Alyona Kovalyova

Biography

Born in Saint Petersburg. In 2016, she completed her training at Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet (teacher Yulia Kasenkova) with distinction and joined the Bolshoi Ballet Company. Her coach at the Bolshoi is Olga Chenchikova.

Among the parts danced during the education period:
Eastern Dance (solo), Waltz (Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, V. Vainonen version), Japanese Doll, the title part in Die Puppenfee by J. Байера (choreography by N. and S. Legat, N. Tsiskaridze version), Soloist in Naina's Magical Gardens Scene from Ruslan and Lyudmila opera by M. Glinka (choreography by M. Fokine, N. Tsiskaridze version).

Repertoire

2016
Dryad/ Three dryads (Don Quixote by L. Minkus, A. Fadeyechev’s second production)
The Leading Couple in Diamonds (III part of Jewels) to music by P. Thcaikovsky (choreography by G. Balanchine)
Grand Pas (La Bayadere by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Friend/ Friends to Armida (B. Asafiev’s The Flames of Paris, production and new choreography by A. Ratmansky after V. Vainonen)
Swan/ Three swans (Swan Lake by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, L. Ivanov, A. Gorsky in the second version by Y. Grigorovich)
2^nd variation in Raymonda's daydreams scene (Raymonda by A. Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa in the version of Y. Grigorovich)
Final Waltz and Apotheosis (Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Y. Grigorovich)

2017
Ballerina (Etudes to music by Carl Czerny, choreography by H. Lander)
Myrtha (Giselle by A. Adam, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrot, M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version) – debuted on the Bolshoi Ballet tour to Japan    
Odette-Odile (Swan Lake)
The Paris Waltz, Paparazzi scenes (Nureyev by I. Demutsky, choreography by Y. Possokhov, directed by K. Serebrennikov) – appeared in the opening night performance
Mireille de Poitiers (The Flames of Paris)
The Queen of the Dryads (Don Quixote)

2018
Maid/ maids of honor, Lilac Fairy (The Sleeping Beauty by P.Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, Y. Grigorovich's version)
Princess Sorokina, Ballerina/ ballerinas (Anna Karenina to music by P. Tchaikovsky, A.d Shnitke, Cat Stevens/ Yusuf Islam, choreography by J.Neumeier)
Nikia (La Bayadere)
The title part (Raymonda)

2019
The Fisherman's Wife (La Fille du Pharaon by C. Pugni, production by P. Lacotte after M. Petipa)
Ballerina (Gaîté Parisienne to music by Jacques Offenbach/ Manuel Rosenthal, choreography by M.Bejart) — creation at the Bolshoi Theatre
Soloist Part 2 (Symphony in Cto music by G. Bizet, choreography by G. Balanchine)
Myrtha (Giselle, A. Ratmansky's version)

2020
Aspiccia (La Fille du Pharaon)