elena Cherkasskaya
• Krieger Quiz
• Irina Vozianova
• Maria Reizen
• Sofya Golovkina
• Nina Semizorova
• Vera Karalli
• Lyudmila Semenyaka
• Tatiana Cherkasskaya
• Nina Ananiashvili
• Natalia Osipova
• Anastasia Volochkova
• Angelina Vorontsova
• Galina Stepanenko

However, this is not even a complete list.

List of leading Bolshoi Theater dancers who serve there now:

• Anastasia Meskova
• Maria Alexandrova
• Ekaterina Krysanova
• Svetlana Zakharova
• Evgenia Obraztsova
• Maria Allash
• Ilze Liepa
• Svetlana Lunkina
• Olga Smirnova
• Maria Semenyachenko
• Ekaterina Shipulina
• Kristina Kretova

And others.

Maya Plisetskaya

The world's most famous prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater - Maya Plisetskaya. This brilliant woman was born in 1925. She was the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater until 1990. M. Plisetskaya was awarded a huge number of orders and medals. Has several honorary titles. Maya Mikhailovna was a teacher, choreographer, starred in several films, published memoirs.

M. Plisetskaya became an actress of the Bolshoi Theater in 1943. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, she went to live in Germany.

Maya Mikhailovna had expressive plasticity, flexibility, was incredibly musical, she had phenomenal jumps and an easy step. M. Plisetskaya continued to dance at an advanced age, which is rare for ballet dancers. The great ballerina passed away in May 2015.

Ekaterina Maksimova

Another legendary prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre. Ekaterina Sergeevna was born in Moscow in 1939. After graduating from college, she entered the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater. Soonbecame the prima donna of ballet. E. Maksimova served at the Bolshoi Theater for exactly 30 years. Since 1978, she has combined work at the Bolshoi Theater with performances abroad. Glory to her brought the ballet "The Nutcracker", where she performed the part of Masha. Distinctive features of Ekaterina Sergeevna's dance: natural grace, easy jump, virtuoso technique, rapid rotation, elegance in movements. She taught and became a professor in 1996.

Ekaterina Sergeevna died in 2009. The ballerina's grave is located at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

Svetlana Zakharova

Now the most famous prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater is Svetlana Zakharova. Born in 1979 in Ukraine. She graduated from the choreographic school in Kyiv. Having taken second place in the competition of young ballet dancers, she received the right to be enrolled in the graduation course at the A. Ya. Vaganova Academy. Svetlana graduated in 1996. After the academy, she was enrolled in the troupe of the Mariinsky Theater. A year later, she became a prima. She moved to the Bolshoi Theater in 2003. Then she took the position of prima ballerina there. In 2008 she received the honorary title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. The ballerina also dances abroad.

Evgenia Obraztsova

Another contemporary prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre. Evgenia was born in 1984 in Leningrad. Her parents were ballet dancers. In 2002, Evgenia graduated from the Vaganova Academy. Immediately after training, she was accepted into the troupe of the Mariinsky Theater. In the very firsther season she danced the part of the main character. In 2005, having won the International Competition, she went on tour in Italy and the USA. Since 2012 - prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater.

Ekaterina Shipulina

Prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater since 2002. Born in the city of Perm. Her parents were ballet dancers. Until 1994, Ekaterina studied at the Perm Choreographic School. Then she transferred to study in Moscow. After college, she was accepted into the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater. A few years later she became a prima. Ekaterina is a laureate of the national theater award "Golden Mask". She has many awards and has repeatedly won ballet competitions.