Valeria Martynyuk

Born in Leningrad (St Petersburg).
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2004 (class of Tatiana Terekhova).
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company in 2004.

In 2003 as a student at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet she made her Mariinsky Theatre debut as Amour in the ballet Don Quixote.

Her repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Nancy),
Giselle (Peasants’ Pas de deux),
Le Corsaire (Gulnare, Trio of Odalisques),
La Bayadère (Manu, Bayadères, Trio of Shadows); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vakhtang Chabukiani,
The Sleeping Beauty (Canary Fairy, White Cat, Little Red Riding-Hood, Diamond Fairy, Carefree Fairy); choreography by Marius Petipa, revival of the 1890 version,
Le Réveil de Flore (Cupidon); revival of the 1894 production,
Swan Lake (Friends of the Prince, Cygnets, Neapolitan Dance),
Raymonda (Grand pas variation),
Don Quixote (Kitri, Amour, Variation from Act IV),
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Bell Dance),
Romeo and Juliet (Beggar Woman),
The Legend of Love (Shyrin's friends, Gold); choreography by Yuri Grigorovich,
George Balanchine’s ballets Theme and Variations and Scotch Symphony,
The Nutcracker (Masha, the Bees’ Pas de trios, Chinese Dance); production by Mikhail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov,
The Little Humpbacked Horse (Wet-Nurses); choreography by Alexei Ratmansky,
The Magic Nut (Rat Jester); production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Donvena Pandoursky,
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Mme Jourdain); choreography by Nikita Dmitrievsky,
Ondine (Tarantella); choreography by Pierre Lacotte,
The Golden Age (Girls with Kites, Valkyries); choreography by Noah D. Gelber
and Le Sacre du printemps; choreography by Donvena Pandoursky.

Her repertoire also includes:
Pas de deux from the ballet Don Quixote,
Pas de trois from the ballet Die Puppenfee,
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; choreography by George Balanchine
and the Pas de deux&nbs;from the ballet The Talisman.

Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet Company to Germany, the USA, Great Britain, Finland Hong-Kong, China, Italy and Japan.