Maria Alexandrova
People’s Artist of Russia
Born in Moscow. In 1997, being a student of Moscow Ballet Academy, where she studied under Sophia Golovkina, Alexandrova won a gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow. Just after that, she joined the Bolshoi Ballet. During her first season at the Bolshoi Theatre, she was entrusted with solo parts, and next season she was promoted to soloist. In 2004, she became a principal dancer. Her repertoire at the Bolshoi Theatre included over 50 roles, among those — Kitri (Don Quixote), Nikiya and Gamzatti (La Bayadere), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Odette — Odile (Swan Lake), Carmen (Carmen Suite), Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty), Giselle, and Sylphide. Nowadays she rehearses under Nina Semizorova.
Born in Moscow. In 1997, being a student of Moscow Ballet Academy, where she studied under Sophia Golovkina, Alexandrova won a gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow. Just after that, she joined the Bolshoi Ballet. During her first season at the Bolshoi Theatre, she was entrusted with solo parts, and next season she was promoted to soloist. In 2004, she became a principal dancer. Her repertoire at the Bolshoi Theatre included over 50 roles, among those — Kitri (Don Quixote), Nikiya and Gamzatti (La Bayadere), Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), Odette — Odile (Swan Lake), Carmen (Carmen Suite), Princess Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty), Giselle, and Sylphide. Nowadays she rehearses under Nina Semizorova.
- Recipient of the Léonide Massine Prize (Positano, Italy, 2018)
- People’s Artist of the Russian Federation (2009)
- Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2005)
- Recipient of The Golden Mask Award for her performance in The Bright Stream by Alexei Ratmansky (2004)
- Recipient of the Spirit of Dance prize in the Rising Star category (Ballet magazine, 1999)
- Prize-winner at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow (I prize, 1997)
