Yulia Slivkina (Smirnova)

Soloist

Born in Leningrad.
Graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 2000 (class of Professor Kovaleva).
Joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2000.

Repertoire includes: La Sylphide (Effie);
Le Corsaire (Forban Dance);
The Sleeping Beauty (Baroness);
Swan Lake (Mazurka, Spanish Dance);
Don Quixote (Gypsy Dance, Fandango, Oriental dance);
Polovtsian Dances (Oriental Slave);
Petrouchka (Refined Lady);
The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (Young Woman, Dance of the Captives, Cracovienne);
Romeo and Juliet (Servant at the Tavern);
The Bedbug (Boxer`s Lady);
The Nutcracker (Eastern Dance), staged by Mihail Chemiakin and choreographed by Kirill Simonov;
Donvena Pandoursky`s Le Sacre du Printemps (Butterflies);

in addition to dances from operas including:
Ruslan and Lyudmila (the Lezghinka and Eastern Dance);
Khovanshchina (Dance of the Persians);
Captive (Prince Igor);
Young Girl (Mazepa);
and Bolero (Betrothal in a Monastery).