Lopatkina, Uliana Vyacheslavovna

Ulyana Vyacheslavovna Lopatkina was born on October 23, 1973 in Kerch on the Black Sea coast , in the family of teachers Vyacheslav Ivanovich and Elena Georgievna Lopatkin. She has a brother - Eugene. She was engaged in childhood in dance circles and sections of gymnastics.

In 1991 she graduated from the Academy of Russian Ballet. A. Ya. Vaganova (according to the class of Professor Natalia Dudinskaya ), after which she was accepted into the ballet troupe of the Mariinsky Theater . In 1995 she became the prima ballerina of the troupe. In 2000, during the ballet " La Bayadere " she suffered an ankle injury, but was able to finish the performance. Because of the injury for several years, she had to leave the stage. In February 2003, the dancer underwent surgery, after which she was able to recover and return to the stage ^[2] .

In October 2013, after Nikolai Tsiskaridze was appointed acting head of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet , the Ministry of Culture recommended Uliana Lopatkin to the position of artistic director of the Academy. However, the contract with the Academy was not signed. ^{[3] [4]}

On June 16, 2017, Uliana Lopatkina officially announced the end of her dance career ^[5] .

February 25, 2019 - Context Pro Studio presented a theater experiment based on a cross-interview of two dancers. On stage BDT them. G.A. Dovona Vishneva and Uliana Lopatkina, members of the Mariinsky Theater, appeared in Tovstonogov’s new role in dramatic actresses. Folk artist asked each other about the fateful choice of profession, childhood, held in exhausting rehearsals, fame and spiritual renewal after the birth of a child. ^[6]

Family

She was married to the artist, writer and entrepreneur Vladimir Kornev - they were married on July 5, 2001, and on July 25 of the same year they were married in the Sofia church of the village of Vartemyagi . A year later, on May 24, 2002, an Austrian clinic gave birth to a daughter, Maria ^[7] . In 2010, the couple divorced.

• " Pavlova and Cheketti ", a fragment from John Neumeier's ballet " The Nutcracker "
• Ophelia , monologue from Konstantin Sergeyev's ballet " Hamlet "
• Giselle (Giselle, Mirta)
• Medora , Corsair
• Grand Pas from the ballet " Paquita "
• Lilac Fairy , Sleeping Beauty by Marius Petipa
• Kitty , “ Anna Karenina ” to the music of P. I. Tchaikovsky
• Maria Taglioni , Pas-de-katr Anton Dolina
• Death , Goya-Divertimento
• Nikiya , " La Bayadere " by Marius Petipa
• Odette and Odile , Swan Lake by Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa
• Clemence, Raymond , " Raymonda "
• The Swan by Mikhail Fokin
• Zobeide , " Scheherazade "
• Zarema , “ The Fountain of Bakhchisarai ” by Rostislav Zakharov
• Mekhmene Banu , “ The Legend of Love ” by Yuri Grigorovich
• Girl , “ Leningrad Symphony ” by Igor Belsky
• Fairy , "Kiss Fairy"
• "The Poem of Ecstasy"
• “ Sounds of Blank Pages ” by John Neumayer
• " Serenade " by George Balanchine
• “ Piano Concerto No. 2 ” by George Balanchine
• Symphony in C Major , 2nd part, George Balanchine
• "Waltz" by George Balanchine
• "Diamonds", Part III of the ballet " Jewels "
• 3rd Duet, " In the Night " by Jerome Robbins
• " Youth and Death " by Rolan Petit
• Anna Karenina , “ Anna Karenina ” by Alexey Ratmansky

• 1991 - Laureate of the ballet competition Vaganova-Prix (Academy of Russian Ballet, St. Petersburg)
• 1995 - Golden Sophit Award (for best debut) ^[8]
• 1997 - Golden Mask Award
• 1997 - the prize of " Benoit dance " (for the performance of Medora in the ballet " Corsair ")
• 1997 - Baltika Prize (1997 and 2001)
• March 1998 - London Critics Evening Standard Award ^[2]
• 1999 - State Prize of Russia
• 2000 - Honored Artist of Russia
• 2006 - People's Artist of Russia
• 2015 - Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation
• November 9, 2015 - Golden Sophit Award (for the performance of Margaret’s part in the ballet ”) ^[9]

• L. Abyzova. Uliana Lopatkina // Stars of the St. Petersburg scene / B. Poyurovsky. - M .: AST-Press Book, 2003. - p. 131-152. - 256 s. - (Outstanding Masters). - 5000 copies - ISBN 5-7805-0996-4 .

• Official site
• Ulyana Lopatkina on the Mariinsky Theater website
• Uliana Lopatkina in the “Little Ballet Encyclopedia”

Interview

• Ulyana Lopatkina: the question “family or stage?” Was not for me // “ Trud ”, February 28, 2004.
• Ulyana Lopatkina: “After the Swan I cannot get out of bed ...” // Amurskaya Pravda , July 17, 2004.
• Uliana Lopatkina: “I believe that a person does not die” // Mgarsky Bell No. 51, April 2007
• Ballerina Uliana Lopatkina: “It was very important for me to have a baby” // Izvestia , May 28, 2007.