Elena Evseeva
Elena Evseeva in 2012
Born (1982-12-13) 13 December 1982
Izhevsk, Russia
OccupationBallerina
Career
Current groupMariinsky Theatre
Websiteelena-evseeva.com%20elena-evseeva.com

Elena Evseeva (Russian: Елена Евсeева) (born 13 December 1982, Izhevsk) is a Russian ballerina, soloist of the Mikhailovsky (2001—2008) and the Mariinsky (since 2008) theaters. People's Artist of the Republic of Udmurtia.

Elena Evseeva at the Mariinsky Theatre, 2012
Elena Evseeva and Kimin Kim at the Mariinsky Theatre, 2012

Biography

Elena Evseeva was born in Izhevsk; her father is an economist and mother is a master of sports in artistic gymnastics. During her childhood she moved to Perm, where she joined the Perm Ballet School. At the age of 14, a teacher from the Ballet theater of Boris Eifman noticed Elena at the International Ballet Competition held in Moscow and advised her parents to transfer her to the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. That’s how Elena came to study ballet in St. Petersburg. In 2001 she graduated from the Academy in the class of Honored Art Worker Marina Vasilieva[1][2][3] and was taken to the ballet troupe of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. There she was a leading soloist from 2001 to 2008.[1] Since 2008, she is dancing in the Mariinsky Theatre on the position of the first soloist.[2] Evseeva works under the supervision of the teacher-tutor Lyubov Kunakova.[4]

In 2009, dancing in a duet with Konstantin Zverev at Seoul International Ballet Competition, Evseeva won the I Prize.[1][2]

In 2011, she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Udmurt Republic.[2]

Repertoire

Mikhailovsky Theatre

Mariinsky Theatre

Also in the repertoire

Awards

  • 2011: Honored Artist of the Republic of Udmurtia
  • 2019: Golden Sofit Award[6]
  • 2023: People's Artist of the Republic of Udmurtia[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Aisylu Kadyrova (23 May 2012). "Язык тела — самый красивый язык на свете" [Body language — the most beautiful language in the world]. Kazan Evening (in Russian). Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Elena Evseeva" (in Russian). Mariinsky Theatre. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  3. "Кафедра методики преподавания классического и дуэтно-классического танца" (in Russian). Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. Aisylu Kadyrova (29 May 2012). "Сегодняшние балерины гораздо тоньше и намного выше" [Today's ballerinas are more skinnier and much higher]. Kazan Evening (in Russian). Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  5. Lyudmila Lavrova (2017-01-28). "«Каменный цветок», расцветший в Мариинском театре" (in Russian). Music seasons. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  6. "В Санкт-Петербурге объявили победителей высшей театральной премии города «Золотой софит»". TASS. 2019-10-29.
  7. "Балерина Елена Евсеева стала народной артисткой Удмуртии". Moskovskij Komsomolets. 2023-02-22.
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