Alexandra Iosifidi

• Honoured Artist of Russia (2009)
• Diploma-recipient at the Vaganova-Prix international competition

Born in Leningrad. After graduating from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class of Nina Sakhnovskaya) in 1995, she joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company.

Repertoire includes:
Giselle (Myrtha),
La Bayadère (Grand pas classique from Act II); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani,
The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy); choreography by Marius Petipa, revival of the 1890 production,
Swan Lake (Swans, Spanish Dance, Two Swans); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Don Quixote (Mercedes, Street Dancer); choreography by Alexander Gorsky,
Michel Fokine’s ballets The Swan, The Firebird (Firebird) and Schéhérazade (Zobeide),
Le Sacre du printemps (the Chosen Maiden); choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky,
Les Noces (the Bride); choreography by Bronislava Nijinska,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Zarema, Ghirei's second wife); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
Pas de Quatre (Lucile Grahn, Marie Taglioni); choreography by Anton Dolin,
Leonid Yakobson’s ballets Shurale (Fiery Witch) and Spartacus (Maiden from Gades),
The Legend of Love (Turkish Dance); choreography by Yuri Grigorovich,
Le Jeune homme et la mort (Death); choreography by Roland Petit,
Carmen Suite (Fate); choreography by Alberto Alonso,
La Valse; choreography by George Balanchine,
In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated; choreography by William Forsythe,
Alexei Ratmansky’s ballets Le Baiser de la fée (Fairy), Cinderella (Stepmother) and Anna Karenina (Princess Betsy),
The Nutcracker (Queen of the Snowflakes, Oriental Dance); production by Mihail Chemiakin and choreography by Kirill Simonov
and dances in the operas A Life for the Tsar (Waltz), Prince Igor (Captive), Ruslan and Lyudmila (Dances of Naina’s Charms (soloist) and Lezginka) and Khovanshchina (Dance of the Persian Maidens).

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, the USA, Brazil and Japan. She has taken part in the Dance Open International Festival and the Cheboksary International Ballet Festival.

Has performed at the Hermitage Theatre (as Odette-Odile in the ballet Swan Lake).

In 2007 she performed the role of the Chosen Maiden in Le Sacre du printemps at the Opera di Roma, and in 2009 she returned there for the role of Cleopatra in Michel Fokine’s ballet of the same name (revival staged by Vyacheslav Khomyakov).

She performed the role of the Chosen Maiden in the ballet Le Sacre du printemps for the DVD Stravinsky and the Ballets russes (released by the Mariinsky Theatre to mark one century of the Saisons russes, 2009, BelAir).

In 2011 she graduated from the teaching faculty of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet with a Master’s degree in choreography.