Primary ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater: Maya Plisetskaya, Svetlana Zakharova and others

Primary ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater - thousands of dancers dream of such an honorary title. Primadons are performed by leading parties in choreographic performances. And being a Primo Greater is especially honorable, because it is the best and most famous theater in our country, which the whole world knows.

Primates of the Bolshoi Theater of different years

The best dancers of the country are prima ballerinas of the Bolshoi Theater. List of the leading artists of the Bolshoi Theater, who completed their careers in the XX - beginning of the XXI century:

• Sulamith Messerer
• Maya Plisetskaya
• Raisa Struchkova
• Olga Lepeshinskaya
• Margarita Kandaurova
• Rimma Karelskaya
• Galina Ulanova
• Natalia Bessmertnova
• Ekaterina Maksimova
• Elena Cherkasskaya
• Kriger's Quiz
• Irina Vozianova
• Maria Reisen
• Sofya Golovkina
• Nina Semizorova
• Vera Carally
• Ludmila Semenyaka
• Tatiana Cherkasskaya
• Nina Ananiashvili
• Natalia Osipova
• Anastasia Volochkova
• Angelina Vorontsova
• Galina Stepanenko

However, this is not even a complete list.

The list of the leading dancers of the Bolshoi Theater, which serve there now:

• Anastasia Meskova
• Maria Alexandrova
• Ekaterina Krysanova
• Svetlana Zakharova
• Yevgenia Obraztsova
• Maria Allash
• Ilze Liepa
• Svetlana Lunkina
• Olga Smirnova
• Maria Semenyachenko
• Ekaterina Shipulina
• Kristina Kretova

And others.

Maya Plisetskaya

The most famous in the world prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater is Maya Plisetskaya. This brilliant woman was born in 1925. Primacy of the Bolshoi Theater, it was until 1990. M. Plisetskaya was awarded a huge number of orders and medals. He has several honorary titles. Maya Mihailovna conducted pedagogical activity, was a choreographer, starred in several films, published memoirs.

M. Plisetskaya became an actress of the Bolshoi Theater in 1943. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, she left to live in Germany.

Maya Mikhailovna possessed expressive plasticity, flexibility, was incredibly musical, she had phenomenal jumps and an easy step. M. Plisetskaya continued to dance and at an older age, which for ballet dancers is a rarity. The great ballerina died in May 2015.

Ekaterina Maksimova

Another legendary prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater. Ekaterina Sergeevna was born in Moscow in 1939. After graduation she entered the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater. Soon she became a prima donna ballet. In the Bolshoi Theater E. Maksimova served exactly 30 years. Since 1978, combined work in the Bolshoi Theater with performances abroad. She received the glory of the ballet The Nutcracker, where she performed Masha's part. Distinctive features of the dance of Ekaterina Sergeevna: natural grace, light leap, virtuosic technique, rapid rotation, graceful movements. She led a teaching career and in 1996 became a professor.

Ekaterina died in 2009. The grave of the ballerina is at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

Svetlana Zakharova

Now the most famous prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater is Svetlana Zakharova. Was born in 1979 in the Ukraine. She graduated from the choreography school in Kiev. After taking the second place in the competition of young ballet dancers, she got the right to be enrolled to the graduate course at the A.Ya. Vaganova Academy. Svetlana graduated in 1996. After the academy she was enrolled in the troupe of the Mariinsky Theater. A year later I became prima. In the Bolshoi Theater passed in 2003. Then she took the position of prima ballerina. In 2008 she received the honorary title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation. A ballerina also dances abroad.

Yevgenia Obraztsova

Another modern prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater. Eugene was born in 1984 in Leningrad. Her parents were ballet dancers. In 2002 she graduated from the Academy named after A.Ya.Vaganova. Immediately after training she was accepted into the troupe of the Mariinsky Theater. In the first season she danced the part of the main character. In 2005, having won the International competition, she went on tour in Italy and in the USA. Since 2012 - the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater.

Ekaterina Shipulina

Prima ballerina Bolshoi Theater since 2002. She was born in the city of Perm. Her parents were ballet dancers. Until 1994, Catherine studied at the Perm Choreography School. Then she moved to study in Moscow. After school she was accepted into the troupe of the Bolshoi Theater. A few years later it became prima. Ekaterina is a laureate of the national theater prize "Golden Mask". She has many awards and has repeatedly won the competitions of ballet dancers.