Irina Zhelonkina

• Honoured Artist of Russia (2003).

Born in Tcheboksary.
Graduated from Vaganova Ballet Academy (class of Prof. Natalie Dudinskaya) in 1989 and joined the Mariinsky Theatre.
Became First soloist in 1995.

Repertoire:
La Sylphide (Sylphide);
Giselle (Giselle/ Peasant´s Pas de Deux);
Swan Lake (Pas de Trois);
Nutcracker (Masha/ Pas de Trois);
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Maria);
La Bayadère (Gamsatti/ Pas de Trois from the scene "The Kingdom of Shades");
Don Quixote (Lady Dryad/ Flower girl/ Street dancer);
Le Corsaire (Gulnarah/ Pas de Trois);
Raymonda (Clemance/ Pas de Trois from the scene Kingdom of Shades);
The Legend of Love (Shyrin);
Romeo and Juliet (Juliet´s Friends/ Juliet);
Goya-Divertissement (Painting);
"Paquita" Grand Pas (variation);
The Fairy Doll (The Fairy Doll);
Pas de Six "La Vivandiere";
MacMillan´s Manon (Lescaut´s Mistress);
Sergeev´s The Sleeping Beauty (La Fee Violent/ Princess Aurora/ Princess Florine), Cinderella (Zluka);
Fokine´s Chopiniana (Mazurka/ Valse in C Sharp minor/ Valse in G flat major), Petrushka (the Ballerina);
Balanchine´s Apollo (Polyhymnia), Symphony in C (I part);
Alexei Ratmansky´s Cinderella (Khudyshka).

 

Changes to the playbill

Today Thu, 29 Jul 2010

Changes to the playbill

Information for audiences:

On 24 October, instead of the planned performance of the opera Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and an evening of piano music, at 15.00, the Mariinsky Theatre will now be staging a premiere of the opera Věc Makropulos (The Makropoulos Affair).
Tickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

On 28 October, the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Mariinsky Theatre will now commence at 18.00 and not at 19.00 as previously announced.
Tickets remain valid

On 29 October at the Mariinsky Theatre, instead of a recital there will be a concert performance of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Tsar’s Bride featuring Olga Borodina as Lyubasha.
Tickets remain valid

The performance of the ballet La Sylphide at the Mariinsky Theatre, previously planned for 30 October, has been moved to 31 October, starting at 19.00.
ickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

The performance of the opera Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Mariinsky Theatre, previously planned for 31 October, has been moved to 30 October, starting at 17.00.
ickets may be returned to the theatre’s box-offices

The management would like to offer its apologies