#anastasia nuikina

[patricedumonde]

This is perhaps my favorite video to exist on youtube! I watch it way too often lol. These students were so lucky to share a stage with the dancers from Bolshoi.

It is so difficult to even choose favorite dancers in this performance. I would say Xenia Zhiganshina and Yulia Stepanova stood out for me though. Alyona Kovalyova danced my favorite variation, and I think she did a marvelous job here. I thought it was breath-taking. She's so tall though that in the end when she does the tour jete, it low key looked like she tripped lol. I know it's part of the choreography but my heart still skipped a beat. This performance is my Avengers Endgame haha.

Ooh, also. In the mazurka, look at how tiny the 2023 graduates are. Time flies. I still find it unacceptable that I'm now older than some prima ballerinas. Anyway, take a break for an hour and make sure to watch this the whole way through! I can also compile a playlist of the variations if anyone's interested. Oscar Frame 2017 graduate (variation from the ballet Le Conservatorie, music by H.S.Paulli) Eleonora Sevenard 2017 graduate (variation from the ballet Trilby, music by Y.Gerber) Alyona Kovalyova 2016 graduate (variation from the ballet Le Roi Candaule, music by C.Pugni) Xenia Zhiganshina 2014 graduate (variation from the ballet Gretna Green, music by E.Guiraud) Olga Smirnova 2011 graduate (variation from the ballet Paquita, music by L.Minkus) Mikhail Lobukhin 2002 graduate (variation from the ballet Don Quixote, music by L.Minkus) Yulia Stepanova 2009 graduate (variation from the ballet The Little Humpbacked Horse, music by C.Pugni) Evgenia Obraztsova 2002 graduate (variation from the ballet Le Pavillon d’Armide, music by N.Tcherepnin) Denis Rodkin (variation from the ballet La Source, music by R.Drigo) Svetlana Zakharova 1996 graduate (variation from the ballet La Sylphide, music by R.Drigo)

#russian ballet #bolshoi ballet #vaganova #eleonora sevenard #alena kovaleva #alyona kovalyova #xenia zhiganshina #olga smirnova #mikhail lobukhin #yulia stepanova #evgenia obraztsova #denis rodkin #svetlana zakharova #anastasia nuikina #maria khoreva #maria bulanova #anastasia demidova #alexandra khiteeva #yulia spriridonova #svetlana savelieva #sofia valiullina #maria koshkareva #anna sharova #angelina karamysheva #Youtube

[ballet-symphonie]

Do you happen to know why Nuikina isn't dancing? Unpopular opinion: I really liked her.

She is dancing? She's scheduled for Dryad Queen on the 13th and also Corsaire trio on the 18th?

#Anastasia nuikina #ballet #ballerina #ballet ask #mariinsky ballet

[gorbigorbi]

Anastasia Nuikina (Mariinsky Ballet)

[galina-ulanova]

Xander Parish, Maria Khoreva, Daria Ionova [hidden] and Anastasia Nuikina [hidden] in Apollo (Mariinsky Ballet, 2018)

#ballet #xander parish #maria khoreva #daria ionova #anastasia nuikina #mariinsky ballet #apollo

[balletroyale]

I look at a dancer like Maria Petukhova and wonder how the hell Mariinsky chose the embarrassments that are Nuykina and Anzai over her...

Also… 

Nuykina forever remains a nightmare to watch, but both Camilla Mazzi and Orine Anzai are also massive cringefests. Mazzi’s Odalisque in Le Corsaire is on Youtube and I seriously wonder who is letting these girls even CLOSE to the stage?

Khoreva posted an IG story of ‘Diamonds’ in Germany today with Borodulina, Nuykina, Guseinova and Ivannikova as the Demi-soloists… and even in a group of four Nuykina can’t look decent! Her arms are all ridiculous and she’s off the music— a big no-no in the Balanchine world. How Nuykina still has a job is beyond me.

Anastasia Nuikina has two shows as Princess Masha in Nutcracker, and Maria Khoreva only has one? I dislike both of their situations (and I actually thoroughly dislike Nuikina) but that situation is just laughable. At least it’s Nutcracker, and not Swan Lake (heaven forbid they EVER let Nuikina even learn that ballet).

Obviously the Mariinsky is making some really poor choices right now. I think also that it is clear that Nuykina has some wealthy patrons helping her. Unfortunately, it is just a part of dance in Russia and there really is probably nothing even the company can do about it. But of course it is a mess and I mourn the loss of Petukhova as well–I think she may have been the best graduate of the year.

