Irina Kosheleva
soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre
Born in Barnaul, she graduated from the Novosibirsk Choreography School. In 1996, joined the Mikhailovsky Theatre, where she performed the roles of Odette — Odile (Swan Lake), Aurora, Lilac Fairy, Fairy of Diamonds, and Candid Fairy (The Sleeping Beauty), Nikiya, Gamzatti, Three shades (La Bayadère), Street Dancer (Don Quixote), Raymonda and Grand pas (Raymonda), Fleur de Lys (Esmeralda), Medora and Three Odalisques (Le Corsaire), as well as solo roles in The Nutcracker, La Sylphide, Les Sylphides, and Paquita. Nowadays, she performs solo roles in the new productions of Swan Lake, La Bayadère, Giselle, ou Les Wilis, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, Cipollino, Laurencia, The Flames of Paris, The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, The Sleeping Beauty, as well as one-act ballets by Nacho Duato.
- Giselle, ou Les WilisGiselle, Queen of the Wilis
- Le CorsaireOdalisque
- Don QuixoteQueen of Dryads
- LaurenciaPas de six
- The Flames of ParisEquality (allegoric dance)
- CipollinoMagnolia
- The Sleeping BeautyLilac Fairy, Fairy of Tenderness, Weat Flower Fairy
- The NutcrackerFour pairs in the Rose Waltz, Oriental Dance, Waltz of the Snowflakes
- Romeo and JulietThe Montecchi
- Prelude
- White Darkness
- The Lady of the CamelliasBoyarsky Dance
- “Vaganova Prix” International Ballet Competition (St Petersburg, 1995)
- Arabesque International Ballet Competition (Perm, 2000)
- International Ballet Competition (Rieti, 2001)
- Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition (Kiev, 2006)