Pavlenko, Daria Vladimirovna

Daria Pavlenko was born on November 19, 1978 in Moscow , in the family of a geologist. Subsequently, having lost her parents early, she moved to St. Petersburg and entered the Academy of Russian Ballet named after A. Ya. Vaganova , where at first Olga Iskanderova was her teacher, and the last three classes were Elena Evteeva .

In 1996 , having completed her studies, she was accepted into the ballet troupe of the Mariinsky Theater . She began her career in corps de ballet , gradually moving to solo parts. Gabriela Komleva became her teacher-tutor in the theater. In 1998 she performed the part of Maria in the chorus drama “The Fountain of Bakhchisarai” (choreography by R. Zakharov ), the Fairy of the Lilac in the ballet Sleeping Beauty and Gamzatti in the ballet La Bayadere .

Already a soloist , in her fourth season she made her debut in the theater in the role of Odette-Odile in the ballet Swan Lake , and also danced solo parts in Rubies and Emeralds in the ballet Jewels (choreography by J. Balanchine ). In August 2001, she first danced the title role in the ballet Giselle , in November of the same year, Mehmene-Banu in the ballet The Legend of Love (choreography by Yu. Grigorovich ), Siren in the ballet The Prodigal Son (choreography by J. Balanchine) . In January 2002, she first danced the title role in Raymond's ballet. In October 2003 , at the invitation of the London Covent Garden Theater , she first performed Nikiya in the ballet La Bayadere in the choreography of Natalia Makarova .

In the fifth season of work in the theater, Elena Evteeva, a teacher with whom she studied at the Academy, again became a teacher-tutor of Daria Pavlenko. In 2004, Daria Pavlenko officially received the title of prima ballerina .

She performed an extensive classical and modern repertoire on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater and on tours abroad.

In 2018, she officially said goodbye to the stage of the Mariinsky Theater.

From September 1, 2018, she was enrolled in the number of first-year full-time students at a budget place in the direction of preparation 03.03.01 “Choreographic art” (undergraduate level) of the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg Conservatory.

Family

• Of the three sisters in the family of Darya Pavlenko, the older sister, also a ballerina, graduated from the Russian Ballet Academy named after A. Ya. Vaganova, worked for about 4 years at MAMT ( Moscow ), and currently teaches choreography in Philadelphia ( USA ).
• Husband - Alexander Sergeev, the first soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet.
• Daughters - Yaroslav, Miroslav.

Repertoire at the Mariinsky Theater

• Gisele by A. Adan , choreography by J. Coralli , J. Perrault , M. Petipa - Gisele, Monna, Sulma
• The Corsair by A. Adan, choreography by J. Perrault, M. Petipa, revised version by P. Gusev - Soloist (trio of odaliscs)
• Paquita by L. Minkus , choreography by M. Petipa, revised version by O. Vinogradov - Grand Pas Soloist
• La Bayadere by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, revised version by V. Ponomarev and V. Chabukiani ( 1941 ) - Nikia, Gamzatti, soloist (trio of shadows)
• La Bayadere by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, revised version by S. Vikharev (reconstruction of the 1900 performance) - Nikia
• Don Quixote by L. Minkus, choreography by A. Gorsky , Street Dancer
• Swan Lake by P. I. Tchaikovsky , choreography by M. Petipa, L. Ivanov , revised version by K. Sergeyev - Odette-Odile , large swan , soloist (pas de trois)
• The Sleeping Beauty by P. I. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa , revised version by K. Sergeyev, Fairy Violant
• The Sleeping Beauty by P. I. Tchaikovsky, choreography by M. Petipa, revised version by S. Vikharev (reconstruction of the play in 1890 ), Lilac Fairy, Princess Aurora, Princess Florina
• Raymond A.K. Glazunov , choreography by M. Petipa, revised version by K. Sergeev - Raymond, Clemence, soloist (Grand Pas)
• The Bakhchisaray Fountain by B. V. Asafiev , choreography by R. Zakharov - Maria, Zarema, Panenka
• The Legend of Love by A. D. Melikov , choreography by Yu. Grigorovich - Mehmene-Banu
• Spartak by A. I. Khachaturian , choreography by L. Jacobson - Aegina, Phrygia
• D. Leningrad Symphony by D. Shostakovich , choreography by I. Belsky - Girl
• The Pas-de-Quatre by C. Pugni , choreography by A. Dolina - Lucille Gran , Maria Taglioni
• “Vision of a Rose” to music by K. M. Weber , choreography by M. Fokin - Girl
• Chopiniana to music by F. Chopin , choreography by M. Fokine - Mazurka, Prelude, 7th Waltz
• “Scheherazade” to music by N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov , choreography by M. Fokin, reconstruction of A. Liepa and I. Fokina - Zobeida
• The Firebird by I. Stravinsky , choreography by M. Fokin, reconstruction by A. Liepa and I. Fokina - The Firebird
• choreographic miniature “Swan” to the music of C. Saint-Saens , choreography by M. Fokine - Swan
• The Rite of Spring by I. Stravinsky, choreography by M. Hodson based on choreography by V. Nizhinsky - The Chosen One
• Apollon Musaguet by I. Stravinsky, choreography by J. Balanchine - Terpsichore, Calliope
• The Prodigal Son by S. Prokofiev , choreography by J. Balanchine - Siren
• Serenade to music by P. I. Tchaikovsky, choreography by J. Balanchine, Soloist
• Symphony in C Major to music by J. Bizet , choreography by J. Balanchine - Soloist IV
• “Emeralds” (to the music of Gabriel Faure for the play based on the play “Peleas and Melisande” by Meterlink ), “Rubies” (to the music “Capriccio” for piano and I. Stravinsky’s orchestra), “Diamonds” (to the music of the Third Symphony P. I. Tchaikovsky ) from the ballet Jewels , choreography by J. Balanchine, Soloist
• Waltz, choreography by J. Balanchine, Soloist
• “A Midsummer Night's Dream” to music by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy , choreography by J. Balanchine, - Titania, Germany
• “Manon” to the music of J. Massenet , choreography by C. Macmillan - Manon
• Young Man and Death to music by I. S. Bach , choreography by R. Petit - Death
• Etudes, choreography by H. Lander
• The Nutcracker by P. I. Tchaikovsky, production by M. Shemyakin, choreography by K. Simonov - Masha, Queen of Snowflakes, Oriental Dance
• Cinderella by S. Prokofiev, choreography by A. Ratmansky - Cinderella, Stepmother
• The Poem of Ecstasy to music by A. Scriabin , choreography by A. Ratmansky - Soloist
• The Middle Duet, choreography by A. Ratmansky
• Steptext, choreography by W. Forsyth
• “Where the Golden Cherries Hang” ( English In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated ) to music by T. Willems and L. Stuck, choreography by W. Forsythe - Soloist
• Holy Spring, choreography by S. Waltz
• The Golden Age, choreography by D. Gelber - Sophie