#ask #anastasia nuikina #Mariinsky Ballet

[tchaikovskaya]

*piercing screech*

#maria khoreva #xander parish #anastasia nuikina #daria ionova #(also idk if this is a typo or if thats how the mariinsky english lists will write mashas last name??) #like its more faithful to how english speakers would pronounce it so they wont call her koreva but still :((( its khoreva :(

[melmothblog]

Ask Responses: Lizi Avsajanishvili

I feel bad for Lizi that she had to pull out. I can't help but see a striking resemblence between her and Maria Khoreva. They both dance with a similar style, although I don't think Lizi is quite as stable as Masha. It must be so sad for Professor Kovaleva too, to have this happen to two of her best students in their year. Also, do you know why Tsiskaridze entered Lizi and not Anastasia Smirnova for the Vaganova prix? Does he prefer her?

If I’m honest, I don’t see the resemblance, but I am sad that Lizi couldn’t compete this year. Same thing happened to Khoreva in 2015 (or 2016?) and it was very disappointing. I don’t know if Tsiskaridze is the one who selects the students for Prix de Lausanne, though I’m sure he signs off on whether or not they go. I believe that students and their teachers have some say in whether they compete or not. It’s not a matter of preference.

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To continue with the Lizi and Anastasia question, didn't Lizi get to debut in the lead for Fairy Doll last year itself? If I'm not mistaken, didn't Anastasia only get that chance this year? Why does Tsiskaridze seem to prefer Lizi? Is it because Anastasia didn't place at the Moscow Ballet Competiton last year? Or could it be because Lizi is skinnier? I can't help but feel like there is some sort of enemity, or at least frostiness, between the two. In the instagram photos, Lizi and Anastasia are only together in group photos, and I've yet to see any sort of direct interaction between the two of them. I get the impression that Anastasia is the bit more introverted and wise one, while Lizi is more of a girly girl and more like a typical teenager. I get the feeling she can also be a bit proud over her good looks.

Though he can definitely influence the process, casting decisions are not up to Tsiskaridze alone. It’s more complex than that. And I seriously doubt that casting is determined by how skinny a student is. If a student isn’t in good shape, they would likely struggle getting cast, but otherwise it’s down to who is right and / or ready for the role (and the student’s teacher has some say in this). As I write below, unless you’re actually living and training among the students or know them personally, I wouldn’t speculate about the nature of their relationships.

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Is it common for there to be frostiness among the few top graduating students in Vaganova? Somehow I never sensed this from Masha Khoreva, Dasha Ionova, or Anastasia Nuikina. I did sense a bit between Bulanova, Khoreva, and Petukhova, however. I am just going off of what I see online, so this may not be true at all. This is my interpretation. Was there anything between Elya and Vlada in the 2017 class? Or between Maria and Alena in 2016?

It’s impossible to tell what the relationships between students are unless you’re living and working among them, so I’m not going to speculate. Those students and graduates who have spoken about their experience at VBA, tend to say that there is healthy competition among the students but generally everyone gets along ok.

d i s c l a i m e r

#qa #Lizi Avsajanishvili #Avsajanishvili #qa vaganova

[balletis-mylife]

Mariinsky Ballet Principals Schedule

Ekaterina Kondaurova

- The Lilac Fairy (The Sleeping Beauty)

- In the Night, with Yevgeny Ivanchenko

- Phrygia (Spartacus), with Roman Belyakov

- In the Night, with Andrei Yermakov

- Diamonds (Jewels), with Andrei Yermakov

- Raymonda (Raymonda), with Yevgeny Ivanchenko

Alina Somova

- In the Night, with Yevgeny Ivanchenko

- Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), with Vladimir Shklyarov

Viktoria Tereshkina

- Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, with Kimin Kim

- Phrygia (Spartacus), with Andrei Yermakov

- Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, with Kimin Kim

- Raymonda (Raymonda), with Timur Askerov

Timur Askerov

- Prince Desire (The Sleeping Beauty), with Anastasia Lukina

- The Prince (Cinderella), with Nadezhda Batoeva

- Armand (Marguerite and Armand), with Olesya Novikova

- Jean de Brienne (Raymonda), with Viktoria Tereshkina

Yevgeny Ivanchenko

- Conrad (Le Corsaire), with Anastasia Kolegova

- Vaslav (The Fountain of Bakchisarai), with Anastasia Kolegova

- In the Night, with Ekaterina Kondaurova

- Count Albrect (Giselle), with Olesya Novikova

- In the Night, with Alina Somova

- Vaslav (The Fountain of Bakchisarai), with Anastasia Kolegova

- Jean de Brienne (Raymonda), with Ekaterina Kondaurova

Kimin Kim

- The Nutcracker Prince (The Nutcracker), with Renata Shakirova

- Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, with Viktoria Tereshkina

- Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, with Viktoria Tereshkina

- The Nutcracker Prince (The Nutcracker), with Maria Khoreva

- Rubies (Jewels)

