Svetlana Zakharova (dancer)
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Svetlana Zakharova in 2015
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June 10, 1979 Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Residence | Vienna |
| Education | Kyiv Choreographic School, Vaganova Ballet Academy |
| Occupation | Ballerina |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Vadim Repin |
| Children | One |
| Current group | Bolshoi Ballet |
| Former groups | Mariinsky Ballet |
Svetlana Yuryevna Zakharova (Russian: Светлана Юрьевна Захарова, Ukrainian: Світлана Юріївна Захарова; born June 10, 1979) is a prima ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet and an étoile of the La Scala Theatre Ballet.
Together with Sylvie Guillem and Diana Vishneva she is at the present time regarded as one of the greatest ballerinas.
Svetlana Zakharova is named the Tsarina of the dance.
Svetlana Zakharova was born in Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, on June 10, 1979. At the age of six, she was taken by her mother to learn folk dancing at a local studio, and by the age of 10, she had auditioned and was accepted into the Kyiv Choreography School. Valeria Sulegina was one of her teachers.
In 1995, after six years at the Kiev School, Zakharova entered the Young Dancers' Competition (Vaganova-Prix) in St. Petersburg. The youngest contestant, she took second prize and was invited to continue her training in the graduating course of St Petersburg's Vaganova Academy. It was the first time in the school's history to allow a student to skip two grades.
After attending the pre-eminent Russian ballet school only for one year, Svetlana Zakharova joined the Mariinsky ballet in 1996.
Svetlana Zakharova debuted with the Mariinsky Ballet in 1996, appearing as Maria with Ruben Bobovnikov, in Rostislav Zakharov's The Fountain of Bakhchisarai.
In 1997, after her first year with the Mariinsky, just 18 years old, Svetlana Zakharova was promoted to principal dancer.
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