Olesya Novikova

• Prize-winner at the International Vaganova-Prix Ballet Dancers’ Competition (St Petersburg, 2002).

Born in Leningrad.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2002 (class of Marina Vasilieva, Honoured Artist of Russia).
After graduating from the Academy she joined the Mariinsky Theatre.

Her repertoire at the Mariinsky Theatre includes:
La Sylphide (Sylph), choreography by August Bournonville;
Giselle (Giselle);
Le Corsaire (Gulnare);
La Bayadère (Gamzatti, Variation in the Kingdom of Shadows);
The Sleeping Beauty (Breadcrumb Fairy, Gold Fairy, Silver Fairy, Fleur de Farine Fairy) – choreography by Marius Petipa, revival of the 1890 production;
The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Generosity Fairy, Silver Fairy) – choreography by Marius Petipa, revised by Konstantin Sergeyev;
Swan Lake (Pas de trios, Cygnets);
Raymonda (Raymonda, Grand pas, Variation);
Don Quixote (Kitri, Flower Girl, Variation from Act IV);
Chopiniana (Nocturne, Eleventh Waltz) – choreography by Michel Fokine;
Les Noces – choreography by Bronislava Nijinska;
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Maria);
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet);
George Balanchine’s Apollo (Polyhymnia), Symphony in C (III Movement), The Four Temperaments, Jewels (Rubies, Emeralds, Diamonds) and Piano Concerto No 2 (Ballet Imperial);
Études – choreography by Harald Lander;
Manon – choreography by Kenneth MacMillan;
The Nutcracker (Masha); production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov;
Middle Duet – choreography by Alexei Ratmansky;
William Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated;
Ondine (Ondine) – choreography by Pierre Lacotte;
The Meek One (The Meek One) – choreography by Donvena Pandoursky;
Flight of Angels (Soloist) – choreography by Edwaard Liang;
Without – choreography by Benjamin Millepied.

She created the female role in Alexei Miroshnichenko’s Du Côté de chez “Swann”, premiered at the VI International Ballet Festival Mariinsky (St Petersburg, 2006).

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Great Britain, Germany and China.