Igor Kulb

- Medge (La Sylphide)

- Carabosse, the Wicked Fairy (The Sleeping Beauty)

- Drosselmeyer (The Nutcracker)

Danila Korsuntev

- Ghirei (The Fountain of Bakhchisarai)

- In the Night, with Maria Bulanova

Xander Parish 

- In the Night, with Nadezhda Batoeva

- The Nutcracker Prince (The Nutcracker), with Anastasia Nuikina

- Diamonds (Jewels), with Maria Khoreva

- The Four Seasons, with Kristina Shapran

Vladimir Shklyarov

- The Nutcracker Prince (The Nutcracker), with May Nagahisa

- Siegfried (Swan Lake), with Alina Somova

- Young Man (Leningrad Symphony), with Yekaterina Chebykina

[fashioncurrentnews]

Xander Parish: il principe inglese del balletto arriva in Italia

di Valentina Bonelli

Per le origini inglesi, la bellezza apollinea, lo stile aristocratico, Xander Parish è per tutti il “British prince” del balletto. Trentadue anni, da otto émigré in Russia, il Primo ballerino del Teatro Mariinsky di San Pietroburgo si è guadagnato il suo posto al sole. “Quando ho lasciato il il Royal Ballet di Londra per l’avventura russa sapevo di rischiare, ma mi sono detto che un’opportunità così andava colta”, racconta oggi. “Certo all’inizio è stata dura: allora ero l’unico straniero in compagnia e si sa, i russi sono l’élite del balletto e diffidano di chiunque non abbia frequentato le loro leggendarie accademie. Tra i ballerini erano in molti a guardarmi con dispetto, o peggio a trattarmi male.”

Intanto Alexander cambia nome in Xander (Sasha per gli amici), impara da zero la lingua russa e soprattutto lavora duramente con il suo maestro personale, che ancor oggi lo sostiene come un padre. La scalata della gerarchia è più lunga per uno straniero ma lo scorso anno arriva finalmente la nomina a Principal dancer, celebratissima dalla stampa inglese. “Un enorme privilegio, che voglio continuare a guadagnarmi. Ormai i pregiudizi si sono dissipati, le giovani generazioni sono più aperte e in compagnia ho tanti amici. Se la vita in Russia può essere dura per uno straniero, il balletto mette tutti d’accordo: neppure le tensioni internazionali tra i nostri paesi ci toccano. La gente russa mi piace, sa essere molto leale. E soprattutto amo questa città, San Pietroburgo, dove viviamo immersi nell’arte. Nessun rimpianto, davvero: è questa adesso la mia patria!” dice mentre ci mostra  le foto del suo nuovo appartamento.

L’estate per i ballerini è tempo di tournée e Xander, cosmopolita per educazione, ne approfitta per vedere il mondo. Questa volta tocca all’Italia: sabato 28 luglio al Teatro Romano di Spoleto, nel Gala di balletto “Tributo a Rudolf Nureyev” presentato da Daniele Cipriani Entertainment, possiamo ammirarlo in uno dei suoi balletti preferiti, Apollo di George Balanchine. “Un personaggio affascinante, che nel tempo di un balletto esploro dalla nascita alla crescita: una sfida fisica, tecnica ed emotiva. E questa volta è un piacere danzarlo con tre ballerine debuttanti, appena diplomate, di immenso talento: Maria Khoreva, Daria Ionova, Anastasia Nuikina, le mie muse teen-agers.” È la nuova generazione di ballerini russi, che guarda al principe inglese con ammirazione e fiducia.

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[strechanadi]

Excerpts from Dance Europe magazine interview with Yuri Fateyev

Emma Kauldhar: Unlike in some companies, where talent is left to wait their turn in the corps de ballet, you believe in giving exceptionally talented dancers chances at a young age...

