Moscow Ballet's Principal Artists
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West Coast Principals Acclaimed
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Alexandra Elagina and Anatolie Ustimov dance the |
Anatolie Ustimov is a Laureate of the 2009 International Ballet Competitions (IBC) Moscow and hails from Chisinau, Moldova. At just 27 years old, Ustimov is the archetypal male Russian dancer. He was praised by the U.S. press for his premiere performance as the Nutcracker Prince in 2010:
“Elagina and Ustimov…partnered beautifully and executed their solos with aristocratic finesse.” Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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Karyna Shatkovskaya in Don Quixote
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Award–winning Principals
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Karyna Shatkovskaya and Vladimir Tkachenko in a lunge pose |
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Vladimir Tkachenko graduated with honors from the prestigious Perm Choreographic Ballet School, in the class of V. Alikina in 2006. The repertoire of the theatre includes masterpieces of the most distinguished choreographers of the 20th Century, including G. Balachine and J. Robbins. Upon graduation Tkachenko was invited to join the State Kremlin Ballet of Moscow and made his professional debut in La Esmeralda as the Hunchback Quasimodo. Two years later Vladimir was invited to become soloist in the Kharkov National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet rehearsing under the direction of People's Artist of Ukraine S. Kolyvanova and Honored Artist of the USSR, M. Bezzubikovym. There he dances principal roles in Nutcracker, Coppelia, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and A Thousand and One Nights. He has been a Guest Soloist of the Imperial Ballet under the direction of Taranda, and of the Russian International Ballet under the direction of Honored Artist of Russia Igor Surnevoy. He has toured to almost all continents of the world including Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America. He makes his debut appearance with Moscow Ballet in 2011 as the Nutcracker Prince in the Great Russian Nutcracker. |







