| | | Honoured Artist of Russia.
International Competition diploma-recipient
Diploma-recipient at the Vaganova-Prix international competition
Alexandra Iosifidi was born in Leningrad. In 1995, after graduating
from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (class of Nina
Sakhnovskaya), she joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company.
Has toured with the Mariinsky Ballet to Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, the USA, Brazil and Japan.
Has taken part in the Dance Open International Festival and the Cheboksary International Ballet Festival.
Has appeared at the Hermitage Theatre (Odette-Odile, Swan Lake).
In 2007 she performed in Le Sacre du printemps (the Chosen Maiden) at the Opera di Roma, and in 2009 she returned there for the role of Cleopatra in Michel Fokine’s ballet Cleopatra (revival staged by Vyacheslav Khomyakov).
Repertoire includes:
Giselle (Myrtha);
La Bayadère (Grand pas classique from Act II);
The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy);
Swan Lake (Big Swans, Spanish Dance);
Don Quixote (Street Dancer and Mercedes);
The Swan, The Firebird (Firebird) and Schéhérazade (Zobéïde), choreography by M. Fokine;
Le Sacre du printemps (the Chosen Maiden), choreography by V. Nijinsky;
Les Noces (the Bride), choreography by B. Nijinska;
Pas de quatre (Lucille Grahn, Marie Taglioni), choreography by A. Dolin;
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Zarema), choreography by R. Zakharov;
Shurale (Fiery Witch), choreography by Leonid Yakobson;
The Legend of Love (Turkish Dance), choreography by Yu. Grigorovich;
Le Jeune homme et la mort (Death), choreography by R. Petit;
La Valse, choreography by G. Balanchine;
In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, choreography by W. Forsythe;
Le Baiser de la fée (Fairy), Cinderella (Stepmother) choreography by A. Ratmansky;
The Nutcracker (Queen of the Snowflakes, Eastern Dance), staging by M. Chemiakin, choreography by K. Simonov;
and dances in the operas A Life for the Tsar (waltz), Prince Igor (Captive), and Ruslan and Lyudmila (Dances of Naina´s Charms, soloist). |
