Sofia Gumerova

• Honoured Artist of Russia (2010)

Born in Moscow.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1995.
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 1995.

Her repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Sylph); choreography by August Bournonville,
Giselle (Giselle, Monna),
Le Corsaire (Medora, Odalisques’ Pas de trois),
La Bayadère (Nikia, Grand pas, Shadows’ Pas de trois); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani,
Grand pas from Paquita (variation),
The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Candide Fairy, Princess Florine); choreography by Marius Petipa, revival of the 1890 production,
Swan Lake (Odette-Odile, Swans); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Raymonda (Raymonda, Clemance, Grand pas); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Don Quixote (Kitri, Street Dancer, Queen of the Dryads); choreography by Alexander Gorsky,
Michel Fokine’s ballets The Swan and Chopiniana (Prelude, Mazurka, Nocturne),
Les Noces (the Bride); choreography by Bronislava Nijinska,
Pas de six from the ballet Esmeralda,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Zarema, Young women); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
Spartacus (Phrygia) – choreography by Leonid Yakobson,
The Legend of Love (Mekhmeneh Bahnu); choreography by Yuri Grigorovich,
Pas de quatre (Carlotta Grisi, Lucile Grahn); choreography by Anton Dolin,
Carmen suite (Carmen); choreography by Alberto Alonso,
George Balanchine’s ballets Apollo (Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Calliope), Prodigal Son (the Siren), Serenade, The Four Temperaments, Symphony in C (First Movement), Theme and Variations, La Valse, Jewels (Emeralds, Rubies, Diamonds) and Scotch Symphony,
In the Night; choreography by Jerome Robbins,
Le Jeune homme et la mort; choreography by Roland Petit,
Goya-Divertissement (Duchess of Alba),
Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Cinderella (Stepmother, Female Dance), Le Poème de l’extase and Anna Karenina (Princess Betsy),
Dolce, con fuoco; choreography by Svetlana Anufrieva,
In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated; choreography by William Forsythe,
Reverence; choreography by David Dawson,
Like an Old Organ Grinder; choreography by Alexei Miroshnichenko,
Presentiment of Spring; choreography by Yuri Smekalov,
and the duet from the ballet The Ghostly Ball; choreography by Dmitry Bryantsev.

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Germany.