Anastasia Kurkova

DEMI SOLOIST

born in Moscow, Russia

BALLET EDUCATION

1993–2002     Bolshoi Ballet School Moscow

COMPETITIONS | AWARDS

2001     »Prix de Lausanne« (Diplome) /// 2001 Bronze Medal Moscow International Competition

ENGAGEMENTS

2002 Bolshoi Theatre Moscow /// 2007 Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna /// since 2008 Staatsballett Berlin

REPERTORY

Juri Grigorowitsch: »Sleeping Beauty« (Fairies of Kindness, Maids of Honour), »Swan Lake« (Little Swans), »La Bayadère« (Grand Pas), »Raymonda«, »The Golden Age«, »The Nutcracker« (French Doll) and »Spartacus«; Vladimir Vasiliev: »Giselle«; Alexander Gorski: »Don Quixote« (Amor, Four Dryads); Pierre Lacotte: »La Fille du Pharaon« (Pas d’action); John Neumeier: »A Midsummer Night's Dream«; Roland Petit: »Notre Dame de Paris«; Twyla Tharp: »In the Upper Room«; George Balanchine: »Sinfonie in C« and »Agon« (Pas de quatre); Yuri Possokhov: »Cinderella« (Variation Summer); Alexei Ratmansky: »The Light Stream«, »Bolt«, »Middle Duet«, »Jeu de Cartes« and »Le Corsaire« (Pas de six)

REPERTORY IN BERLIN

Patrice Bart: »The Flaming Heart« (Shelly's Sister), »Swan Lake« (Hungarian Princess, Polish Princess), »Giselle« (Giselle's Friends) and »The Nutcracker«; Vladimir Malakhov: »La Bayadère« (Solo-Variation in the Kingdom of Shades, Grand Pas), »Sleeping Beauty« (Fairy of Jewels) and »La Péri« (Solo Péris); John Cranko: »Onegin«; Vasily Medvedev and Yuri Burlaka: »La Esmeralda« (Diana, Companion of Fleur de Lys, Esmeralda's Friends); Nadja Saidakova: »Egopoint«; Alexei Ratmansky: »Namouna«; Nacho Duato: »Arcangelo«; Giorgio Madia: »Don Juan«; Ohad Naharin: »Secus« (»Duato | Kylián | Naharin«)