Olga Smirnova


• Recipient of the Russian Federation President Prize for young artists (2020)
• Recipient of The Moscow city award in the nomination "Choreographic Art" (2019)
• She was voted The Best Dancer of the Year (2018) by the Italian Danza & Danza magazine (2019)
• Grand Prix at the International Ballet Festival Dance Open (2016)
• Recipient of the Léonide Massine Prize in the Dancer of the Year on the International Stage nomination (Positano, Italy, 2014)
• Recipient of the Benois de la Danse prize (2013)
• Recipient of the International Ballet Festival Dance Open Prize in Miss Virtuosity nomination (2013)
• Recipient of the Spirit of Dance prize in the category “Rising Star” (Ballet magazine, 2013)
• Winner of Rossiya-Kultura TV's project Grand Ballet (The Best Dancer title, 2012)
• Recipient of  the Mikhailovsky Theatre Grand Prix (2009)

Born in St Petersburg. In 2011 she graduated from Vaganova Ballet Academy (class of Lyudmila Kovaleva) and joined the Ballet Company of the Bolshoi Theater.

Repertoire includes:
Giselle (Giselle, Myrtha); choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, revised version by Yuri Grigorovich,
Giselle (Giselle); choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa, revised version by Alexei Ratmansky,
La Bayadère (Nikia), Raymonda (Raymonda),
The Sleeping Beauty (Princess Aurora, Lilac Fairy); choreography by Marius Petipa, revised version by Yuri Grigorovich,
Swan Lake (Odette-Odile); choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised version by Yuri Grigorovich,
Le Corsaire (Medora); production and new choreography by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Burlaka after Marius Petipa,
Don Quixote (Kitri, The Queen of the Dryads); choreography by Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky in the version by Alexei Fadeyechev,
George Balanchine’s ballets Symphony in C (II. Adagio), Apollon Musagète (Terpsichore), Jewels (Diamonds, Emeralds),
Etudes (Ballerina); choreography by Harald Lander,
Onegin (Tatiana); choreography by John Cranko,
Ivan the Terrible (Anastasia), Spartacus (Aegina), choreography by Yuri Grigorovich,
Carmen-Suite (Carmen); choreography by Alberto Alonso,
La Fille du Pharaon (Aspicia), Marco Spada (Marchesa Sampietri); choreography by Pierre Lacotte,
A Hero of Our Time (Bela); choreography by Yuri Possokhov, director Kirill Serebrennikov,
Forgotten Land (Couple in White), choreography by Jiry Kylián,
Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina), Lady of the Camellias (Marguerite Gautier); choreography by John Neumeier,
The Taming of the Shrew (Bianca); choreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot,
The Winter’s Tale (Hermione); choreography by Christopher Wheeldon,
Orlando (Orlando); choreography by Christian Spuck,
Artifact Suite; choreography by William Forsythe,
Dream of Dream; choreography by Jorma Elo.

As a guest soloist she performed with the Mariinsky Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Vienna State Ballet, the Hamburg Ballet.
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