Alina Somova
| | | Prize-winner at the International Vaganova-prix Ballet Competition (St Petersburg, 2002).
Born in Leningrad (St Petersburg).
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2003 (class of Lyudmila Safronova).
Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2003
Repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (The Sylphides – coryphée);
Giselle (Monna);
Le Corsaire (Medora);
La Bayadère (Nikia, Dances of the Shadows);
The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Candide Fairy, Princess Florina), revival of the 1890 production;
Swan Lake (Odette-Odile);
Don Quixote (Kitri, Queen of the Dryads, Variation);
Jewels (Diamonds);
Symphony in C (1st Movements);
The Four Temperaments;
Tschaikovsky pas de deux;
Piano Concerto No 2 (Ballet Imperial);
Scotch Symphony;
Etudes.
In 2004 she performed the role of Masha in The Nutcracker at the Tokyo National Theatre.
In 2006 she made her debut at the Wiener Staatsoper as Odette-Odile in Rudolf Nureyev´s version of the ballet Swan Lake.
Has toured with the Mariinsky Theatre to UK, Germany, China. |
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