Yuri Fateyev: Yes. I think with time going so fast, we need to give the talnted the chance to show what they can do. This is my point of view. They should not have to wait a long time, becaise in the ballet business it is impossible to wait because ballet is the art for youn people.

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EK: You have also taken on three graduates from the Vaganova Academy who are already dancing the muses in Apollo and other leading roles.

YF: Yes, I have been watching them in their classes. I was also on the jury for the Vaganova exam, and I thought it would be nice to have the three of them in the company. I decided to have a project for them and choose Apollo because they look similar and also very Balanchine ballerina-like in style. Slender, nice faces. We worked on Apollo for rour months - April, May, June and July - and now they have performed it for the Academy’s performance,  then in Spoleto and on the Mariinsky stage, and they will perform it in the Balanchine Festival at New York City Center. I am very happy because they are working so hard and they have already done a lot. Some of them have also performed in the pas de trois in Swan Lake, in the pas de trois in Le Corsaire and all of them have performed in Paquita. Masha Khoreva is incredible - she has performed the lead role, like a ballerina in a three-act ballet, and the two other girls, Anastasia Nuikina and Daria Ionova, already do the friends of Paquita. I’m so happyto have young blood in the company.

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EK: What is the hardest part of being a director of a huge company like the Mariinsky Ballet?

YF: Many things are very hard. The first one is planning - it is so hard. And the second hardest is talking to dancers and telling them things they don’t want to hear. This is very difficult because you have to explain to them that’s not because you don’t like them as a person, but that you don’t see that they are artistically suitable in certain roles. Dancers - they have an ego of course. When they come from the school they are all feeling, all of them, like a superstar, but when they come to the theatre they find it is different  and almost all of them go to the corps de ballet. (...) Some of them, after working, develop and go on to be soloists. But when they become soloists, they think they can dance everything and that’s not right. In the Mariinsky, trditionally we have an “amplua”: one dancer can dance this role, and another dancer can dance this role, and they don’t have to mix. Because in the West, in a Western company, if you have a position of a principal, you can dance anything - Swan Lake, Don Q, Giselle - but it’s not right. Because the eprsonality of a dancer is unique. Perhaps, occasionally, one dancer can dance everyhing, but it is unusual. Most dancers cannot dance the full rep because they are perfect in a particular type of rep, and in some ballets they do not look good. I completely understand that dancers want to dance everything, but not on the Mariinsky stage.

So, the first two is basically for @ goodgolly-missmolly88, the last part is for me. Cause let’s talk about type-cast... (ohmygodthisissostupidshutupman!)

#ballet #mariinsky ballet #dance europe #yuri fateyev

[patricedumonde]

It’s really sad to see how often Maria Koshkaryova fans try to put down Sofya Valiullina, and the other way around. That is especially happening in YouTube comments and it’s such a pity. I was watching the Bolshoi rehearsal for the World Ballet Day and it’s so cute to see them gravitate towards each other in between floor combinations and sometimes just whisper together in a corner. They seem to have been best friends since childhood and moved together to a new city, likely all alone. They must be such comfort to each other through all these new challenges. I get it, the spots at the top are limited but I just really wish people would stop acting like the fact that one is doing well is somehow harming the other one. They actually like each other and that is lovely. Sorry, not a question, just something that has been on my mind for a while.

Aww that is a bummer. I haven’t really read the YouTube comments. I’m 100% sure they’re basically sisters and you’re right, I’m sure they are each other’s confidante.

Growing up in a ballet school is really interesting. You have to support each other, help each other for exams and performances, you learn how to do everything together like how to put on makeup! But you’re also competing for roles, the center spot at the barre, the attention of your teachers. There are definitely times when you get jealous of your peers, hold grudges when they get the solo you wanted. So you’re friends, but also competitors, and you can push each other to great heights.

I can’t help but wonder how much of that dynamic changes when graduates start their professional career. Is it the same? Are there more/less opportunities to both get good roles? I’m sure the competition will always be there but I’m willing to bet it’s more intense in school than in the company.

I feel like the 2018/2019 graduates are all still very close. A lot of them get the same roles. I think Anastasia Nuikina and Alexandra Khiteyeva have a lot of overlap with repertoire but they’re very good friends! I imagine it will be the same for Sofya and Masha 💕

#russian ballet #bolshoi ballet #maria koshkaryova #sofia valiullina #patrice answers

[ballet-symphonie]

MT Q+A

Have you heard any updates in Maria Khoreva’s injury? Her posts on IG are getting very cryptic and concerning. Definitely a lack of giving updates. While injuries to dancers are very personal, there seems to be something “off” about this. It would be such a shame if this is career-ending.

