Anastasia Asaben

Born in St Petersburg.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2012 (class of Irina Sitnikova).
Joined the Mariinsky Ballet the same year.

Repertoire includes:
La Sylphide (Nancy); choreography by August Bournonville, revised version by Elsa-Marianne von Rosen,
La Fille du Pharaon (The Thames); choreography by Marius Petipa reconstructed by Toni Candeloro,
The Sleeping Beauty (Generosity Fairy, Servant); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Swan Lake (Neapolitan Dance, Cygnets); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
La Bayadère (Manu Dance, Dance of the Bayadères from Act II); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Vladimir Ponomarev and Vakhtang Chabukiani,
Raymonda (Grand pas); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Konstantin Sergeyev,
Le Corsaire (trio of Odalisques ); production by Pyotr Gusev after the composition and choreography of Marius Petipa,
Don Quixote (Amour, Flower-Sellers); choreography by Alexander Gorsky,
Carnaval (Butterfly), Pétrouchka (Dancers); choreography by Michel Fokine,
Les Noces; choreography by Bronislava Nijinska,
The Nutcracker (the Doll, Chinese Dance, Franz); choreography by Vasily Vainonen,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Butterfly); choreography by George Balanchine,
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Bell Dance); choreography by Rostislav Zakharov,
Romeo and Juliet (Beggars); choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky,
Shurale (Bird-maidens), Spartacus (Etruscan); choreography by Leonid Yakobson,
Sylvia (Goat); choreography by Frederick Ashton,
Carmen-Suite (Tobacco Factory Worker); choreography by Alberto Alonso,
The Stone Flower (Gems), The Legend of Love (Gold Dance); choreography by Yuri Grigorovich,
The Nutcracker (Canteen-Keeper, Bees Pas de trois); production by Mihail Chemiakin, choreography by Kirill Simonov,
Bambi (the Butterfly); choreography by Anton Pimonov;
The Bronze Horseman (a Female Acrobat, Columbine, Mischievous Girls); choreography by Yuri Smekalov, Rostislav Zakharov,
Russian Overture, Ballet No 2; choreography by Maxim Petrov,
The Four Seasons; choreography by Ilya Zhivoi,
Yaroslavna. The Eclipse (the Boy, Saints, the Patrol), Le Bœuf sur le toit; choreography by Vladimir Varnava,
Coppélia (Swanilda’s Friends), Danses Сoncertantes; choreography by Alexander Sergeev.

Repertoire also includes:
Ilya Zhivoi's ballets Chess Move E2. Hardly, SeasonS,
The Old Photograph; choreography by Dmitry Bryantsev,
Adulte; choreography by Ilya Zhivoi, 
as part of the project The Dreamers: Motherboard; choreography by Ilya Zhivoi, Lose Yourself to Dance; choreography by Maxim Petrov and Ilya Zhivoi,
and dances in the operas Sadko and Ruslan and Lyudmila (Dances of Naina’s Charms).