Honoured Artist of Russia (2008). Prize-winner at the Perm International Ballet Competition (2006). Recipient of the Spirit of Dance prize from Ballet magazine (2006) and the Golden Sofit, St. Petersburg’s theatre prize (2006). Recipient of the DANCE OPEN International ballet prize in the category “Miss Virtuosa” (2010). Born in Krasnoyarsk. Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2001 and joined the Mariinsky Ballet Company where she is now a Prima ballerina. Her repertoire includes principal roles in all classical ballets that are performed at the Mariinsky Theatre as well as ballets by Yuri Grigorovich, Harald Lander, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Frederic Ashton, William Forsythe, Angelin Preljocaj and Wayne McGregor. She was the first performer of the roles of the Queen of the Sea (Ondine with choreography by Pierre Lacotte, 2006) and the Tsar Maiden (The Little Humpbacked Horse with choreography by Alexei Ratmansky, 2009).
PROGRAMME:
PIERROT LUNAIRE Music by Arnold Shönberg Choreographer: Alexei Ratmansky Set design and costumes by Tatyana Chernova Lighting designer: Tony Marquez Assistant lighting designer: Alexander Naumov Performers: Viktoria Tereshkina, Alexander Sergeev, Roman Malyshev, Maxim Zyuzin
SCHÉHÉRAZADE Music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scenario by Léon Bakst and Michel Fokine after Arabian Nights fairytales Choreography by Michel Fokine (1910) Reconstruction by Isabelle Fokine, Andris Liepa (1994) Set and costume design by Anna Nezhnaya, Anatoly Nezhny after original sketches: Léon Bakst Zobeide: Viktoria Tereshkina Zobeide’s Slave: Kimin Kim Full cast to be announced at a later date
DIAMONDS Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky from Symphony No. 3 in D Major, 1875 (first movement omitted) Choreography by George Balanchine (1967) Staging: Karin von Aroldingen, Sarah Leland, Elyse Borne and Sean Lavery Scenery: Peter Harvey (1967) Costumes: Karinska (1967) Recreations of costumes supervised: Holly Hynes Original lighting: Ronald Bates Lighting: Perry Silvey Lighting Adaptation for the Mariinsky II by Andrei Ponizovsky Performers: Viktoria Tereshkina, Vladimir Shklyarov
The Ballet of George Balanchine Jewels is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its gratitude to Mrs Bettina von Siemens for her support in bringing the "Ballets of George Balanchine" project to life