It is hard to know her status, as I never know when the content she's posting was filmed. Some of it feels decently recent so it looks like she's dancing again in some capacity but I'm really not sure? Most 'in the know' people on Russian SNS have been very tight-lipped as well about her recovery. I am glad to see her taking her time, if nothing else, I want to see her dancing again but only when she's ready.

Ale, you once mentioned you'd like to see Anastasia Lukina getting another shot at Giselle after her debut as Medora. I saw that recently she did perform as Giselle for the first time since her debut in Le Corsaire, so I'm curious to know your thoughts on her latest performance and also if it was accepted well by the audience.

I saw very little honestly, most of the clips I saw from that performance were almost exclusively Stepin's solos. If she was bad, I'm sure she would have been badmouthed as she has been in the past (and if she did a disaster then she likely would have been given lots of false pity). I think it's far more likely she was decently mediocre and that the Russian audience was far more distracted by Nagahisa's returning Giselle :(

I feel like I can’t enjoy May Nagahisa like I used to do before the war. I really liked her and was happy to support her career, but I really can’t defend her decision to go back, is there any explanation? I don’t believe she didn’t have any good offers from other companies

I find it hard to believe that she didn't have any other offers and I also feel differently about her now that she's gone back. Like why did you leave in the first place then? So spineless! Regardless, she's a leading soloist with a versatile repertoire, a diploma from a reputable school, and an excellent following. She is a bit short for some European companies, but it's difficult for me to blame everything on her height. I'm confident she had options if she wanted them. Why Caxieta didn't get her head on straight and get her to stay in Amsterdam is beyond me. I am also very curious to know what the Japanese ballet community has to say about her currently.

Thoughts on Alina Somova? Sometimes I feel like there are things that no one can dance better than her, but other times I feel like something is bothering me. I don't know... she confuses me.

She has her good roles and she has her bad roles like everyone else, but the difference between her 'floor' and her 'celing' is larger than most ballerinas IMO. I have a friend who studied at VBA (forgeiner obviously) and was invited to watch her rehearsals from time to time by Somova's coach, Tatyana Terekhova. He would sometimes leave rehearsals flabbergasted and terrified for Alina, she had looked completely out of sorts, falling all over the place. But that night at the theatre, his jaw would drop, every pirouette was perfect and every balance was held. Of course, sometimes the opposite happened, she was too good in rehearsal but a disaster on stage.

For what it's worth, he thinks she could dance the Queen of the Dryads part in her sleep.

Is Alina Somova still with the Mariinsky or has she left Russia?

She is still listed as part of the company but is keeping a very low profile and is not performing often.

Maybe it is just me, but it doesn't make sense imo why in a theatre as competitive as MT with so many EXCELLENT dancers, Nuikina is a second soloist. At this moment, when so many gorgeous girls (and especially men but this is another story, don't get me started) are waiting for promotions, I feel like she is the only one which I consider as totally overated, talking on her rank.

Well, there's a reason why she hasn't been getting nearly as many debuts recently...

#alina somova #victor caxieta #ballet #ballerina #may nagahisa #maria khoreva #anastasia lukina #mariinsky theatre #mariinsky ballet #ballet ask #Q+A

[gorbigorbi]

Anastasia Nuikina (born 1996), Variation from “Paquita”

[galina-ulanova]

Xander Parish, Anastasia Nuikina, Daria Ionova and Maria Khoreva in Apollo (Mariinsky Ballet, 2018)

#ballet #xander parish #anastasia nuikina #daria ionova #maria khoreva #mariinsky ballet #apollo

[balletroyale]

Maria Khoreva, Daria Ionova, and Anastasia Nuikina as the three odalisques in Le Corsaire (Mariinsky Ballet) 

I don’t understand why they are still grouping these girls and why they are getting such big solos this early. 

#maria khoreva #daria ionova #anastasia nuikina #le corsaire #Mariinsky Ballet

[patricedumonde]

waitttt tell us about the cliques at the mariinsky I'm curious 👀👀👀

Oh gosh I just noticed that Alexandra Khiteeva, Maria Bulanova, and Anastasia Nuikina are often together 😆

#patrice answers