First performer

• 2001 - “Come in!”, Choreography by K. Simonov
• 2005 - Reverence, choreography by D. Dawson
• 2007 - “Like an Old organ-grinder”, choreography by A. Miroshnichenko
• 2007 - The Ring, choreography by A. Miroshnichenko
• Premonition of Spring (Fertility), choreography by Yu. Smekalov

Tours, concerts

• 2001 - “Giselle” by A. Adana, choreography by J. Coralli, J. Perrault, M. Petipa, revised version by Garofoli –Giselle , Mirta ( Arena di Verona , Italy )
• 2002 - Sounds of Blank Pages, choreography by J. Neumeier , Soloist (John Neumeier's Hamburg Ballet, Germany )
• 2003 - La Bayadere by L. Minkus, choreography by M. Petipa, revised by N. Makarova - Nikia ( Covent Garden , London , UK )
• 2005 - participation in a gala concert in Brussels ( Belgium ) in favor of AIDS patients
• 2005 - one-act ballet “Daphnis and Chloe” to music by M. Ravel , choreography by K. Simonov, especially for “Benefit of Daria Pavlenko” at the Mariinsky Theater
• 2006 - Raymond by A. K. Glazunov, choreography by M. Petipa, revised by Asami - Raymond (New National Theater of Tokyo , Japan )

• 2000 - Prize of the magazine "Ballet" "Soul of Dance" in the nomination "Rising Star"
• 2001 - Special Prize of the musical jury of the Golden Mask festival - for the performance of the Queen of Snowflakes in the ballet The Nutcracker by P. I. Tchaikovsky, staged by M. Shemyakin, choreography by K. Simonov
• 2010 - Honored Artist of Russia - ... For Merits in the Field of Art ... ^[1]

• Gaevsky V. , Yuryeva Y. Daria Pavlenko // Ballet: magazine. - M. , 2001. - No. 1 . - S. 15 .
• Gordeeva A. Interview with ballerina Daria Pavlenko // Time Out : magazine. - SPb. —M., July 19—01.08, 2011. - No. 15 (227) .
• Dimant M. Why do you have swans? // Petersburg Theater Journal: Journal. - SPb. 12/01/2012.

• Official site of Daria Pavlenko
• Page on the site of the Mariinsky Theater
• Photos of D. Pavlenko on the site “The Ballerina Gallery”
• Interview with D. Pavlenko, 2011
• Interview with D. Pavlenko (Petersburg Theater Journal, 12/01/2012)
• D.Pavlenko and A.Sergeev at a meeting with spectators (photo)