Anna Balukova

Biography

Born in Moscow.
In 2002 she graduated from the Moscow State Choreographic Academy (class of Lyudmila Litavkina) and joined the Ballet Company of the Bolshoi Theatre.
In 2008 she graduated from the ballet master’s faculty of Academy qualified as ballet master-répétiteur.
She rehearsed under the guidance of Yuliana Malkhasyants.

Repertoire

2003
Spanish dance (Raimonda by A. Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa in the version of Y. Grigorovich)

2004
Four sylphs (La Sylphide by H. S. Levenskiold, choreography by A. Bournonville in the version of E.M. von Rosen)
Friends to Giselle (Giselle by A. Adam, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M. Petipa in the version of Y. Grigorovich)
Hannan’s Mother (Leah to music by L. Bernstein. A. Ratmansky production, the second version)
Russian girl (opera Khovanshchina by M. Mussorgsky, choreography by L. Lebedev)
part in Concerto Barocco to music by J.S. Bach (choreography by G. Balanchine)
Spanish dance (Don Quixote by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, A. Gorsky, A. Fadeyechev version)
Three Gypsy Women (Anyuta to music by V. Gavrilin; choreography by V. Vasiliev)

2005
Caryatids (C. Pugni’s La Fille du Pharaon, choreography by P. Lacotte after M. Petipa)

2006
Mazur and Krakowiak (Polish ball in Ivan Susanin by M. Glinka, choreography by R. Zakharov)
Girl Friends to bandits (D. Shostakovich’s The Golden Age, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Cipolla-mother (K. Khachaturyan’s Cipollino, choreography by G. Mayorov)
Dance with a drum (La Bayadère by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich production)

2007
Bolero (Don Quixote)
Danse des forbans (Le Corsaire by A. Adam, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky and Y. Burlaka after M. Petipa)

2008
Courtesans (A. Khachaturian’s Spartacus, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Mercedes (Don Quixote)

2009
Waltz of old Paris (C. Pugni’s La Esmeralda, choreography by M. Petipa, production and new choreographic version by Y. Burlaka, V. Medvedev) — appeared in the opening night performance in Bolshoi Theatre

2010
Wet-nurse (Petrushka by I. Stravinsky, choreography by M. Fokin, new choreographic version by S. Vikharev)
Mazur (Coppelia by L. Délibes, choreography by M. Petipa and E. Cecchetti; revival and new choreographic version by S. Vikharev) — debut took place on the Bolshoi Ballet tour in London

2011
Czardas (Coppelia)
Mazur (Raimonda)
Anxious-to-be-younger-than-she-is Dacha Dweller (D. Shostakovich’s The Bright Stream, choreography by A. Ratmansky )
part in Symphony of Psalms to music by I. Stravinsky (choreography by J.Kylian) — appeared in the opening night performance in Bolshoi Theatre

2012
Soloist/ danse des forbans (Le Corsaire)
Signora Capulet (S. Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Gypsy dance (Don Quixote)
Images of Death, Boyarynias (Ivan the Terrible to music by S. Prokofiev, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)
Toothpaste/Dustpan (creator of the roles), Arithmetic (E. Podgayts’ Moidodyr, choreography by Y. Smekalov)

2013
Bidet, Waltz, Vacuum Cleaners (Kvartira, music by Fleshquartet, choreography by M. Ek ) — participant of the opening night performance at the Bolshoi theatre
Persian girl (Polovtsian Dances in Prince Igor by A. Borodin, choreography by K. Goleizovsky)
Bandits’ molls (Marco Spada to music by D.-F.-E. Auber, choreography by P. Lacotte after J. Mazilier)

2014
Widow (The Taming of the Shrew to music by D. Shostakovich, choreography by J.-C. Maillot)

2015
Gertrude (Hamlet to music by D. Shostakovich, D. Donnelan and R. Poklitary production) — creator of the role