Anastasia Kolegova

• Prize-winner at International Ballet Competitions in Rieti (Italy, 2000) and Varna (Bulgaria, 2002).
• Diploma-recipient and recipient of the special prize at the Arabesque young ballet dancers’ competition for the best performance of a role to music by Tchaikovsky (Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, 2002).

Born in Chelyabinsk.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2000 (class of Lyubov Kunakova).
Since 2000 she has performed with various dance companies including the St Petersburg Konstantin Tachkin Ballet Theatre, the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (Vilnius), the St Petersburg Boris Eifman Ballet Company and the Mariinsky Theatre. Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2006.

Her repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
Giselle (Giselle, Myrtha),
Le Corsaire (Medora, Gulnare, Trio of Odalisques),
La Bayadère (Gamzatti, Grand pas); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani,
The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy, Princess Florine); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Swan Lake (Odette-Odile, Swans, Two Swans); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Raymonda (Raymonda, Grand pas); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Don Quixote (Kitri, Queen of the Dryads, Act IV Variation),
Chopiniana (Nocturne, Mazurka, Seventh Waltz, Eleventh Waltz); choreography by Michel Fokine,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Maria); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
Pas de Quatre (Fanny Cerrito, Marie Taglioni)
and George Balanchine’s ballets Apollo (Calliope, Polyhymnia), Serenade, Symphony in C (Second Movement), Jewels (Emeralds) and La Valse
Russkaya; choreography by Vladimir Vasiliev.

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, China, Finland, Japan and Australia.