Stefanija Gashtarska
soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre
Born in Skopje. In 2016, she entered the Perm State Choreographic School (class of Elizaveta Khrebtova). In 2017, she entered the Moscow Ballet Academy, graduating in 2020 (class of Irina Pyatkina). In the 2021/22 season, she joined the Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre as a principal dancer, where her repertoire included the roles of Nikiya and Gamzatti (“La Bayadère”), Medora (“Le Corsaire”), Giselle (“Giselle”); Odette and Odile (“Swan Lake” Alexey Miroshnichenko’s version), Marie (“The Nutcracker”, choreography by Alexey Miroshnichenko), Raymonda (“Raymonda”), Juliet (“Romeo and Juliet”, choreography by Kenneth MacMillan), the Bride (“Les Noces”, choreography by Jiří Kylián), and as a soloist in “The Second Detail” (choreography by William Forsythe).
In 2026, she joined the Mikhailovsky Ballet Company.
- European Grand Prix (2011, Subotica, Croatia)
- Skopje International Music Festival (2013, 2014; North Macedonia)
- European Union Youth Music Competition (2014, 2015)
- Sibiu Ballet Competition (2015, Romania)
- Domenico Modugno International Ballet Competition (2016, Bari, Italy)
- Diploma recipient at the Ekaterina Maximova Arabesque Open Ballet Competition (2016, Perm)
Upcoming performances
May
06
- ballet in two acts
- music by Maurice Jarre
- Esmeralda — Stefanija Gashtarska (debut)
Quasimodo — Nikita Nazarov
Claude Frollo — Nikita Tchetverikov
Phoebus — Danila Khamzin - Conductor — Mikhail Tatarnikov
10
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Spartacus — Nikita Tchetverikov
Valeria — Stefanija Gashtarska
Crassus — Mikhail Batalov
Sabina — Valeria Zapasnikova
Pompeius — Andrey Kasyanenko - Conductor — Pavel Klinichev
June
20
- ballet in three acts and a prologue
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- choreography by Nacho Duato
- Princess Aurora — Stefanija Gashtarska
Prince Desire — Guilherme Vicente
Lilac Fairy — Marfa Fyodorova - Conductor — Pavel Klinichev
30
- ballet in three acts and a prologue
- music by Ludwig Minkus
- choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky
- Kitri — Stefanija Gashtarska
Basil — Victor Lebedev - Conductor — Anton Torbeev
July
11
- ballet in two acts
- music by Aram Khachaturian
- choreography by George Kovtun
- Valeria — Stefanija Gashtarska
Crassus — Mikhail Batalov
Sabina — Valeria Zapasnikova
Pompeius — Andrey Kasyanenko
22
- ballet in three acts and a prologue
- music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- choreography by Nacho Duato
- Princess Aurora — Stefanija Gashtarska
Prince Desire — Guilherme Vicente