Maria Alexandrova

Maria Alexandrova (Russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Алекса́ндрова) is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, People’s Artist of Russia.

Maria Alexandrova
Мария Александрова
Maria Alexandrova in Don Quixote, Bolshoi Theatre, 2011
Born
Maria Aleksandrovna Alexandrova

(1978-07-20) July 20, 1978
Moscow, RSFSR USSR
EducationMoscow State Academy of Choreography
OccupationBallerina
EmployerBolshoi Theatre
AwardsGolden Mask (2004)
Meritorious Artist of Russia (2005)
People's Artist of Russia (2009)

Biography

Maria Alexandrova was born in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and attended the Moscow Choreographic Academy. She won a gold medal at the Moscow International Ballet Competition in 1997 and shortly thereafter joined the Bolshoi Ballet, quickly making her debut as Myrtha in Giselle.[1] In June 2000 she played a double role in Don Quixote as street dancer for the first act and as soloist in third.[2] By 2004 she had become a principal dancer, and since then she has performed in such ballets as The Sleeping Beauty and played the title character in Alexei Ratmansky's Leah and Carmen in Carmen Suite. In 2005 and 2007 she performed numerous soloist roles and made her debuts as Odette-Odile in Swan Lake, Medora in Le Corsaire and the Pupil in The Lesson.[1]

In 2008 she participated in the premiere of Ratmansky's Flames of Paris, in which she played the heroine Jeanne.[3] In 2009 she danced in the premiere of Coppélia as Swanilda,[4] made her debut as Nikiya in La Bayadère and danced the title role in the premiere of Esmeralda.[5] The same year she also traveled to Novosibirsk where she appeared again in Swan Lake and Don Quixote, both of which were performed at the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2010 she made her debut as the Countess in Roland Petit's Queen of Spades.[1] On 2 August 2013, during a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet at the Royal Opera House in London, Alexandrova injured her leg while performing Gamzatti in La Bayadère and had to leave the stage without finishing her act.[6] She returned to the Bolshoi stage on February 28, 2014 in a performance of Mats Ek's Apartment.[7]

In 2015 Maria Alexandrova had participated in a film called Bolshoi Babylon.[8]

On 2 February 2017, it was officially announced that Ms. Alexandrova decided to resign from the Bolshoi Ballet. "Bolshoi Theater has confirmed resignation of one of the ballet company stars, internationally acclaimed prima ballerina Maria Alexandrova. The resignation was voluntary, it said. "On January 19, 2017, People’s Artist of Russia Maria Alexandrova filed a request for voluntary resignation," a spokesperson for the theater said. "This was Ms. Alexandrova’s personal decision."[9] Maria Alexandrova explained she will continue to dance within the context of other projects.

Alexandrova was a leader of the Bolshoi Theatre's performer's union, and on 14 September 2014 she ran unsuccessfully for election to the Moscow City Duma as a candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, finishing second in the 41st electoral district.[10][11]

See also

References
  1. "Maria Alexandrova". Bolshoi Ballet. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. Lewis Segal (June 23, 2000). "The Bolshoi Steps Back". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. "Flames of Paris premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. "Coppelia premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  5. "Esmeralda premiere cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  6. "Bolshoi prima Maria Alexandrova gets injury at guest performance in London". TASS. August 3, 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  7. "Apartment cast list". Bolshoi Theatre. Archived from the original on September 12, 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  8. Kourlas, Gia (December 18, 2015). "Maria Alexandrova on the Bolshoi: 'We Still Don't Know the Truth'". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  9. "Bolshoi confirms resignation of prima ballerina Maria Alexandrova". TASS. February 3, 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  10. "41st electoral district". Krasnaya Moskva (in Russian). Archived from the original Check |url= value (help) on August 11, 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  11. "Results of elections to the Moscow City Duma held on 14 September 2014". Moscow Electoral Commission (in Russian). Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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