Elena Chmil

• Prize-winner at the IV International Vaganova-Prix Competition (2^nd prize, St Petersburg, 1998).

Born in Leningrad (St Petersburg).
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1998.
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company the same year.

Her repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Sylphs); choreography by Auguste Bournonville,
Le Corsaire (Trio of Odalisques),
La Bayadère (Manu, Bayadères); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani,
The Sleeping Beauty (Little Red Riding Hood, Breadcrumb Fairy); choreography by Marius Petipa, revival of the 1890 production,
The Sleeping Beauty (Carefree Fairy, Playfulness Fairy); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Swan Lake (Cygnets, Neapolitan Dance); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Raymonda (Grand pas variation); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Don Quixote (Amour); choreography by Alexander Gorsky,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Bell Dance); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet’s Companion, Paris’ Page, Beggars); choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky,
The Legend of Love (Shyrin’s Friends); choreography by Yuri Grigorovich,
The Bedbug (the Ballroom Pianist’s Lady),
Carmen suite (Woman Tobacco-Worker); choreography by Alberto Alonso,
George Balanchine’s ballets Serenade, Symphony in C (Second Movement) and Piano Concerto No 2 (Ballet Imperial),
Carmen (Bandit); choreography by Roland Petit,
The Nutcracker (the Bees’ Pas de trois); production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov,
Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Le Baiser de la fée (Friends of the Bride) and The Little Humpbacked Horse (Wet-Nurses),
Ondine (Friends in Green, Tarantella); choreography by Pierre Lacotte
and the Dance of Chernomor’s Slaves in the opera Ruslan and Lyudmila.

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to China.