Meskova, Anastasia Valerevna

Anastasia Meskova was born on July 23, 1985 in Moscow , in the family of teachers at Moscow State University . Since childhood, the girl dreamed of becoming an actress, since 1989 she began to engage in choreography in the V. Loktev ensemble . In 1990, she became a laureate of the MSU-90 Art Festival. In 1992, she became famous by winning the Morning Star television contest, where she danced a number for the song Edith Piaf .

In 1993 , she starred in the film “ Ballerina ” by Alexander Zguridi and Nana Kldiashvili. In the same year, Anastasia entered the Moscow Academy of Choreography , where her teacher Natalya Revich . Graduated in the class of Sofia Golovkina . During her studies, she was a member of the New Names program. In 1999 she received a diploma - a scholarship from the Maris Liepa Charity Foundation for the Promotion of the Development of Choreographic Art. She participated in the tour of the Academy of Choreography in Japan, Germany, Israel, and Norway.

In " Artek " met with the director Vladimir Grammatikov , who offered the young actress (at that time she already starred in episodes of two films) the main role. In 1997 , Meskova played the main role in his film " Little Princess ". For this film, she received the Great Gold Medal of the Moscow Film Festival and the Golden Aries-98 Award for Best Actress.

In 2009, she graduated from the State Academic University of Humanities with a degree in Cultural Studies.

Father - Valery Sergeevich Meskov, academician; mother - Nadezhda, a teacher at Moscow State University. Brother Sergey and sister Ekaterina. Husband - businessman Alexander. Children: Vasily, Savely.

Ballet

• 2003
  • “Fantasy on the Casanova Theme” to music by V. A. Mozart - Queen of the Ball
  • "Bright Stream" by D. Shostakovich directed by A. Ratmansky - Zina's friend
  • “Don Quixote” by L. Minkus - the first variation in Grand Pas , Street dancer
  • Romeo and Juliet - Juliet

• 2004
  • "Giselle" A. Adana - Giselle's friends
  • “Swan Lake” by P. Tchaikovsky in the second edition of Y. Grigorovich - Spanish bride
  • "Bright Stream" - Zina
  • “Ward No. 6” to music by A. Pärt staged by R. Poklitaru) - Nurse (Cook)
  • Spartak by A. Khachaturian , choreography by Yu. Grigorovich, courtesan

• 2005
  • "Bolt" by D. Shostakovich directed by A. Ratmansky - Manka Fart

• 2007
  • gypsy dance (Don Quixote)
  • Melnichikha (Tricorne by M. de Falli, choreography by L. Myasin)

• 2008
  • Effie (La Sylphide by H. S. Levenskold, choreography by A. Bournonville, revised version by J. Cobborg)
  • soloist (“In the Room Upstairs” by F. Glass, choreography by T. Tharp)
  • soloist (Serenade to music by P. Tchaikovsky. choreography by J. Balanchine)
  • Furies (participant in the premiere), Jeanne (“The Flames of Paris” by B. Asafiev staged by A. Ratmansky using choreography by V. Vainonen)
  • a pair in red (“Russian Seasons” to the music of L. Desyatnikov directed by A. Ratmansky)
  • final waltz and apotheosis (The Nutcracker by P. Tchaikovsky, choreography by Yu. Grigorovich)

• 2009
  • Mazurka (“Coppelia” by L. Delibes, choreography by M. Petipa and E. Cecchetti, production and new choreographic version by S. Vikharev) - participant in the premiere of this production at the Bolshoi Theater

• 2010
  • participated in the world premiere and subsequent European dance tour “And then - the millennium of peace” / Creation 2010 (music by Laurent Garnier, choreography by Angelin Preljocaj), specially created for the Bolshoi Theater.

• 2011
  • Florina (“Lost Illusions” by L. Desyatnikov directed by A. Ratmansky)
  • part in the ballet Chroma (choreography by W. McGregor)

• 2012
  • Three Gypsies (Anyuta to the music of V. Gavrilin, choreography by V. Vasiliev)

• 2014
  • Mirta (Giselle by A. Adan)

Cinema

• 1993 - Ballerina - Lena
• 1994 - We are still funny - Ballerina
• 1997 - Little Princess - Sarah Crewe
• 2006 - Aurora - Margo dancer
• 2012 - Freud Method - Alina Milovanova, broker
• 2014 - Sweet Life - Julia
• 2015 - Londongrad - Nina, ballerina ( Episode 27)
• 2015 - Sweet Life-2 - Julia
• 2016 - Sweet Life-3 - Julia
• 2016 - Big Babylon (documentary)
• 2016 - Daria Mukhina - ballerina
• 2017 - Trotsky - Larisa Reisner
• 2018 - The White Crow - Alla Osipenko

• 1998 - Big Gold Medal of the Moscow International Festival of Children and Youth Films
• 1998 - National Award of Film Critics and Film Press Golden Aries for Best Actor
• 2000 - gold medal of the International Classical Dance Competition "Fuete Artek"
• 2001 - Grand Prix of the International Ballet Competition in Vienna

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• Anastasia Meskova on mk.ru
• Anastasia Meskova on persona-magazine.ru
• Anastasia Meskova on rt-online.ru (inaccessible link)
• Anastasia Meskova on the Internet Movie Database
• Anastasia Meskova on Vkontakte https://vk.com/a.meskova
• Anastasia Meskova’s group VKontakte https://vk.com/meskova